Primary Job Title Managing Partner and Co-Founder Primary Organization 10D
Location Israel, Asia Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Middle East Gender Male
Investor Type Investment Partner
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Yahal is the Managing Partner of 10D and the co-founder of Magma Venture Partners. Magma is positioned as the leading Venture Capital Fund in Israel, with numerous success stories that Yahal has led.
Prior to Magma, Yahal served as the CFO of VocalTec Communications from 1995 to 1999, where he was part of the team that pioneered VoIP. Yahal led
the company from seed to its public offering on Nasdaq (NASDAQ:CALL).
Yahal is very active with the business development and financing-related activities of the companies that he works with. Yahal led and was on the boards of Waze (acquired by Google), Onavo (acquired by Facebook), Argus (acquired by Continental), DesignArt Networks (acquired by Qualcomm), Phonetic Systems (acquired by Nuance), and Adience (acquired by Teddy Sagi Group). Yahal currently serves as a director on the boards of Valens, Applitools, Iguaz.io, Hola, Scylla DB, Gloat, and Magisto, among others. He is also an investor in leading companies such as Vayyar, Fundbox, MeMed, and Replay (acquired by Intel).
For the past several years, Yahal has been very involved in the automotive and mobility ecosystem, building strong relationships, and focusing on the automotive industry as a major investment opportunity. As a part of Magma, Yahal has invested in seven companies focused on the automotive space and autonomous driving enabling technologies, including Waze, Autotalks, Valens, Innoviz, Argus, Iguazio, and JpU.