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Ophir Reshef

Venture Partner at Vertex Ventures Israel

Israel

Overview 

Ophir Reshef is a tech executive and investor based in Israel, currently serving as a Venture Partner at Vertex Ventures Israel. With a background in roles such as Chief Financial Officer at Yotpo and experience at companies like McKinsey, he has successfully invested in early-stage startups in sectors like Travel and FinTech, including companies like Finaloop and RoutePerfect.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Partner

    2024 - Current

  • Chief Financial Officer

    2020 - 2024

    Oversaw Finance, Strategy, M&A, and occasionally other areas. Helped acquire two early-stage companies that turned into the largest growth drivers for the business, and led a major strategic partnership. Helped raise $250m+ in growth financing.

  • SVP, Strategy

    2019 - 2020

  • VP Strategy

    2016 - 2019

Yotpo is an e-commerce marketing platform.

Raised $436,000,000.00 from Shopify.

  • AVP, Business Operations

    2015 - 2016

SimilarWeb offers an AI-based market intelligence platform that helps monitor web and mobile app traffic.

Raised $262,675,000.00 from Viola Growth, ION Crossover Partners, Lion Investment Partners, Saban Ventures, CE Ventures (CEIIF) and Viola Growth.

  • VP Marketing

    2014 - 2015

    Marketing & Monetization across web & mobile

  • VP Product

    2013 - 2014

    Leading growth initiatives for the Kizi gaming brand across web and mobile.

  • Co-founder & CEO

    2011 - 2013

    Ridesharing service based on Facebook events. RIP.

  • Senior Associate

    2007 - 2011

    Helped make eight investments in new companies, out of which: - Two IPOed - Wix, Fiverr - Five exited profitably: Axis Networks (Acq. by Ace Technology), Storwize (Acq. by IBM), Soluto (Acq. by Asurion), Billguard (Acq. by Prosper), Intucell (acq. by Cisco) - One didn't :)

BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.

  • Consultant

    2005 - 2007

    Consulted senior management of large corporations regarding strategy, operations, and IT.

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

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