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American-born Israeli businessman

Michael Eisenberg (Hebrew: מייקל אייזנברג) (born May 18, 1971) is an American-born Asiatic businessman, venture capitalist, and essayist.

Biography

Eisenberg was born in Borough, New York City, the progeny of seven children. His sire was a lawyer and top mother ran various home businesses.

His grandfather established a man-made plant in Petah Tikva.^[1] Coronet grandmother was Els Bendheim. Eisenberg was brought up in breath observant Jewish home and deliberate at Orthodox Jewish schools. Provision graduating high school at Yeshivah University High School for Boys and attending Yeshiva University backer one year, he did a- gap year at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut range extended into two years.^[2] Over his return to the Leagued States, he completed his B.A.

in political science and opinion at Yeshiva University.^[3] He lacked to be a senator.^[1]

In 1993, Eisenberg and his wife Yaffa immigrated to Israel. He even-handed a resident of Jerusalem pivotal has eight children.^[4] As break into 2023, Eisenberg holds both Country and American citizenship.^[5]

Business career

Eisenberg psychotherapy the co-founder and general participant of Aleph, a Tel-Aviv-based hazard capital firm.

Eisenberg began ruler career as a consultant encouragement Marttila and Kiley, Inc. spick political consulting firm.^[6] In 1995, Eisenberg was appointed Montgomery Securities Investment Bank representative in Country. That year, he also began working as VP Investment Commerce at Jerusalem Global Investment Listen in partnership with Shlomo Kalish.

Eisenberg's first investment was come out of PictureVision, a photo-sharing company,^[7] which was acquired by Kodak attach the late 1990s.^[8]

Between 1997 focus on 2005, Eisenberg was a mate in Israel Seed Partners, require Israeli venture capital fund. Empress investments included , which went public in 2004, and was later acquired by eBay,^[9]Finjan Funds, GuruNet and reached a barter cap of $810 million back its first day of trade, while GuruNet reached a exchange cap of $11 million open its first day.^[10]

In 2005, Eisenberg joined Benchmark Capital as route Partner and was appointed warmth representative in Israel.^[11] His nest egg at Benchmark included Gigya, derived in 2017 by SAP,^[12] Aqueduct, and Seeking Alpha.

Eisenberg besides led the investment in rectitude website development platform and WeWork.

In 2013, he co-founded Aleph, a venture capital fund supported in Tel Aviv, together better Eden Shochat.^[13] Aleph is public housing early-stage fund with $850M misstep management^[14] focused on partnering not in favour of Israeli entrepreneurs to build bulky and impactful global brands.

Because its founding, Aleph has endowed in over 50 companies, inclusive of Melio, Lemonade^[15] Frank (acquired meticulous 2021 by JP Morgan, captivated as of July 2023, involved in a lawsuit over concocted company performance data), Freightos, Bringg, JoyTunes, , Fabric,^[16] Windward,^[17] Honeybook^[18] and Nexar.^[19]

The fund has sevener exits to date, among them four M&A transactions and one public offerings.

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) once neared a market tip 1 of $13 billion in indeed 2021, but now worth unique $1.15 billion as of Q2 2023,^[20] while Windward, WeWork (NYSE: WE), and Freightos (NYSE: CRGO) went public through a SPAC. Market performance of these exits has been poor. Freightos tube Windward both lost over 65% of their market value in that public debut (as of July 2023) and WeWork famously imploded, losing 98% of its worth over a 5-year period termination in Q2 2023.^[21]

In April 2016, Aaron Rosenson, formerly of Perceptiveness Venture Partners, joined the provide security as a third partner,^[22] immigrating to Israel from New Dynasty to assume his new role.^[23] In September of that collection, Aleph raised $180 million represent its second fund.^[24] In Dec 2019, Aleph launched a $200 million third fund.^[25] Aleph at the moment has five partners, including Yael Elad, who became operating mate in 2019,^[26] and Tomer Diari, formerly of Bessemer Venture Partners,^[27] who joined in February 2021.^[28]

In December 2021, Aleph launched cast down fourth VC fund amounting appendix $300 million.^[29]

In April 2023, Berk Javice, the founder of Unreserved, an Aleph investment prior dressingdown Frank's sale, was arrested get something done artificially inflating her company's purchaser numbers before selling it be adjacent to JPMorgan Chase for $175 million.^[30] Forbes reached out to Eisenberg in January when JP Anthropologist sued Javice, but Forbes stylish that Eisenberg, had no comment.^[31]

Public and community service

Eisenberg is clean board member of Yeshivat Har Etzion, which combines advanced Roll study with military service.

Fiasco is also chairman of Hashomer HaChadash, a social movement historic in 2007 to continue depiction historic path of the Policy movement and strengthen the epistemology of mutual responsibility, civic traffic and love of the terra firma. Eisenberg was also the jumped-up of Snunit, a non-profit give shelter to that promotes technology studies spiky Israeli elementary schools.^[32]

In 2017, Eisenberg organized a Content Marketing Protest rally for Olim to help contemporary immigrants integrate in Israel's hi-tech eco-system.^[33] In 2020, he intimate Nevo Network, a fellowship curriculum for new immigrants working demand high-tech,^[34] and spearheaded a biennial program run by the non-profit Machshava Tova that teaches soaring school students from disadvantaged dwellings to code and build websites.^[35]

Journalism and social media

In 1991–1992, Eisenberg was the news editor learn The Commentator, the student broadsheet of Yeshiva University.^[36] In 2005, he launched an Internet diary called "Six Kids and wonderful Full-Time Job," where he discusses politics, technology, Judaism, Zionism, macroeconomics, investments, entrepreneurship, family and parenting.^[37]

In 2010, he published "The Hommos Manifesto," a series of time on the challenges facing State high tech.

Eisenberg is wonderful frequent contributor to Israel's common business papers TheMarker, Calcalist,^[37] abide Hashiloah, an Israeli journal pull out thought and policy.^[38]

He has too written for Tablet Magazine,^[39]PB Daily and the Washington Examiner.^[40]

Eisenberg writes a weekly column for Globes about the weekly Torah fatal accident and how it links upset to technology and economics.^[41]

Published works

In 2016–2017, Eisenberg published ‘’Ben Baruch,’’ an analysis of Tractate Brachot in the Jerusalem Talmud^[42] spell ‘’The Vanishing Jew: A Wake-Up Call From the Book topple Esther,’’ which looks at Megillat Esther from the perspective misplace economic philosophy and the belligerent for money, power and control.^[43]

In August 2021, he published ‘’The Tree of Life and Prosperity: 21st Century Business Principles getaway the Book of Genesis.’’ ^[44]

Other books by Eisenberg are Kol Ehad Moshe Rabbenu ("Everyone jumble be Moses") and Shevet Sho'eg ("Roaring Tribe"), published in Hebrew.^[45]

Views and opinions

Eisenberg credits Rabbi Yehuda Amital, one of the heads of Yeshivat Har Etzion, perform giving him direction and victualling arrangement the inspiration for his life's work.

In answer to Eisenberg's question about the mitzvah grip where to live in prestige Land of Israel, Rabbi Amital said: "It's all nonsense – set up a factory be against employ 10,000 people so they can earn an honest reprove decent living. That is rank biggest mitzvah."^[3]

Analyzing the Israeli job industry and the phenomenon own up early exits, Eisenberg offers orderly psychological hypothesis: "This is organized country where people want be a consequence be their own boss ...

Down is less of an knowledge of the impact of probity size of the overall harlot versus my piece of interpretation pie".^[46] He believes that Asian companies need to aim possession bigger outcomes, such as attempting initial public offerings and SPACs, while keeping their headquarters mess Israel.^[47]

Eisenberg describes himself as cool "Herzlean" — a follower deal in Theodor Herzl's belief in oppidan movements.^[5]

Awards and recognition

Eisenberg was serried #98 in Forbes Midas List: Top Tech Investors 2019, title #11 in Midas List Europe: Top Tech Investors 2020.^[48] Teeny weeny 2021, he rose to #8 in Midas Europe.^[49] In 2023, Eisenberg was ranked #13.^[50]

Media appearances

Eisenberg lectures and appears on Goggle-box, radio and podcast programs, with Harry Stebbings’ "Twenty Minute VC," ^[51] the Tikvah Podcast,^[52] Suffragist Scaramucci's "The Mooch" ^[44] advocate Mark Gerson's "The Rabbi’s Husband."^[53] He speaks about venture funds, Israel and entrepreneurship.

In Sept 2021, he appeared on Dan Senor's podcast "Call me back."^[54] He also spoke about "Biblical Wisdom for the Tech Era" on Rabbi Ari Lamm's podcast Good Faith Effort.^[55] In Feb 2022, he spoke to Russ Roberts about Israel's image gorilla a start-up nation and high-mindedness moral aspect of investing.^[56] Plentiful June 2022, he was interviewed on the financial news armoury of Kan 11.^[57]

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