Oded Tal
Founding Managing Partner |
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Rami Hadar
Managing Partner |
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Guy Weizman
Investment Analyst |
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Oded Tal
Founding Managing Partner
As the Managing Partner of Claridge Israel, Oded is responsible for both its operations and investment activities.
Oded has over 20 years of transaction experience, varying from principal investments to investment banking.
Between 2000 and 2008 Oded held the position of Vice President of Investments/CIO with Claridge Inc., the reputable, Montreal based, Bronfman Family office where he managed a diverse, international, direct investment, private equity and hedge fund investment portfolio.
Following his return to Israel, Oded then went on to become an advisor to various Family Offices on private equity and other alternative investments and the Managing Partner of an Israel focused investment fund, sponsored by a leading European investment firm.
Between 2011 and 2015, Oded was Managing Director and Head of M&A at Leumi Partners, Israel’s leading merchant and investment banking group, where apart from executing transactions across multiple industries, he substantially expanded the firm’s international capabilities.
Oded also practiced law in the fields of M&A and private equity with two leading Tel Aviv law firms, and holds an MBA from McGill University and an LL.B. from Israel’s College of Management.
Oded serves on the Board of Directors and Management Committee of Unistream, a non-profit organization that promotes innovative, entrepreneurial and technological thinking among youth in Israel's geographic and socioeconomic periphery. Oded also serves on the Young Leadership Board of Taglit - Birthright Israel, a non-profit educational organization that sponsors heritage trips to Israel for young adults of Jewish heritage. Until 2018 Oded also served on the Board of Directors of Leket Israel, Israel’s largest food bank and food rescue network.
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- Lawyer/MBA
- International Business
- Global M&A
- Private Equity
- Technology
- Manufacturing
- Media & Entertainment
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Rami Hadar
Managing Partner
As Managing Director, Rami is jointly responsible with Oded Tal for all of Claridge Israel’s investment activities, leading the operational and technological aspects of all analysis and transactions.
Recognized in 2011 as one of Israel’s top five CEOs by Calcalist magazine, Rami Hadar has been establishing and leading networking and enterprise companies as well as developing global businesses for over 24 years, following his departure from the IDF as Captain in an elite technology unit in the Intelligence forces.
Hadar served as CEO and member of the board of Allot Communications (ALLT:Nasdaq) between 2006 to 2014. During his eight year tenure Hadar lead Allot into the fast growing data over mobile networks space, with sales more than quadrupling to over $100m and profitability. Hadar was also responsible for Allot’s Nasdaq IPO in 2006 and its secondary offering in 2012. During these years Allot also executed three successful acquisitions in the Security and Video space, further contributing to Allot’s growth.
Earlier in his career Hadar co-founded and served as CEO of CTP Systems (micro cellular networks) until its acquisition by DSP Communications (NASDAQ: DSPC). Subsequently acquired by Intel, Hadar was a member of DSPC’s executive management team for two years. He then went on to co-found Ensemble Communications, a pioneer in the broadband wireless space and the WiMax standard, also serving as its executive vice president, sales and marketing. Hadar later became CEO of Native Networks where he was instrumental in successfully reshaping the company into a market-driven provider of MPLS based solutions to tier-1 telecoms and in orchestrating the company’s ultimate acquisition by Alcatel [ALU:Nasdaq).
Since 2014 and until joining Claridge Israel in mid 2017 , Hadar served as Chairman and board member of several Israeli high tech companies.
Hadar also spent one year as a venture partner at JVP prior to joining Allot and holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology.
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- Experienced CEO & Founder
- Next Gen Networks/Cloud Technologies
- Enterprise Software
- Security
- Operations & Strategy
- B.Sc. Elect. Engineering, Technion
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Dov Rozenberg
Principal
Dov is involved in all aspects of Claridge Israel’s investment activities, primarily focusing on technological and financial evaluation of opportunities, as well as industry analysis.
Until 2012 Dov was a sell-side analyst for R.B.C. (Royal Bank of Canada) where he covered emerging technology companies. Between 2012 -2014 Dov was head of Technology and Telecom research for Clal Brokerage covering all the leading Israeli Tech companies trading on the TASE.
Following several years of technology and financial analysis, between 2014 – 2016 Dov lead the business development department at GKH, one of Israel’s leading law-firms, connecting investors with relevant early stage technology companies as well as consulting such companies on financial modeling, strategic planning and business development. He then joined Epistema, an early stage financial/big data startup providing economic insight for a pioneer text analysis program, as a business analyst.
Dov holds a Joint Bachelor Degree in Mathematics and Economics from Hebrew University, where he graduated with Distinction.
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- Financial Analysis
- Market Research
- Strategy / Business Planning
- Capital Markets
- Technology
- Business Development
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Dan Drach
Principal
Dan joined Claridge Israel in 2022 as a Principal and is involved in all its investment activities.
Prior to joining Claridge Israel, Dan led a diverse professional career spanning various industries and functions. His experience includes building the strategy function at eToro, a fintech platform, executing M&A transactions at Amdocs (Nasdaq: DOX), as well as managing teams at strategy consulting firm L.E.K. Earlier in his career Dan also specialized in macroeconomic analysis at Clal Insurance (TASE: CLIS).
Dan holds an MBA from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Political Science from Tel-Aviv University.
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- Strategy & Operations
- Corporate Development and M&A
- Capital Markets & Macroeconomics
- Fintech & TMT
- Deep tech, Cloud & Enterprise
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Guy Weizman
Investment Analyst
Guy joined Claridge Israel in 2021 as an Investment Analyst, assisting with evaluating investment opportunities, supporting due diligence processes and ongoing portfolio management. Prior to joining Claridge Israel, Guy was a Senior Associate at KPMG Israel’s Deal Advisory department, where he took part in a myriad of commercial valuation projects and several commercial due diligence processes, in which he was aiding buyers and sellers through various deal stages and in building complex financial models.
Between 2012 and 2015 Guy was a team leader in the Technological Unit of the IDF’s Intelligence Force
Guy holds a Bachelor Degree in Accounting & Economics from Tel-Aviv University, where he was admitted with an excellence scholarship. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel, and is currently in the process of completing his MSc in Finance at Tel-Aviv University.
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- Financial Analysis
- Valuations
- Due Diligence
- CPA
- Finance
- Technology
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