Irad Dor joins M12 as the fund’s newest partner

Irad brings great experience as a former venture partner with Eight Roads Ventures, where he led investments in Israeli companies including FireBlocks, Gloat, and ScyllaDB. Prior to Eight Roads, Irad was a director at Singtel Innov8, and invested in prominent cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure startups. Irad built Singtel’s innovation center from the ground up and developed the organization’s open innovation activities in Israel and throughout Europe.

Prior to his time as an investor and ecosystem leader, Irad held several C-level and product roles at companies including P-Cube, NeuStar, and Cisco. He is a graduate of both the Israeli Defense Forces’ 8200 Unit and the Army Intelligence Technological Unit. Irad earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in electronic engineering and computer science, and an MBA from London Business School.

At M12, we are always on the lookout for visionary entrepreneurs disrupting the enterprise. To date, Israel has been an important geography due to local founders’ deep technical expertise and global ambitions. Irad has built impressive connections throughout the Israeli startup and venture ecosystem and has a great track record for brokering connections between startups and large corporations. We are thrilled to have him join the team, and advance our mission to empower entrepreneurs with capital, customer connections, and unparalleled access to Microsoft.

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