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Noam Kaiser

Partner, Head of Investment Committee at IRF

Tel Aviv District

Overview 

Noam Kaiser is a Venture Capitalist and Venture Partner at IRF, where he serves as the Head of the Investment Committee. With a background in competitive analysis and due diligence, he has invested in notable companies like Mailchain, Pliops, and Overwolf, contributing to their growth and success. Kaiser's career highlights include serving as a Director and Member of the Board at several companies, such as Pliops, Centrical, and Overwolf, while also investing in a range of startups across various sectors like Semiconductors, IoT, and SaaS.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2021 - Current

    Vendia’s business blockchain platform helps enterprises automate and accelerate data workflows across business networks.

Vendia’s data automation cloud makes it easy to share data inside and outside of the organization, with full governance and control.

Raised $50,600,000.00 from Canvas Ventures, Neythri Futures Fund, Lux Capital, BMW i Ventures, Aspenwood Ventures, Sorenson Capital, NewView Capital, Neotribe Ventures and Operator Partners.

  • Investor

    2022

    Mailchain is the communication layer for Web3. Send and receive messages between wallets and Web3 identities.

  • Investor

    2022 - 2024

    Qwak (Acquired by Jfrog) is a management platform designed specifically for machine learning models in production.

  • Board Observer, Member of the Board

    2021 - 2023

    ProteanTecs has developed a cloud-based platform, which combines data created in chip-embedded Agents, with machine learning, to predict faults before they become failures. Our solutions provide unprecedented insights throughout the value chain, from Chip Vendors to System Vendors and Digital Service Providers.

  • Director, Member of the Board

    2021 - 2023

    Pliops is developing cloud storage processor technology designed to improve storage processor technology for cold storage and database applications. The company's proprietary Pliops' Storage Processor (PSP) is a key-value-based storage hardware accelerator that enables cloud and enterprise customers to offload and accelerate data-intensive workloads using just a fraction of the computational load and power. PSP optimizes a broad range of workloads implemented using either the current ubiquitous block interface or an easily integrated application native key-value interface for even higher performance.

  • Director, Member of the Board

    2021 - 2023

    Centrical's Employee-Centric Success platform helps companies motivate employees to exceed their own KPIs. It does this by blending advanced gamification with personalized microlearning and real-time employee performance management as well as adaptive coaching tools, and well-being strategies. Centrical's platform produces improvements like +12% employee productivity, +20% average deal values, +30% faster onboarding, and +12% customer satisfaction KPI for multinational enterprises like British Telecom, Microsoft, Novartis, Synchrony Financial, and Teleperformance, among others. An SAP partner, Centrical technology easily integrates with SAP® SuccessFactors® Learning. The company has offices in New York, London, and Ra'anana, Israel.

The Performance eXperience Platform for front line employees

Raised $66,000,000.00 from CE Ventures (CEIIF), C4 Ventures, La Maison Compagnie d'Investissement, Intel Capital, 2B Angels, Aleph, Citi Ventures, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), 2B Angels and Aleph.

  • Director, Member of the Board

    2019 - 2023

    Overwolf is a gaming SW company providing an app store for PC gamers, enabling them with technologies which allows developers to build overlay apps for games.

  • Director, Member of the Board

    2019 - 2023

    DustPhotonics develops and manufactures pluggable optical modules and solutions for data center, enterprise and HPC applications. Its innovative products and technology, such as AuraDP, are targeted at enabling the next generation of optical modules and connectivity. The company was founded in 2017 with offices in Modi’in Israel and Cupertino, California.

  • Director, Intel Capital

    2019 - 2023

    Investment Director focusing on investment opportunities related to Israel.  Intel Capital, Intel's strategic investment organization, backs innovative technology startups and companies worldwide. We invest in a broad range of hardware, software, and services.

Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.

Raised $650,000.00 from Raj Sareen.

  • Mentor

    2016 - 2023

    Collaborating with the Techstars team in Israel and additional global locations in order to support the MVP and GTM acceleration of some of the most promising startup teams and companies.

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

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