zeevi michel

Partner

2023 - Current

Venture Partner in charge of Israel

2021 - 2023

Elaia is a European top-tier VC firm with a strong tech DNA. We back tech disruptors with global ambition from early stage to growth development. For the past 18 years, our commitment has been to deliver high performance with values. We are proud to have been an active partner in over 100 startups including success stories such as Criteo (Nasdaq), Orchestra Networks (acquired by Tibco), Teads (acquired by Altice), Mirakl (valued $1.5B in Series D) and Shift Technology.

Host

2024

A podcast for startups about the path to mergers and acquisitions - and their aftermath. We go behind the scenes to look at how transactions go terribly wrong or, terrifically right. We aim to give founders new perspectives from the buy-side, sell-side, and investors–  so they can better plan for their own endgame.

Board Member

2018

Strategic Advisor

2019

Culception is a precision agtech company moving the Earth towards an era of sustainable cultivation, where people use technology to nurture nature. We develop autonomous greenhouse operating systems used by cultivation networks worldwide to produce high-value crops consistently, sustainably, and at scale.

Seed Investor

2015

Co-Founder & CEO

2018 - 2021

TravelSuit (acquired by BCD Travel) enables you to Book, Monitor & Manage your company’s business travel needs.

Strategic Advisor

2018 - 2018

Board Of Advisors

2018 - 2018

Managing Vice President - Head of Gartner Innovation Center and AI Lab

2014 - 2018

Zeevi has formed Gartner's first Innovation Center and AI lab in the world. The center grew in just a couple of years to over 50 associates , from Data Scientist to Full Stack Engineers , from Product Managers to Product Design and Marketing. At any given time the group worked on the most crucial business problems, developing 4-6 products in parallel. Successfully managed a P&L of tens of millions of dollars. A member of Gartner's Top Senior Leadership Forum. A member of the M&A team, during his time 4 major deals closed from $30M to $3.5B.

TechStars Ambassador - Tel Aviv

2014 - 2014