JL

Josh Liggett

Partner at ADvantage

Jerusalem District

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2021

  • Board Member

    2022 - 2024

  • Principal

    2021 - 2023

  • Investment Associate

    2020 - 2021

    -Responsible for finding and analyzing new investments to be a part of OurCrowd's portfolio. -Lead the Fintech and blockchain diligence, investments, and strategic partnerships. -Work directly with portfolio companies regarding strategy and business development -Manage relationships with financial MNCs interested in OurCrowd portfolio companies. -Coordinate with Marketing and Sales Departments to communicate both merits and risks of new investments.

  • Senior Investment Analyst

    2017 - 2020

    -Responsible for finding and analyzing new investments to be a part of OurCrowd's portfolio. -Lead the Fintech and blockchain diligence, investments, and strategic partnerships. -Manage the process of creating and completion of OurTakes, OurCrowd's investment memorandum for each investment. -Coordinate with Marketing and Sales Departments to communicate both merits and risks of new investments.

  • Investor Relations Associate

    2017 - 2018

    -Inside Sales Team Member responsible for communicating with our investors, which currently numbers 20K accredited investors -Managed relationships with retail investors, with investment sizes ranging from $5,000 to $1,000,000. -Provided information to investors wishing to learn more about Venture Capital, the OurCrowd Platform, or specific investment opportunities. -Worked with other departments to develop sales strategies -Contributed to OurCrowd blog

  • Mentor

    2020 - 2022

    BizLabs is a Scalerator for advanced stage Haredi founder's startup companies. The program is designed for 7 start-ups in each cycle, who, for 5 months, receive full services, access to multinational corporations, professional workshops and an investor forum. The goal of the program is to improve the success rate of start-ups with Haredi founders. Our vision is to be the leading platform in Israel to promote technology companies in the Haredi community. Our mission is to scale advanced stage Haredi startups, across all industries, for zero-equity taken. The program is fully subsidized.

  • Ambassador

    2018 - 2021

  • Mentor, Barclays Accelerator Powered By Techstars

    2018 - 2020

  • Lead Payments & Blockchain Correspondent

    2016 - 2017

    Led the payments and blockchain coverage for Tradestreaming, Digiday Media's newest media brand covering fintech. Covered new happenings in blockchain, card networks, bank transfers, remittance, p2p payments and general finance. Wrote from the perspective of the middle road, balancing innovation from fintech upstarts while living in the world of incumbents and regulation.

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