Moshe Lichtman

Founder, Angel Investor

2011 - Current

Active angel investor focused on Israeli-related seed-stage startups with deep tech, strong talent and a plan to create unique, high impact value and a credible business proposition. Investor/board member: Mobilitec (sold to Lucent), Flayvr (sold to AVG), Appoxee (sold to Terradata), Crosswise (sold to Oracle), Hexadite (sold to Microsoft), Cloudigo (sold to IBM), Appsee (sold to ServiceNow), Zoomd (IPO), Bitdam (sold to Datto), SimilarWeb (IPO), Semperis (partial sale to KKR), Superwise (sold to Blattner Tech), Panorays, Coralogix (secondary sale in round E), Plannie (sold), LinearB, CallApp, Softwatch (closed), Statehub (closed), Zirra (closed), Engageya, Woo, Agamon, Qbiq, Honeycomb, Illumex, Lunar, Insait, Data Blanket, Hopper, Conext Concrete, TBA (stealth), Bono, 12Angels (I, II)

Co-Founder & General Partner

2012

IGP focuses on Israeli-related growth-stage companies with strong category leadership potential in clusters which are ripe for consolidation. Investor/board member: R2Net (sold to Francisco Partners), Panaya (sold to Infosys), Optimove (sold to Summit Partners), Cellebrite (IPO), Valens (IPO), LiveU (sold to Carlyle), ColorChip (sold to CC HK), Jacada (Sold to Uniphore), Earnix (Secondary Sale), McMakler, Zadara, GreenRoad, PIPL, SysAid, HiBob, LocusView, Novidea, DealHub, Safebreach, Dot Compliance, StoreNext

Corporate Vice President

1991 - 2011

Responsible for several Microsoft global businesses. Was head of MSN’s international business in the late 90′s, and drove the business to become the #1 network in Europe, Canada, Australia and many other international markets. In the early 2000′s, ran Microsoft’s TV business and grew it to become the leading provider of IPTV platforms to telecom operators globally. Also one of the leaders of the Windows 95 team and President of Softimage, a leader in media creation software which he sold to Avid Technology in 1998.

Founder & President

2006 - 2011

Founder of Microsoft's R&D center in Herzeliya and leader of Microsoft's entire R&D operation in Israel which became one of Microsoft's three largest strategic innovation hubs outside the US

Group Manager

1987 - 1989

Development Team Lead

1985 - 1987

Program Manager

1983 - 1985