General Partner, Viola Growth
Igal has spent the past 25 years as a senior executive building and managing companies across different sectors of the tech industry. He brings a proven track record in strategic planning, international expansions, IPOs and M&As.
As CFO of Saifun Semiconductors, he led the company’s IPO efforts and its eventual merger with Spansion.
His previous experience also includes roles as VP Business Development at Spansion, VP Business Development and Marketing at Siemens AG Solar, following the sale of Solel Solar System.
Igal’s experience with the Semiconductor and Healthcare verticals is in line with Viola Growth’s fourth and fund, which is focused on domains that are driven by the new innovation cycle, such as ClimaTech, Digital Health and other large undisrupted industries.
Igal holds a BA in Accounting and Economics and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Served as CEO at Eitan Medical, where he scaled up the business to $100M, led the merger of 3 companies and sold its Wearable business unit, Sorrel, in 2023.
- Served as CFO of Kenshoo for six years.
- Served as CFO of Saifun Semiconductors, where he led the company’s IPO and its eventual merger with Spansion.
- Igal is an advisor, board member and angel investor for in several startups.
THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT IGAL
- Igal is passionate about his daily sport routine.
- He is a big coffee enthusiastic and just so happens to be vegan.
- A mantra to live by: The road to success is always under construction ….
