The Team
Yoav Lichtenstein
Inventor and CEO
Over 25 years’ experience as team member, leader and manager in the development of medical systems (Biosense Webster, EPD Medical), industrial systems (Scitex, Creo, InkSure), and military systems (Elop). Inventor and co-inventor of over 20 patents in optics, mechanics and electronics. BSc Electronic Engineering, Tel Aviv University; MBA, Bar-Ilan University.
Zohar Gendler
CEO & Managing Partner at NGT3 VC, Board Member
Former CEO and director of Beta-O2 Technologies. Served as CEO of the Technion Entrepreneurial Incubator. Led establishment of and investment in more than 50 companies, including: Prolor Biotech (sold to OPKO, NYSE: OPK), Mazor Robotics (NASDAQ: MZOR), ReWalk (NASDAQ: RWLK), Corindus (NASDAQ: CVRS), Regentis and many others.
Nizar Mishael
CFO and Board Member at NGT3 VC
CFO of over 30 start-up companies since joining NGT3 in 2006, Nizar has hands-on financial management experience at all levels: from seed investment through early and late financial rounds.
Prof. Haim Shirin
Head of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease Institute at Shamir M.C Israel
Prof. Haim Shirin is a graduate "cum laude" of the Medicine Faculty at the Israel Institute of Technology and qualified in 1986. After his gastroenterology residency he did a post-doc fellowship at the Columbia University in New-York. Since 2011 he is the Head of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease Institute at Shamir M.C., in Israel. Prof. Shirin is an associated professor in Tel-Aviv University and published 94 original papers in peer review journals, many of them in high quality and high IF journals, and presented his studies in national and international meetings. Recently, he has been elected as the President of the Israeli Gastroenterology Association.
Yoram Halevy
Director, Business Development
Experience of 38 years in the Industry. Held management roles in HR, Quality Assurance, Entrepreneurship and Investments. Served as CEO of a Technological Incubator in Ofakim for more than 12 years. Established a Bio-Med Technological Incubator, based on the Israeli model, in Guangzhou, China.
Dr. Amir Toren
CTO and BD at NGT3 VC, Business Development
Over 18 years in executive management positions in the medical device and healthcare industries, including MediWound (R&D manager),
Pluristem (VP BD), and extensive experience in CEO positions
(Coeruleus, JPMed and StarletDerma).