Tal Tochner

COO

2021 - Current

Alumni

2019

Venture Partner

2021 - 2022

Principal, Investment Team

2017 - 2021

PICO Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm positioned in the heart of Startup Nation with offices in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and New York. As an Investment Principal, my role is to lead the firm’s early-stage investments and drive them to success. At PICO Partners, I lead deal flow across all software-enabled sectors, serve on several boards and support portfolio companies on growth trajectory.

Kauffman Fellow (Class 24)

2019 - 2022

The Kauffman Fellowship, based in Silicon Valley, is a 2-year transformative opportunity designed to radically accelerate innovator success through self-reflection, peer learning, mentoring, and a structured curriculum taught by venture capitalists and global thought leaders. I chose to join the prestigious program because I believe that it takes strong investment skills and a global network to enable global innovation success stories at scale.

Co-Founder & Co-Chair

2015 - 2022

The Women's Parliament is a unique professional leadership & diplomacy program focused on empowering and training the next generation of female leaders in Israel. Our program targets diverse female leaders that represent a wide array of industries and domains. The goal is to encourage entrepreneurship in Israeli society by bringing together thought leaders to a platform thats serves as a catalyzer for their success.

Partner

2017 - 2017

Tel Aviv Capital (TLVC) is Israel's leading investment advisory and M&A boutique. At Tel Aviv Capital, I led direct investments, secondary investments, funds of funds, M&A and portfolio management of high-net worth individuals from Asia, London and the US. I worked directly with C-level executives in global enterprises on identifying challenges, market trends and subsequently relevant technologies. During my time at TLVC, I established the group's Asia division, raised over $80M, managed global investment teams and led corporate development for leading enterprises in Asia and the UK.

VP - Investment Team

2015 - 2017

Founding Team, Head of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships

2014 - 2015

WMN is a co-work space and community for female-led ventures. I joined this initiative due to my strong passion to advance female entrepreneurship and executive leadership. My role included developing the business strategy, experience design, ecosystem partnerships and spearheading the community of entrepreneurs and business mentors.

Partnerships & Business Development Manager, Fellowship Marketing Coordinator

2012 - 2014

The Israel-Asia Center builds bridges between Israel and Asia by developing economic ties, leadership programs and providing seed funding for ventures and entrepreneurial initiatives. I led investor relations, global partnerships and curated the Israel-Asia Leaders Fellowship.

Military Service: Head of Operations Room, Elie Unit, Air Force

2006 - 2008

Managed the operations of an F-16 squadron including training, missions and intelligence.