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Ilan Regenbaum
Executive Committee at Israel Investor Forum
Jerusalem District
Overview
Ilan Regenbaum is the Managing Director at Mind the Bridge, focusing on bringing Israeli innovation to global corporates in deep-tech, AI, energy, defense, and dual-use sectors. He has held key roles in corporate open innovation, technology scouting, and leadership within the Israeli Defense Forces, and has a strong background in entrepreneurship and venture capital.
Regenbaum's career highlights include leading the innovation departments within the Israeli Air Force, co-founding an Air Force Accelerator, and currently spearheading operations at Mind the Bridge to promote Israeli innovation on a global scale.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2023 - Current
Israel is considered one of the top startup ecosystems in the world and is home to groundbreaking to thousands of innovative startups and researchers. I help some of the largest corporations from around the world gain access to the Israeli ecosystem through tech scouting, innovation consulting, curated scouting trips to Israel, exclusive events, programming design, and more! As part of my role with Mind the Bridge, I represent multinational corporations as their boots on the ground in Israel, helping them access the Israeli innovation ecosystem and scout for advanced technological solutions. Some of these companies have yet to officially announce their operations in Israel. If you are a multinational corporation looking to access the most innovative technologies in Israel then let me know and I'll roll out the innovation-carpet to Israel.
Executive Committee
2024
The Israel VC Forum is the premier VC organization in Israel, and I oversee the community of hundreds of Israel focused VCs. I joined the VC Forum after merging my own VC community, which I founded and ran for many years, with the VC Forums in order to join forces and create a more cohesive VC community in Israel.
Founder and Defense-Tech Advisor
2024
I support the Israeli defense, deep and emerging technology sectors as an advisor to various startups and initiatives, in addition to providing resources like a map of the Israeli defense-tech ecosystem.
Advisor
2024
Advisor
2023
Dual-use spectrum analysis startup
Reservist
2019
Work with various units implementing various technology solutions, including over 100 days of service following the October 7th massacre
Business Operations Advisor
2021 - 2024
Developing bioinformatics tools for scientists and labs.
Business Operations & Chief of Staff
2021 - 2022
Laid the operational foundation to prepare the company for its Series A. Established business and operation processes and frameworks, worked closely with the CEO, and managed projects that were keep to the smooth operation and continued growth of the company including... -Developed best practices for project and task management for the business team. -Managed the process for becoming GDPR compliant and the company's data privacy polices -Established best legal practices and work closely with our outside counsel on various projects ranging from hiring to commercial deals -Developed the strategy and materials for the Series A fundraise -Developed and managed all financial models and projections and worked closely with our accountants and financial team to track all cashflow to keep an accurate number for the burn rate -Establish best IT and security practices including SSO, Pen-Tests, asset tracking and access/pw control polices -Was in charge of the implementation of various core platforms (Monday.com, NetSuite, HubSpot, Okta and many more) and created the policies and systems for requesting new platforms and tools -Created and managed data room and document library, including the creation of standardized contracts and legal documents for company use -Developed the organizational structure and HR growth plan along side the CEO, and was involved in all aspects of hiring and onboarding new team members. -Worked along side the sales and marketing teams on a wide array of projects, including the development of strategic plans and budgets.
Business Operations Manager
2020 - 2021
As the first business hire after the CEO, I was in charge of all aspects relating to business operations. I oversaw all aspects of daily operations, finance/budgets, product, business development, and general strategy. While at Heven I helped the company almost triple in size, raise millions in additional investment, secure many new customers and partners, and move to a new start-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
Accelerator & Startup Program Manager
2019 - 2020
Siftech is building a new startup program that focuses on developing and launching science based startups in partnership with the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Development Authority. I took over management of Jerusalem's first accelerator in order to relaunch it and develop new programs. Together with Google, Facebook, the Hebrew University and other partners, I launched various new startup programs for entrepreneurs in Jerusalem with a focus on programming for student, Arab, and Charedi entrepreneurs. I raised funding from major global philanthropic foundations, corporate sponsors, and the Israeli and U.S. Governments, and ran the program until I handed over management to the Hebrew University.