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As Sightec CEO, Roy is responsible for the vision, strategy, and overall execution of the company. Roy has spent over 14 years in formulating global growth strategies and leading them from inception to execution. Before joining Sightec, Roy served as a Corporate Development & Ventures Lead at Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX). In this role, Roy worked closely with Amdocs’ executive team in framing corporate strategy and led the company’s inorganic efforts in multiple technology fields. During his time at Amdocs, Roy led deals with a total value of more than $1 billion that helped the company enter new markets and technology domains. Prior to Amdocs, Roy worked as an Associate at Citigroup in the Corporate Finance team in Israel and in the EMEA Transaction Execution Group in London. Before joining Citigroup, Roy held a Senior Consultant position at Deloitte Consulting in the Israel-based Financial Advisory Services group.
Roy holds an MBA (Cum Laude) and BA in Economics & Political Science (Cum Laude), both from Tel Aviv University.
As CTO, Yonatan is responsible for Sightec’s roadmap planning, technology goals and implementation strategy. Yonatan brings over 15 years of experience in computer vision on embedded platforms, including 3D sensing, ADAS, and Automotive in-cabin sensing. His passion is developing technological products with deep algorithmic and multidisciplinary aspects. Before joining Sightec, Yonatan was CTO at Mantis-vision, where he was responsible for all aspects of Mantis’ innovative structured light sensor – including optics, image sensors, algorithms and SW. Yonatan had a key role in bringing this 3D sensing technology into multiple markets, including mobile handsets. Yonatan also worked for many years in Mobileye, both in developing machine learning for ADAS, as well as managing the development of Mobileye’s Aftermarket product.
Yonatan holds an MSc (Cum Laude) in Mathematics from Hebrew University.
Elyashiv leads and manages all finance, planning, accounting, and legal activities for the company, bringing over 15 years of financial management experience at leading banks and startups. Before joining Sightec, Elyashiv served as CFO at NSLComm, a startup in the satellite market. He was part of the founding team of the Ramon Foundation, an NGO named after Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon. In this role, Elyashiv was responsible for ongoing activities with NASA and the European Space Agency. He is also on the board of Nobel Laureates for Excellence in Education, an NGO which promotes STEM (Science, Technologies, Electronics, and Math) education in Israel.
Elyashiv holds an MBA (Cum Laude) from Netanya Academic College and a BA in Economics & Political Science from Bar Ilan University.
Mr. Raffi Friedman brings vast experience in leading and managing growing global businesses. In his former role, Mr. Friedman was the CEO at Electra Consumer Products Ltd. In addition, Mr. Friedman holds the position of Chairman of Beres Electra Cellular Communication Ltd. (distributor of Sony Ericsson in Israel) as well as three public executive positions: Director of Israel Standard Institute, Chairman of the Electrical Product Division of the Israeli Chambers of Commerce, and Management member of the Manufacturers Association of Israel.
Growth equity investor partnering with extraordinary founders in Israel, Spain and Portugal. Special areas of interest: vertical & horizontal software, cloud infrastructure, digital adoption, data infrastructure, vertical AI. Focused on helping businesses scale up thru $50-100mmARR and beyond to IPO.
I also roll my sleeves alongside founders to prepare for and manage life as a listed equity business post IPO including by being a NED or identifying appropriate ones, identifying and training IR professionals, developing a sharp equity story to differentiate, managing expectations in the quarters post listing, developing a modus operandi of the co of interfacing with public investors, etc.
While at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, co-led growth equity rounds in various businesses, including leading in 2007 a $130M round in Mobileye, the automated driving software company (the largest Israeli IPO on the NYSE up to 2014 at $5B+, acquired in 2017 by Intel for $15B)
Itai has extensive experience in the VC and PE industry. He co-founded and managed the Sherpa Group, a New York-based venture capital platform with offices in New York and Tel Aviv that has adjusted its model as markets have evolved. Itai serves as the Executive Director of the Government of Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office in Israel. He also serves as a board member and Chairman of various technology companies in Israel and the US, advising in the fields of M&A transactions, venture capital, and strategic planning.
Chris is a Partner at Playfair Capital. Prior to joining Playfair, he held senior roles at plan.com and Vannin Capital. He has executed over a dozen angel investments across the UK and US in the past 10 years, with three notable exits to date: Nearbuy Systems (acquired by RetailNext), MoPowered (LON:MPM), and Bidstack (LON:BIDS).
