Haim Shani

Color Chip (Israel) Ltd. designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components. It develops application specific photonic integrated circuits. The firm delivers optical high-speed transceivers to the datacom/telecom markets and passive optical splitters to the FTTx markets. The company was founded by Shimon Eckhouse, Moshe Price and Shlomo Ruschin in January 2001 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

R2Net LLC operates as an online retailer of diamonds and engagement rings. It offers diamonds, engagement rings, wedding rings, gemstones, and fine jewelry. The company was founded by Oded Edelman, Michele Sigler, Dean Lederman, and James Allen Schultz in 2006 and in headquartered in New York, NY.

GreenRoad Technologies, Inc. provides fleet telematics solutions. It offers technology and programs to inform and engage many types of drivers for reducing driving risk, saving fuel, and reducing insurance and maintenance costs. The firm also provides greenroad driver improvement loop, a technology-based personalized driver self-improvement solution. The company was founded by Hod Fleischman and Ofer Raz in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Strauss Water Ltd. provides drinking water purification, filtering, heating, and cooling solutions. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Or yehuda, Israel.

UK Israel Tech Hub is a not-for-profit venture that operates out of the British Embassy in Israel since 2011. The Israeli company's main objective is to forge strategic partnerships between businesses and innovation, with a focus on delivering impact. The Tech Hub was founded by the government to drive economic growth by helping British companies partner with Israeli companies.

OptimalPlus Ltd. engages in the design and development of analytic solutions based on its big data platform technology which combines machine-learning with a global data infrastructure to provide real-time product analytics and to extract insights from data across the entire supply chain. The firm offers Optimal+ software. The company was founded by Nir Erez and Dan Glotter in 2005 and is headquartered in Holon, Israel.

Exaware Ltd. engages in the provision of carrier-grade network operating systems for mobile and fixed telecom service providers. Its products include Peering/Edge/ Core and Access / CellSite Gateway. The company was founded by Itzik Zion, David Zelig, Michael Laor, and Michael Mesh in 2005 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel.

Part of Earnix Ltd., Earnix, Inc. is a company that provides information technology services. The company is based in Newton, MA.

Part of Uniphore Software Systems Pvt Ltd., Jacada, Inc. develops contact center automation software. The company is based in Alpharetta, GA. Jacada was acquired by Uniphore Software Systems Pvt Ltd. from Jacada Ltd. The company was founded in 1990 by Gideon Hollander. The CEO is Yochai Rozenblat.

Israel Growth Partners Fund I seeks investments in technology companies located in Israel with revenues of $10 million. The fund focuses on companies operating in the fields of communications, internet, IT & enterprise software and semiconductors sectors. It provides financing on growth stage capital requirements.

Ministry of Finance engages in the planning and implementation of economic policies in Israel. Its services include issuance of life certificates for retirees residing abroad, claims for survivors' benefits, requests for summoning a district or supreme medical committee for Holocaust survivors, registration of recognized contractors, submission of proposals for renting buildings for government offices, retirement simulator for state employees on a budgetary pension, and claims for benefits of government employees after retirement. The company is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.