Ep553: Gil Ben-Artzy | Founding Partner, UpWest

Gil is the Founding Partner of UpWest, the only Seed fund that's purposefully designed to help Israeli startups break into the US market.  Headquartered in Silicon Valley and operating since 2012, UpWest was the first investor in SentineOne, HoneyBook and 80 other startups that raised over $2B in follow-on funding from top US VCs. Prior to UpWest, Gil was the VP of Operations Management at Yahoo! after working with the company's Corporate Development group. Gil also served as a consultant advising Fortune 500 companies for the Boston Consulting Group in New York.