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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 

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Nielsen Innovate

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2017 - Current

    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

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One of a kind Restoration

  • Co-Founder

    2021

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Arpalus

  • Board Member

    2019

    AI/Ml/CV Based product availability excellence, from shelf to inventory

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PACKAGE.AI

  • Board Member

    2017

    AI-powered messaging platform that turns deliveries into an automated marketing and sales machine

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Webeyez

  • Board Member

    2018

    Webeyez identifies the critical issues impacting revenue growth and disrupting your site's conversion funnel.

  • Chief Commercial Officer

    2023 - 2024

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Ourcart

  • Board Member

    2013

    Helping CPG brands activate and gain insight into shopper behavior at retail.

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PlaceSense

  • Board Member

    2018

    Making sense of places and people with real-time data analytics

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G-Mana

  • Board Member

    2020

    The Next-Gen Dynamic Ad Insertion Solution

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Parsempo

  • Board Member

    2020

    AI-powered Digital Signage and Digital Out Of Home (DOOH)

AI-powered performance marketing and advertising platform for Digital signage and Digital Out of Home (DOOH)

Raised $1,000,000.00 from Nielsen Innovate and Techstars.

parsempo.com
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Voiceable

  • Board Member

    2019

    Voiceable allows retailers to engage with online shoppers using voice and video to deliver complete in-store experiences

Education 

Investments 

Arpalus

Pre Seed

Total funding: $550K

Getwizer

Seed

Total funding: $6.6M

vBrand

Seed

Total funding: $1.5M

Ourcart

Seed

Total funding: $2.9M

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