Amnon Shoham
Fondateur chez Cedar Advisors, Inc.
Profil
Amnon Shoham brings to Cedar Fund a wealth of experience investing in and building quality high tech companies from the ground up since 1993.
His Cedar Fund success record includes early stage investments in companies that he helped build to successful exits, including Cloudlock (acquired by Cisco), Guardium (acquired by IBM), Onaro (acquired by Network Appliance - NetApp(NASDAQ: NTAP) and Appilog (acquired by HP/Mercury (NYSE:HPQ).
Mr. Shoham focuses on investments in the enterprise software space, and is an active board member on several of Cedar Fund’s portfolio companies.
Prior to founding Cedar Fund, Mr. Shoham was the Managing Partner of Star Ventures in Israel, where he built and managed its investment activity in Israel.
Mr. Shoham has served as director on the following Nasdaq-traded companies’ boards: Accord Networks (ACCD, acquired by Polycom, PLCM); BreezeCOM (BRZE, now Alvarion, ALVR); Fourth Dimension Software (DDDDF, acquired by BMC Software, BMC); Fundtech (FNDT); Jacada (JCDA); NICEcom (acquired by 3com Corp.,COMS); Paradigm Geophysical (PGEO) and ViryaNet (VRYA).
Mr. Shoham’s activity on Star’s behalf also included investments in Armon Networking (acquired by Bay Networks), Summit Design (now Innoveda, INOV) and Precise Software (PRSE).
He was also instrumental in facilitating Star’s investment in Creo Products, (CREO) and Orckit Communications (ORCT).
Before turning to venture capital investing, Mr. Shoham worked as an attorney in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, a leading U.S.
law firm, where he focused on public offerings and mergers and acquisitions involving high technology companies.
Postes actifs de Amnon Shoham
| Sociétés | Poste | Début |
|---|---|---|
Cedar Advisors, Inc.
 Cedar Advisors, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Cedar Advisors Inc (Cedar Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Amnon Shoham and Gal Israely. The firm is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. | Fondateur | 01/08/1997 |
ClickFox, Inc.
 ClickFox, Inc. Electronics DistributorsDistribution Services ClickFox, Inc. sells user behavior analysis and optimization software and services. Its products include Journey Management Suite, Journey Watch, Journey Explore and Journey Foundations. The firm also specializes in banking, insurance and utilities transition. The company was founded by Marco G. Pacelli, Tal Cohen and Nissim Harel in 2000 and is headquartered in Denver, CO. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
CloudLock LLC
 CloudLock LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CloudLock LLC provides cloud data security solutions. It unified cloud security fabric that helps organizations protect sensitive data in public cloud applications such as G Suite, Salesforce, Dropbox, Box, ServiceNow, Office 365, Third-party connected and other apps. The company was founded by Gil J. Zimmermann, Tsahy Shapsa and Ron Zalkind in 2011 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
OnPage Corp.
 OnPage Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services OnPage Corp. provides cloud based secure messaging solutions. Its solutions include pager and secure messaging, secure messaging system, information technology system, on-call management and integration and application program interface. The company was founded by Maor Ron and Gadi Mazor in 1997 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Anciens postes connus de Amnon Shoham
| Sociétés | Poste | Fin |
|---|---|---|
| IMPERVA INC | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 31/10/2020 |
WorkplaceIQ, Inc.
 WorkplaceIQ, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services WorkplaceIQ, Inc. used to provide real estate management software solutions. The company used to offer its SiteSeer software, modules that track property leasing and ownership data and used to allow the users to share construction, accounting, legal, or facilities information. Its customers were AG Edwards, Au Bon Pain, Bed Bath & Beyond, Blue Cross, Circuit City and Cisco Systems. The company was founded in 1991 and was headquartered in Waltham, MA | Président | 27/09/2005 |
Fourth Dimension Software
 Fourth Dimension Software Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Fourth Dimension Software provides software development and services for the travel industry. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
WebLayers, Inc.
 WebLayers, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services WebLayers, Inc. develops automated software testing solutions. It offers configurable solution to address software policy compliance issues from software validation and verification to fully integrated governance across the enterprise, from the cloud and the mainframe to the desktop and the handset. The firm also provides policy-based approach to automating software compliance, providing policy managers and architects with the ability to define and enforce software governance policies. The company was founded by Guy Loewy and Motti Vaknin in 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd.
 Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd. is a venture capital firm investing in seed and early stage startups in Israel and the USA. The company was founded by Amnon Shoham and Gal Israely on February 4, 1997 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. | Fondateur | - |
Formation de Amnon Shoham
| Tel-Aviv University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Entreprise privées | 22 |
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WorkplaceIQ, Inc.
WorkplaceIQ, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services WorkplaceIQ, Inc. used to provide real estate management software solutions. The company used to offer its SiteSeer software, modules that track property leasing and ownership data and used to allow the users to share construction, accounting, legal, or facilities information. Its customers were AG Edwards, Au Bon Pain, Bed Bath & Beyond, Blue Cross, Circuit City and Cisco Systems. The company was founded in 1991 and was headquartered in Waltham, MA | Technology Services |
Cedar Advisors, Inc.
Cedar Advisors, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Cedar Advisors Inc (Cedar Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Amnon Shoham and Gal Israely. The firm is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate, and Les Arps in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Orsus Solutions USA, Inc.
 Orsus Solutions USA, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Orsus Solutions USA, Inc. develops safety situation management software solutions. Its open architecture enables integration with a wide array of security and safety alerting sources from different vendors, such as video surveillance systems, access control, intrusion sensors, alarm panels, fire and safety sensors, and radars, as well as operational and communications systems. The company was founded on June 16, 2009 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Technology Services |
Onaro, Inc.
 Onaro, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Onaro, Inc. develops datacenter automation software for storage enabling enterprises. The company was founded by Roy Alon, Assaf Levy, Shai Scharf, and Assaf Yigal in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
ClickFox, Inc.
ClickFox, Inc. Electronics DistributorsDistribution Services ClickFox, Inc. sells user behavior analysis and optimization software and services. Its products include Journey Management Suite, Journey Watch, Journey Explore and Journey Foundations. The firm also specializes in banking, insurance and utilities transition. The company was founded by Marco G. Pacelli, Tal Cohen and Nissim Harel in 2000 and is headquartered in Denver, CO. | Distribution Services |
PeerApp Ltd.
 PeerApp Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services PeerApp Ltd. provides transparent Internet caching and content delivery platforms. It engages in enabling network operators to control media content, improve network efficiency and offer new Internet content services. The firm delivers video, file-sharing, software updates and peer-to-peer content from the network edge, and by extending content delivery network functions into operator networks. The company was founded by Yair Margolin and Robert Mayer in 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Technology Services |
CloudLock LLC
CloudLock LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CloudLock LLC provides cloud data security solutions. It unified cloud security fabric that helps organizations protect sensitive data in public cloud applications such as G Suite, Salesforce, Dropbox, Box, ServiceNow, Office 365, Third-party connected and other apps. The company was founded by Gil J. Zimmermann, Tsahy Shapsa and Ron Zalkind in 2011 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Technology Services |
Intigua, Inc.
 Intigua, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Intigua, Inc. engages in the provision of virtualization and cloud computing solutions. Its platform manages all monitoring, configuration, security, and backup tools. It also automatically deploys, configure, and troubleshoot tool agents. The company was founded by Shimon Hason and Tomer Levy on May 3, 2010 and is headquartered in Newton, MA. | Technology Services |
| Star Ventures | |
Polycom Israel Ltd.
 Polycom Israel Ltd. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Polycom Israel Ltd. engages in the development and manufacture of electronics and telecommunication products. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel. | Electronic Technology |
| BreezeCOM Ltd. | Communications |
Fourth Dimension Software
Fourth Dimension Software Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Fourth Dimension Software provides software development and services for the travel industry. | Technology Services |
FUNDtech Ltd.
 FUNDtech Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Fundtech Ltd. provided financial technology to banks and corporations. The firm developed transaction banking solutions that it offers as either a software license or Software as a Service. Its product lines included: payments and liquidity management; cash management; merchant services; and mobile banking. The company was founded in 1993 and was headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. | Technology Services |
Jacada Ltd.
 Jacada Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Jacada Ltd. is a software company, which engages in the development, marketing and supporting of customer experience management and robotic process optimization solutions for the customer service and support markets. It provides a digital customer experience solution, which is a digital interaction platform to bridge the voice and digital disconnect and create cross channel interactions for customers. The company was founded by Gideon Hollander in December 1990 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. | Technology Services |
NiceCom
 NiceCom Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of HP, Inc., NiceCom is an Israeli company that develops data networking technology. The company is located in Israel. The company was founded by Nachman Shelef. NiceCom was acquired by 3com Corp. (Massachusetts), a subsidiary of HP, Inc. from NICE Ltd. (Israel) on November 23, 1994 for $58.50 million. | Technology Services |
Paradigm Geophysical Ltd.
 Paradigm Geophysical Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Paradigm Geophysical Ltd. develops, markets and supports seismic data analysis software products and services. It offers technical software solutions and product-driven services to companies involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas and to oilfield service companies. The company has a global network of sales with offices and geophysical data analysis service centers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China, Indonesia, Singapore, Argentina, Venezuela, and Russia. Paradigm Geophysical Ltd was founded by Eldad Weiss in 1993 and is located in Herzliya, Israel | Technology Services |
ViryaNet Ltd.
 ViryaNet Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ViryaNet Ltd. provides packaged software solutions, which optimizes and allows continuous improvement of service processes for mobile workforces. The company was founded by Samuel I. HaCohen and Vladimir Morgenstern on March 13, 1988 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel. | Technology Services |
WebLayers, Inc.
WebLayers, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services WebLayers, Inc. develops automated software testing solutions. It offers configurable solution to address software policy compliance issues from software validation and verification to fully integrated governance across the enterprise, from the cloud and the mainframe to the desktop and the handset. The firm also provides policy-based approach to automating software compliance, providing policy managers and architects with the ability to define and enforce software governance policies. The company was founded by Guy Loewy and Motti Vaknin in 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Technology Services |
OnPage Corp.
OnPage Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services OnPage Corp. provides cloud based secure messaging solutions. Its solutions include pager and secure messaging, secure messaging system, information technology system, on-call management and integration and application program interface. The company was founded by Maor Ron and Gadi Mazor in 1997 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Technology Services |
Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd.
Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd. is a venture capital firm investing in seed and early stage startups in Israel and the USA. The company was founded by Amnon Shoham and Gal Israely on February 4, 1997 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. | Finance |
Imperva, Inc.
 Imperva, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Imperva, Inc. engages in the provision of cybersecurity solutions that protect business critical data and applications. Its products include web application security, breach prevention, attack analytics, cloud data security, data protection, and vulnerability discovery. The company was founded by Shlomo Kramer, Amichai Shulman, and Michael Boodaei in 2002 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |