LW

Liron Wand

Venture Partner, Pitango

Israel

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2022

  • Venture Partner

    2022

2018 - 2021

  • Director Partnerships and Business Development, Marketing Partnerships

    2020 - 2021

  • Director, Product Partnerships

    2019 - 2019

  • Head of Developer Product Partnerships

    2019 - 2019

  • Head of Partnerships, Messenger

    2018 - 2019

2015 - 2018

  • VP Client Success

    2015 - 2018

    Lead Client Success team in North America; manage team of 30 responsible for retention, growth, renewals, sales and executive relationships Previously responsible for strategic direct advertiser clients, managed team of 10. Promoted after a year.

2011 - 2015

  • Strategic Partnerships Lead

    2012 - 2015

    • Managing Google’s largest partnerships • Directly responsible for revenue generated from AdSense, AdExchange, platform, social and mobile product

  • Strategic Partnerships Manager

    2011 - 2012

    • Managed largest AdSense partnerships

2010 - 2010

  • Summer Associate, Private Banking

    2010 - 2010

    • Provided boutique services to ultra high-net worth individuals, including wealth planning and investment solutions • Coordinated with the research, marketing and investment departments to create targeted marketing activities to existing and potential clients; customized market, investment and wealth planning research to educate and provide value to investors

2010 - 2010

  • Project Manager Intern, Corporate Strategy

    2010 - 2010

    • Analyzed technology, business and financial models to formulate a strategic recommendation for the CEO • Led the mobile strategy for the newly launched RueLocal

  • Manager, Business Development

    2005 - 2009

    • Scouted for Israeli technologies on behalf of leading Japanese corporations such as Rakuten, Fujitsu, Olympus, and Sumitomo • Formulated the go-to-market strategy for clients resulting in joint ventures, distribution and marketing channels • Negotiated and structured business agreements between clients and potential partners, vendors and mobile carriers • Led largest joint venture partnership between an Israeli technology company and Japanese carrier

2004 - 2005

  • Analyst

    2004 - 2005

    • Analyzed potential investments by assessing market potential, technology, product, and management quality • Modeled different scenarios of potential investments and for portfolio companies