Liron Langer

Chief Investment Officer

2017

Nielsen Innovate is an early-stage investment fund (VC) and incubator. The fund invests in pre-seed & seed stage start-up companies in the fields of retail tech, eCommerce, marketing, adverting, research, and emerging media. Lead Nielsen Innovate Fund investment strategy and investments, responsible for the commercial and technical due diligence of applying companies as well as mentoring and escorting teams to build sustainable world-class tech products. For the portfolio companies, acts as a hands-on mentor and advisor in the areas of Tech & Product development, Product Market Fit, Business Models, Pricing, Go-To-Market, Marketing, Sales, business development, and Fund Raising. Nielsen Innovate Fund's mission is to provide a variety of services, including financing, strategic guidance, hands-on management, business development as well as operational support and office space. The team supporting its portfolio of companies has a strong track record and years of experience in building successful companies globally.

Managing Partner

2016

Help startups accelerate fast, build viable businesses, scale with funding, strategic advice, product-market fit, business development, and M&A.

Mentor

2015

Mentor at 8200 Entrepreneurship & Innovation Support Program (EISP).

CPO

2015 - 2016

GM, VP BizDev

2014 - 2015

A leader in the Network Access Control (NAC) and Enterprise Mobility security space.

VP Business Development

2010 - 2014

VP Business Development (NASDAQ: RVSN), Israel • Responsible for business development, strategic planning, Cloud based product initiatives • Established strategic relationships with chip makers and infrastructure vendors to effectively penetrate the service provider market • Developed new market opportunities, growth engines and monetized cloud-based UC offering for B2B2C and vertical markets

VP Products

2008 - 2010

VP Products, Verint Systems, CSP Product House (NASDAQ: VRNT), Herzliya, Israel • Responsible for product marketing, product management, strategic planning and business development for the communications service providers market. • Led multiple projects, including lawful interception, and data retention and BI in hybrid networks for fixed, wireless, cable and ISP global operators. • Established CSP product strategies for all product lines. • Responsible for a significant increase in sales via effective channel management. • Developed new market opportunities and growth engines.

VP Product Management

2006 - 2007

VP Product Management, Clarizen • Responsible for product definition, release management, technical writing and usability. • Led company efforts to transform from beta product to commercial product based on innovative SaaS based solutions for the enterprise market. • Led usability improvement efforts, product roadmap and mockup development.

President & CEO, Co-Founder

2000 - 2005

Telco-grade Mobile Traffic Shaping solutions for mobile data networks. • Led the company (50 employees) from initiation phase to commercial cooperation with tier-1 operators and vendors. • Managed the development of a large scale solution and carrier class system in the field of mobile data network optimization. • Raised ~$20M funds from tier-1 Israeli & EU venture capital firms and Israel Chief Scientist. • Charted and implemented the company's path to forming strategic relations with technological partners and regional agents. • Successful and cost-efficient market introduction of a carrier class core-network node. • Positioned the company as a viable tier-1 infra vendor, so as to address tier-1 customers in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. • Engaged media, trade and financial analysts regularly.

CTO & Director of NextGen Products

1999 - 2000

CTO & Dir. of Next Generation Products, VocalTec, (NASDAQ: VOCL), Herzliya, Israel • Led strategic product planning and executed strategies accordingly • Identified and developed opportunities in target markets • Responsible for cooperation with EU industry governing organizations (5th framework)