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Realigning with Customers: Real-time adjustment in the time of COVID-19
Talks about Covid-19, Startup Lessons and Customer Engagement
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Shuly Galili
Founding Partner at UpWest
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Shuly Galili is a Founding Partner at UpWest, investing in early-stage startups in sectors such as Security, Cloud Infrastructure, AI, and Enterprise in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in public/private partnerships and venture philanthropy, Shuly has successfully advised and invested in companies like CyCognito at Series C, while also serving on boards and as an advisor for organizations like Salespeak.ai, Deeto, and Google Launchpad.
Work Experience
Board Member
2023 - Current
Salespeak aims to revolutionize the sales experience for both sellers and buyers.
Raised $3,499,998.00.
Board Member
2022
Deeto is a growth-enablement platform that leverages satisfied customers' experiences to help businesses close more deals faster.
Investor
2016
CyCognito is a leading exposure management platform that is fully-automated & highly scalable, driven to create positive business impact
Raised $153,000,000.00 from Thomvest Ventures, Harpoon, The Westly Group, Heritage Group, Dan Scheinman, Geodesic Capital, Accel, UpWest, Sorenson Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Investor
2013
SentinelOne is an autonomous cybersecurity solution company.
Raised $696,520,000.00 from Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Third Point Ventures and Insight Partners.
Board Member
2021
The first and only security governance platform for low-code/no-code applications
Founding Partner
2011
I co-founded UpWest to continue and do what i love most, support early stage founders. I invest in seed stage teams and work with them to supercharge their growth in the US. Focused on Israeli entrepreneurs and founders, UpWest provides unmatched environment for scaling a company in the US. Among our portfolio: SentinelOne, Stampli, Honeybook, CyCognito, Imubit and many more...
UpWest is a seed fund investing in Israel’s most promising entrepreneurs targeting the US market.
Advisor
2010
The C100 is a non-profit, member-driven organization that supports Canadian technology entrepreneurship through mentorship, partnership and investment.
Anchor Mentor for Google Launchpad
2018 - 2018
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Advisor
2013 - 2015
"Cracking the Glass Ceiling" is a program operating in various schools and municipalities throughout Israel creating impact among young girls and women through STEM and entrepreneurship education.
Executive Director
2000 - 2012
Accelerating business partnerships between companies in Israel and the US. Identifying business/investment opportunities. Developing special programs, conferences, seminars and meetings to discuss market opportunities in Israel and the US. Managing a sucessful network of over 10,000 companies.
Education
Investments
Latest Articles
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Why Israeli Startups Are Primed to Tackle Problems in Unsexy Industries with AI
Talks about Artificial Intelligence, Israel and Industry 4 0
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Six Common Traps Foreign Founders Repeatedly Fall for in the US Market
Talks about Startup, Entrepreneurship and Immigration
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The Five Truths I Learned as an Early-Stage Investor
Talks about Venture Capital, Startup and Upwest Labs