Our Story

Michael Eisenberg (Aleph VC) is passionate about creating a dynamic tech ecosystem in Israel. In addition to his role at Aleph and his philanthropic endeavors, Michael and founding Executive Director Abbey Onn built a fellowship that answers what happens after aliyah becomes citizenship. With the help of Roni Amitai Raz, they created an opportunity for olim to truly impact the tech ecosystem.

Nevo creates multipliers of impact from top-talent olim who are already employed in Israel. Nevo offers each cohort a chance to develop themselves, expand their network and give back to their new home. Nevo focuses on intimate conversations with top leaders, mentoring, and network expansion to deeply integrate Olim into the Israeli ecosystem.

Our Story

Michael Eisenberg (Aleph VC) is passionate about creating a dynamic tech ecosystem in Israel. In addition to his role at Aleph and his philanthropic endeavors, Michael and founding Executive Director Abbey Onn built a fellowship that answers what happens after aliyah becomes citizenship. With the help of Roni Amitai Raz, they created an opportunity for olim to truly impact the tech ecosystem.

Nevo creates multipliers of impact from top-talent olim who are already employed in Israel. Nevo offers each cohort a chance to develop themselves, expand their network and give back to their new home. Nevo focuses on intimate conversations with top leaders, mentoring, and network expansion to deeply integrate Olim into the Israeli ecosystem.

Michael Eisenberg
Founder

Michael is a General Partner at Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with $850M under management. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in over 50 companies including Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Frank (acquired JPM), Melio, Healthy.io, JoyTunes, Fabric, Honeybook and Bringg.

Prior to Aleph, Michael was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital, which he joined in July 2005, and where he continues as the partner responsible for Benchmark’s Israeli portfolio. Michael has focused on internet and software-enabled service investments since 1995. He has invested in and served on the boards of some of Israel’s leading companies and startups, such as Conduit, Gigya (Acquired SAP), Picturevison (acquired: EK), SeekingAlpha, Shopping.com (Nasdaq: SHOP, acquired: EBAY), Tradeum (acquired: VERT), and Wix (Nasdaq: WIX).

Since 2006, Michael has been writing the blog “Six Kids and a Full Time Job,” on topics ranging from politics to technology, Judaism, and macroeconomics. He was a contributor to TheMarker, a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper, and is the author of the “Hummus Manifesto,” the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. Michael has also published numerous books, including The Tree of Life and Prosperity, The Vanishing Jew, and Ben Barukh. He has published three additional books in Hebrew, due for release in English in the coming years: Everyone Can Be Moses, Roaring Tribe and Milk, Honey and Uncertainty. He lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel, and entrepreneurship. In 2020, Michael established the Nevo Network, a first-of-its-kind fellowship program to elevate olim (immigrants to Israel) working in high-tech and serves as the organization’s chairman. Michael is chairman of HaShomer Hachadash and serves on the board of the non-profit organization Yeshivat Har Etzion. Michael lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children.

Abbey Onn
Co-founder, Executive Director

Abbey moved to Israel with her family in 2015. She spent four years as the CEO of InsideIL, a platform that connected MBAs with internships in Israel.

Before the move, she worked for the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School, directing their leadership development efforts and the Wexner Israel Fellowship program. Abbey also served as the Asst. Director both for Recruiting and Selection and for Academic Programs for the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program at Duke and UNC in North Carolina. She spent six years working for Hillel International, heading a program that brought 3,000 students to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.

Abbey lives in Herzliya with her family.

Maayan Rabinovich
Director of Alumni and Community

Maayan is an educator and builder of communities. Her background includes working in both formal and informal educational settings in the US and Israel.

In Berkeley CA, she served as the Community director in Congregation Beth Israel and directed their adult education programs. After returning to Israel, Maayan was part of the founding team of Pelech, a cutting-edge high school in TLV. During the last several years, she worked with women of all backgrounds to strengthen their financial capability and knowledge at the fintech Riseup. Maayan also has been deeply involved in creating a diverse and vibrant urban community at Yakar TLV.

Maayan received her BA in education from Herzog College and has studied in advanced programs at Midreshet Migdal Oz and the Leadership Program of Beit Morasha. She lives in Tel Aviv with her husband Elishav and five daughters. In her spare time she loves to camp in nature and make pottery.

Roni Amitai-Raz
Consultant

After serving as the Israeli Emissary representing the Jewish Agency in Charlotte, North Carolina. Roni continued her work with world Jewry as a Program Manager for several ‘Masa Journey’ programs. Roni’s previous role, before joining the Nevo Network, was the Director of Education and Training at Israel Tech Challenge (ITC), managing career growth for hundreds of young olim in the Israeli high-tech ecosystem. Skilled in building and managing multidisciplinary teams, designing training , and driving forward scalable change, Roni is especially passionate about cultivating tech talent and enhancing professional impact. Roni holds a B.S.W in Community Social Work from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.B.A in Social Leadership from Ben Gurion University and the Mandel Foundation.

Michael Eisenberg
Founder

Michael is a General Partner at Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with $850M under management. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in over 50 companies including Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Frank (acquired JPM), Melio, Healthy.io, JoyTunes, Fabric, Honeybook and Bringg.

Prior to Aleph, Michael was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital, which he joined in July 2005, and where he continues as the partner responsible for Benchmark’s Israeli portfolio. Michael has focused on internet and software-enabled service investments since 1995. He has invested in and served on the boards of some of Israel’s leading companies and startups, such as Conduit, Gigya (Acquired SAP), Picturevison (acquired: EK), SeekingAlpha, Shopping.com (Nasdaq: SHOP, acquired: EBAY), Tradeum (acquired: VERT), and Wix (Nasdaq: WIX).

Since 2006, Michael has been writing the blog “Six Kids and a Full Time Job,” on topics ranging from politics to technology, Judaism, and macroeconomics. He was a contributor to TheMarker, a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper, and is the author of the “Hummus Manifesto,” the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. Michael has also published numerous books, including The Tree of Life and Prosperity, The Vanishing Jew, and Ben Barukh. He has published three additional books in Hebrew, due for release in English in the coming years: Everyone Can Be Moses, Roaring Tribe and Milk, Honey and Uncertainty. He lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel, and entrepreneurship. In 2020, Michael established the Nevo Network, a first-of-its-kind fellowship program to elevate olim (immigrants to Israel) working in high-tech and serves as the organization’s chairman. Michael is chairman of HaShomer Hachadash and serves on the board of the non-profit organization Yeshivat Har Etzion. Michael lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children.

Abbey Onn
Co-founder, Executive Director

Abbey moved to Israel with her family in 2015. She spent four years as the CEO of InsideIL, a platform that connected MBAs with internships in Israel.

Before the move, she worked for the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School, directing their leadership development efforts and the Wexner Israel Fellowship program. Abbey also served as the Asst. Director both for Recruiting and Selection and for Academic Programs for the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program at Duke and UNC in North Carolina. She spent six years working for Hillel International, heading a program that brought 3,000 students to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.

Abbey lives in Herzliya with her family.

Maayan Rabinovich
Director of Alumni and Community

Maayan is an educator and builder of communities. Her background includes working in both formal and informal educational settings in the US and Israel.

In Berkeley CA, she served as the Community director in Congregation Beth Israel and directed their adult education programs. After returning to Israel, Maayan was part of the founding team of Pelech, a cutting-edge high school in TLV. During the last several years, she worked with women of all backgrounds to strengthen their financial capability and knowledge at the fintech Riseup. Maayan also has been deeply involved in creating a diverse and vibrant urban community at Yakar TLV.

Maayan received her BA in education from Herzog College and has studied in advanced programs at Midreshet Migdal Oz and the Leadership Program of Beit Morasha. She lives in Tel Aviv with her husband Elishav and five daughters. In her spare time she loves to camp in nature and make pottery.

Roni Amitai-Raz
Consultant

After serving as the Israeli Emissary representing the Jewish Agency in Charlotte, North Carolina. Roni continued her work with world Jewry as a Program Manager for several ‘Masa Journey’ programs. Roni’s previous role, before joining the Nevo Network, was the Director of Education and Training at Israel Tech Challenge (ITC), managing career growth for hundreds of young olim in the Israeli high-tech ecosystem. Skilled in building and managing multidisciplinary teams, designing training , and driving forward scalable change, Roni is especially passionate about cultivating tech talent and enhancing professional impact. Roni holds a B.S.W in Community Social Work from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.B.A in Social Leadership from Ben Gurion University and the Mandel Foundation.

Executive Board

Michael Eisenberg

Board Chair, Equal Partner, Aleph

Daniil Chernov

Analytics Team Lead, Product Growth, Wix

Jillian Goldberg

Chief Revenue and Investment Officer, Guardknox

Ron Gura

Co-founder and CEO, Empathy

Ann Kirschner

Special Advisor to the President, Arizona State University

Nathaniel Rosen

Investor, Blackstone

Oren Toledano

Co-founder and CEO, Swimm

Luis Voloch

Co-founder, Immunai

Alumni Board

Aaron Bours

Marketing Chair + VP Marketing, Hyro

Lia Cromwell

Ecosystem Relations Chair + Principal, Upwest

Lorena Feldman

Professional Development Chair + Business Development, Gigaspaces

Adir Gozlan

Data Chair + Data Science + ML Team Lead, Glassbox

Katerina Greenstein

Social + Community Chair + Head of Partner Community, Appsflyer

Max Kane

Global Chair + Product Manager, Lemonade (AKA Barack Obama)

Jonatan Macznik

Board Co-chair + ESG Data Expert, ESGgo

Jon Rathauser

Board Co-chair, Chief Egg Officer and Co-founder, Eggmented Reality

Maayan Tzoubari

Social Impact Chair + Engineer + Product, Via

Mikey Weiss

Finance Chair + Strategic Finance Lead, Trullion

Executive Board

Michael Eisenberg

Board Chair, Equal Partner, Aleph

Daniil Chernov

Analytics Team Lead, Product Growth, Wix

Jillian Goldberg

Chief Revenue and Investment Officer, Guardknox

Ron Gura

Co-founder and CEO, Empathy

Ann Kirschner

Special Advisor to the President, Arizona State University

Nathaniel Rosen

Investor, Blackstone

Oren Toledano

Co-founder and CEO, Swimm

Luis Voloch

Co-founder, Immunai

Alumni Board

Aaron Bours

Marketing Chair + VP Marketing, Hyro

Lia Cromwell

Ecosystem Relations Chair + Principal, Upwest

Lorena Feldman

Professional Development Chair + Business Development, Gigaspaces

Adir Gozlan

Data Chair + Data Science + ML Team Lead, Glassbox

Katerina Greenstein

Social + Community Chair + Head of Partner Community, Appsflyer

Max Kane

Global Chair + Product Manager, Lemonade (AKA Barack Obama)

Jonatan Macznik

Board Co-chair + ESG Data Expert, ESGgo

Jon Rathauser

Board Co-chair, Chief Egg Officer and Co-founder, Eggmented Reality

Maayan Tzoubari

Social Impact Chair + Engineer + Product, Via

Mikey Weiss

Finance Chair + Strategic Finance Lead, Trullion