Josh Liggett
Partner at ADvantage
Josh Liggett
Partner at ADvantage
Jerusalem District
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2023 - Current
Investor
2022
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.
Education
B.S.
2004 - 2007