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Ilan Abehassera
Founder of Async
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Ilan Abehassera
Founder of Async
New York, New York
Overview
Ilan Abehassera is a seasoned entrepreneur and operator with a strong background in business development, PR, and deal-making. He is the Co-Founder & CEO of Async, a pre-seed investor, and has a successful track record in founding and leading multiple startups, including ILY which was acquired by Nucleus.
Abehassera has invested in a range of successful companies at various stages such as Stadium Live Studios and Algolia, showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting promising ventures.
Work Experience
Co-Founder & CEO
2021 - Current
Voice memos that move ideas forward. Share your thoughts as a dynamic link where anyone can listen, read a transcript, and add timestamped reactions. No sign-up required. Replace email with the first voice app that's made for turning ideas into action.
Async is a voice app to free up calendars and emails using voice messages people can read, share, and react to.
Raised $4,000,000.00 from BoxGroup, basecase capital, Aglaé Ventures, Pareto Holdings, A* Capital, Edward Lando, Vivek Sodera, Alex Bouaziz, Shrug Capital and Apollo Projects.
General Partner
2021
Partnered with world champion Blaise Matuidi to back legendary consumer founders with an unfair advantage from seed to series A Our LPs are for the majority athletes, celebrities and investors with very large social media influence. Together, they represent a very strong community of 160M followers . We use the power of influence from our LPs to bring awareness to the startups we invest in to help them grow faster
We back legendary consumer founders with an unfair advantage from pre-seed to series A. Funding meets influence.
Podcast Host
2018 - 2022
Oui Are New York is a podcast where Ilan interviews French Entrepreneurs who made it in America. Ça fait un bon moment maintenant que je veux raconter les histoires de ces Français qui réussissent a New York. Il y en a de plus en plus, et mon intuition me dit qu’il y a une “secret sauce”. C’est ce que je veux partager avec 'Oui Are New York', en interviewant des profils fascinants ici depuis longtemps ou pas, venant de tous secteurs, la tech bien entendue, mais aussi la restauration, la mode, etc. Available on all the good Podcasting platforms like Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2OR0XZ3, Apple Podcast : https://apple.co/2PGLRKH and more : ouiareny.com
Co-Founder, President & COO
2017 - 2021
A revolutionary advance in oral health that automatically empowers everyone to achieve the best at-home clean possible. 💫 Kleiner Perkins backed ** One of TIME's best inventions of the year 2020 🙏🏼 **
Angel Investor
2012 - 2020
I'm an angel investor in : Checkr, Algolia, Wit.ai (acquired by Facebook), Sunrise (acquired by Microsoft), Cowboy Bike, Campaign Inc., Vastrm, Outbox, OKPanda, SkyGiraffe, Press4Kids, Festicket, Simplifield and many more!
Founder and CEO
2014 - 2017
Insensi has been acquired by Nucleus in September 2016. Ily, The Re-Imagined Home Phone That Connects Generations. Ily is a new kind of home phone for families. Built with younger kids and grandparents in mind, it makes communication simple. Connect with one click for phone calls, video chats, and text messages, or share photos and drawings - all on a safe, closed system, no matter what device you use, thanks to the Ily app for iOS and Android. Traveling parents, far-away relatives, and little ones without phones can now all be together. Anytime, and from anywhere. Learn more at www.ily.co
Senior Director of Product Management
2012 - 2014
Following to the acquisition of Producteev by Jive, I've taken a Senior Product role in charge of Producteev's team and product. Working on two major projects: - Integration between Producteev and Jive, working with Jive's customers on adoption of our task solution - Evolution of the Standalone offering (Producteev.com), and responsible for P&L
Jive Software operates as an independent social business software vendor.
Raised $69,476,794.00 from Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital.
Founder and CEO
2008 - 2012
Producteev has been acquired in November 2012 by Jive Software, the leader in Social Enterprise Software. Producteev will remain an independent entity, and development of new products and apps will only accelerate! In 4 years, Producteev has become one of the very top players in the Task Management space. We allow both teams and individuals to better track their tasks across devices : iOS, Web, Android, Mac, Windows, E-mail and IM... We now over 2,000 companies paying for Producteev such as Apple, Stanford University, Disney, Financial Times, Orbitz... We're venture backed, and very proud of our killer tech team based in New York, Paris and Palo Alto. We've launched Producteev in June 2010. www.producteev.com
Producteev is a free task management application for individuals and teams to collaborate via the web, email, IM, mobile or desktop.
Raised $1,310,000.00 from Palm Ventures, Marc-Henri Magdelenat, SquareOne Venture Capital, Dan Porter, Michael Sauer, Oliver Jung, Oleg Tscheltzoff and Florian Seroussi.
Biz Dev / Country Manager US
2005 - 2008
Zlio.com was the first startup exploring Social Shopping, founded by successful Serial Entrepreneur Jeremie Berrebi, and VC Backed since July 2007 by Mangrove Capital, the first Backers of Skype. Zlio.com was a huge success in France, and has been named in the 'Ten French Web 2.0 Wonders' by Alarm Clock : http://tinyurl.com/2vzep2. I was in charge of the US and UK operations for Zlio.com. Before that, I worked for two other startups in the social networking and mobile spaces. All three failed by the way. And that's how I learned a lot :)
Junior Product Manager
2003 - 2004
I was working with the Giorgio Armani fragrances team on new launches. Learned all the L'Oreal product marketing genius, and that's where I became obsessed with paying attention to the smallest details in Product management