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Incentive Incubator is one of the leading incubators in Israel. It is the first privatized incubator, fully owned by Peregrine Ventures (www.peregrinevc.com) venture capital fund. Incentive’s portfolio companies enjoy: • Seed investments of approximately 600 thousand dollars. • A Team oriented environment • An experienced management team • Value-added services Our areas of specialization are: Medical Devices, IT and Telecommunications. Incentive Incubator and Peregrine Ventures' professional experience and networking capabilities provide extensive assistance to our portfolio companies, throughout the course of their growth. Managment
• Lior Shahory - CEO
Serves as incentive’s CEO since 2005, prior to managing Incentive,
served as the Deputy Program Director of The Incubators Program. Lior Holds an MBA degree, Tel-Aviv University, and a B.A. (cum laude) in Economics, Haifa University.
• Nir Altschuler - VP Business Development
Nir Altschuler is responsible for screening and due diligence for new companies, and provides active
ssupport with business development to incubator companies. Prior to Incentive, Nir served as a Strategic Consultant at Shaldor, Israel's leading Management Consulting firm and as a Chairman of the Students Association at Ben-Gurion University. Nir holds a BSc. in Biotechnology Engineering (cum laude) from Ben-Gurion University and an MBA (Honors MBA program) from Ben-Gurion University. • Anna Harel - Accountant • Inbal Rachamim - Accountant • Daphna Chen - Administrative Coordinator
Peregrine Ventures' partners are dedicated to the business development efforts of the portfolio
• Phillip Frost M.D General Partner & Investment Committee Member
Phillip Frost M.D is a General Partner and active Investment Committee Member at Peregrine Ventures. From 1987 to January 26, 2006, Phillip Frost M.D served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of IVAX Corporation, a worldwide producer and marketer of generic and proprietary drugs. On January 26, 2006, IVAX completed a merger with Teva Pharmaceutical Industustries Ltd. Phillip Frost M.D now serves as Vice Chairman of Teva. He also served as the President of IVAX Corporation from 1991 until 1995. He is a member of the Board of Directors of IVAX Diagnostics, Inc, Northrop Grumman Corporation , Continucare Corporation and Cellular Technical Services Company, Inc . He is also a Director of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc . He is a member, and former Chairman, of the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami and a Co-Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the American Stock Exchange. Phillip Frost M.D is internationally recognized as one of the most influential persons in the life science sector, for his many business accruements and notable positions held in global companies.
• Eyal Lifschitz, Partner, Peregrine Ventures
Mr. Eyal Lifschitz is the CEO, General Partner and a Co-Founder of Peregrine Ventures. Eyal serves on behalf of Peregrine Ventures on the Boards of Neovasc Ltd and Neurosonix Ltd. He also serves as a Director of Given Imaging (NASDAQ: GIVN). Prior to founding Peregrine Ventures, Eyal co-founded numerous medical technology companies including: 1990 to 1994. Director of Business Development, PharmaSys (acquired by Elan Corp. NYSE:ELN), 1994 to 2001. General Manager, ECR (acquired by AVX Corp. NYSE:AVX), 1997 to 2001 Director of Business Development, Visioncare Ophthalmic Technologies,1999 to 2001, Director of Business Development, BioControl Ltd.
• Boaz Lifschitz, Partner, Peregrine Ventures
Mr. Boaz Lifschitz is a General Partner and Co- Founder of Peregrine Ventures. Boaz serves on behalf of Peregrine Ventures on the Boards of Neovasc Ltd, B-Balloon Ltd, Cellvine Ltd and Genetico Ltd. Prior to co-founding Peregrine Ventures, Boaz was a Co-founder of VisionCare Ltd, a biomedical company which develops proprietary ophthalmic implantable devices. He also served, for a period of 4 years as the CFO and Director of the Chairman's Office of VisionCare Ltd. Boaz also acquired vast experience in financing technology based companies, having been responsible for reviewing potential investments in early stage companies such as Clearforest Ltd. and Petra Tech International Ltd . amongst many others.
• Gil Weil, Partner, Peregrine Ventures
Gil Weil is a General Partner and Co- Founder of Peregrine Ventures. Gil serves on behalf of Peregrine Ventures on the Boards of Cellvine Ltd, Kailight Photonics Inc, Eurikify Ltd and Vimplicity. He also serves on the Board of various other Israeli companies including Olsale and Ranitech. Prior to co-founding Peregrine Ventures, Gil guided several early-stage companies in the area of management, business development and finance and contributed to the establishment and success of many including Clearforest Corp. Gil has also held a position of associate at I. Gornitzky & Co, one of Israel's leading law firms, where he was actively involved in the negotiations of a number of major investment and acquisition. |
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