Gilad Shany founded ION Crossover Partners Ltd. Presently, Mr. Shany holds the position of Chief Executive Officer & Director at Taboola.com Ltd., Advisor at Mizmaa Ventures and Managing Partner at ION Crossover Partners Ltd. Mr. Shany is also on the board of Taboola, Inc., Infinidat Ltd., Taboola.com Ltd. and Innovid Corp.

He previously occupied the position of Co-Chief Executive Officer & Director at Ion Acquisition Corp. 3 Ltd., General Partner for Magma Venture Partners Ltd., Chief Executive Officer & Director at ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd., Chief Executive Officer & Director at ION Acquisition Corp. 2 Ltd., Equity Research Analyst at FIAM LLC, Head-Aerial Defence at Israeli Air Force, Vice President & Research Analyst at BAMCO, Inc. and Vice President & Research Analyst at Baron Capital Management, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.