Dov Yarkoni

Managing Director at Nielsen Innovate

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Overview

Dov Yarkoni is a Venture Capital investor specializing in early-stage startups in Retail, eCommerce, Media, Marketing, Advertising, and Consumer sectors, with a focus on MarketingTech, Retail, and Media/Content. With a background in online marketing and e-commerce, he has successfully invested in companies like Arpalus, Getwizer, vBrand, Ourcart, and Furious Corp, while serving in leadership roles at Webeyez, Nielsen Innovate, and various other boards. Yarkoni's career highlights include leading investments in a variety of successful startups at different stages, such as Series A and Seed, and leveraging his expertise in online marketing, business development, and strategic partnerships to drive growth and innovation in the industry.

Work Experience

Webeyez

Chief Commercial Officer
2023 - Current
Board Member
2018
Webeyez identifies the critical issues impacting revenue growth and disrupting your site's conversion funnel.

Nielsen Innovate

Managing Director / CEO
2017
Nielsen Innovate is an early-stage investment fund (VC) and incubator. The fund invests in pre-seed & seed stage start-up companies in the fields of retail-tech, eCommerce, marketing, adverting, research, and emerging media.
Chief Investment Officer
2016 - 2017
In this role Dov lead Nielsen Innovat's investment strategy and investments, company evaluation, and business development . For the portfolio companies Dov acts as a hands on mentor and advisor in the areas of: Product Market Fit, Business Models, Pricing, GoToMarket, Marketing, Sales and Business Development. Nielsen Innovate’s mission is to provide a variety of services, including financing, strategic guidance, hands-on management, business development as well as operational support and office space. The team supporting its portfolio of companies has a strong track record and years of experience in building successful companies globally.
VP, Business Development
2013 - 2015