Yuval Cohen
Founder at StageOne Ventures
Profile
Yuval Cohen serves on Cyhawk’s Advisory Board.
He brings more than 17 years of experience in the venture capital market.
Yuval founded and manages Stage One Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on seed and early stage investments in the Information and Communications Technology sectors.
Prior to that he was a General Partner in Israel Infinity Fund, a $100 million Information Technology fund, where he was in charge of the Communications Sector.
Since 1995, Yuval has been involved, as an early stage investor and a director, in many young startups, some of which have already gone public or have been acquired by leading multinational companies.He has played an integral role in helping management teams recruit, develop strategies, and establish partnership agreements in many of his investees' companies.
Yuval served and still serves as a board member in multiple private and public companies including Traffix Systems, acquired by F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), Trivnet, acquired by Gemalto (EPA:GTO), Guardium, acquired by IBM (NYSE:IBM), Radwiz, acquired by Terayon (NASDAQ:TERNE), Oridion Medical, acquired by Covidien (NYSE: COV), cVidya Networks, Oversi Networks, BI Science and OnGage.
Yuval earned his LLB and MBA degrees from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
When not at work, Yuval enjoys Tennis, skiing, traveling and hanging out with his family.
Yuval Cohen active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
StageOne Ventures
 StageOne Ventures Investment ManagersFinance StageOne Ventures is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2001 by Yuval Cohen. The firm is headquartered in Herzliya Pituach, Israel. | Founder | 2001-05-31 |
Trivnet Ltd.
 Trivnet Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Trivnet Ltd. provides electronic payment and commercial services. It specializes in mobile financial services, mobile payments, mobile money transfer, remittance, mobile commerce, security and mobile banking. The company was founded in March 1997 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel. | Director/Board Member | - |
Cyhawk Ventures Ltd.
 Cyhawk Ventures Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Cyhawk Ventures Ltd (Cyhawk Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Kfir Moyal and Assad Ben-Asher. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Consultant / Advisor | 2011-03-31 |
Xertive Global Media Ltd.
 Xertive Global Media Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Xertive Media Ltd. operates an online advertising agency, that provides display advertising services for online advertisers, publishers, advertising agencies, interactive agencies, and media buyers. The firm provides services in the areas of shopping/e-commerce, finance/insurance/credit, online gaming, and social applications/toolbars/software. It also plans and executes display advertising campaigns; and tracks, optimizes, and reports on campaigns. The company was founded by Kfir Moyal, Gill Rosenblum and Amir Ben-Asher in January 2010 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Director/Board Member | - |
Silverfort, Inc. (Israel)
 Silverfort, Inc. (Israel) Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Silverfort Ltd. is engaged in protecting enterprises from data breaches, cyber attacks and insider threats, by preventing credential compromise and misuse across the entire corporate network and cloud infrastructure. The company was founded by Hed Kovetz, Matan Fattal, and Yaron Kassner in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Director/Board Member | 2018-06-03 |
Model 9 Software Ltd.
 Model 9 Software Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Model 9 Software Ltd. develops cloud-based platform for the mainframe backup and recovery needs of the enterprises. The company was founded by Gil Peleg, Yuval Kashtan and Motti Tal and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Director/Board Member | 2016-12-31 |
Former positions of Yuval Cohen
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Minerva Labs Ltd.
 Minerva Labs Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Minerva Labs Ltd. provides computer and network security services. It offers Ransomware prevention, tampering protection, APT and targeted attacks interruption, and take over prevention. The company was founded by Omri Moyal, Erez Breiman, and Eddy Bobritsky and is headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel. | Director/Board Member | 2023-02-28 |
| OTONOMO TECHNOLOGIES | Director/Board Member | 2022-02-28 |
cVidya Networks Ltd.
 cVidya Networks Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services cVidya Networks Ltd. provides revenue analytics solutions to communications and digital service providers. It also offers managed and consulting services, SaaS and Cloud, education center, and cVidyaCare customer support. The company was founded by Alon Aginsky in September 2000 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. | Director/Board Member | 2015-12-31 |
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Training of Yuval Cohen
| The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Graduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| OTONOMO TECHNOLOGIES | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 16 |
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StageOne Ventures
StageOne Ventures Investment ManagersFinance StageOne Ventures is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2001 by Yuval Cohen. The firm is headquartered in Herzliya Pituach, Israel. | Finance |
Guardium, Inc.
 Guardium, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Guardium, Inc. provides enterprise database monitoring and protection. It develops network solutions for database security, regulatory compliance and auditing. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Technology Services |
cVidya Networks Ltd.
cVidya Networks Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services cVidya Networks Ltd. provides revenue analytics solutions to communications and digital service providers. It also offers managed and consulting services, SaaS and Cloud, education center, and cVidyaCare customer support. The company was founded by Alon Aginsky in September 2000 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. | Technology Services |
FiberZone Networks Ltd.
 FiberZone Networks Ltd. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing FiberZone Networks Ltd. develops and markets fiber management systems. It delivers remote fiber connectivity solutions to datacenters and networks with its Automatic Fiber Management product line, delivering reliability, flexibility, fault tolerance and management to the fiber infrastructure. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel. | Producer Manufacturing |
Trivnet Ltd.
Trivnet Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Trivnet Ltd. provides electronic payment and commercial services. It specializes in mobile financial services, mobile payments, mobile money transfer, remittance, mobile commerce, security and mobile banking. The company was founded in March 1997 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel. | Commercial Services |
Oversi Networks Ltd.
 Oversi Networks Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Oversi Networks Ltd. provides rich-media caching and content delivery solutions for Internet video and peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Hod Hasharon, Israel. | Technology Services |
Radwiz Ltd
 Radwiz Ltd Computer CommunicationsElectronic Technology Part of Motorola Solutions, Inc., Radwiz Ltd develops telecommunication access products. The Israeli company was founded by Adoram Gaash. Adoram Gaash has been the CEO since incorporation. Radwiz was acquired by Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. on November 22, 1999 for $30.75 million. | Electronic Technology |
B.IScience Ltd.
 B.IScience Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services B.IScience Ltd. operates as a business intelligence solutions provider for the online media industry. The firm specializes in marketing operations over ad display, search, social media, affiliate marketing and mobile channels. The company was founded by Assaf Toval, Moyal Kfir and Gilliam Orey in 2009 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Technology Services |
Traffix Communication Systems Ltd.
 Traffix Communication Systems Ltd. Computer CommunicationsElectronic Technology Traffix Systems Ltd. is provider of 4G Diameter signaling products for telecommunications service providers. The company was founded in 2005 by Ben Volkow and Shafran Gil and is headquartered in Tel Aviv , Israel. | Electronic Technology |
| Oridion Medical Ltd. | |
Cyhawk Ventures Ltd.
Cyhawk Ventures Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Cyhawk Ventures Ltd (Cyhawk Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Kfir Moyal and Assad Ben-Asher. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Finance |
Xertive Global Media Ltd.
Xertive Global Media Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Xertive Media Ltd. operates an online advertising agency, that provides display advertising services for online advertisers, publishers, advertising agencies, interactive agencies, and media buyers. The firm provides services in the areas of shopping/e-commerce, finance/insurance/credit, online gaming, and social applications/toolbars/software. It also plans and executes display advertising campaigns; and tracks, optimizes, and reports on campaigns. The company was founded by Kfir Moyal, Gill Rosenblum and Amir Ben-Asher in January 2010 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Technology Services |
Silverfort, Inc. (Israel)
Silverfort, Inc. (Israel) Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Silverfort Ltd. is engaged in protecting enterprises from data breaches, cyber attacks and insider threats, by preventing credential compromise and misuse across the entire corporate network and cloud infrastructure. The company was founded by Hed Kovetz, Matan Fattal, and Yaron Kassner in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Technology Services |
Model 9 Software Ltd.
Model 9 Software Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Model 9 Software Ltd. develops cloud-based platform for the mainframe backup and recovery needs of the enterprises. The company was founded by Gil Peleg, Yuval Kashtan and Motti Tal and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Technology Services |
Minerva Labs Ltd.
Minerva Labs Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Minerva Labs Ltd. provides computer and network security services. It offers Ransomware prevention, tampering protection, APT and targeted attacks interruption, and take over prevention. The company was founded by Omri Moyal, Erez Breiman, and Eddy Bobritsky and is headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel. | Technology Services |
Infinity Equity Capital Ltd
 Infinity Equity Capital Ltd Investment ManagersFinance Infinity Equity Capital Ltd (Infinity Equity Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Chris Brenes. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel with additional office in Beijing. | Finance |
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