Michael Eisenberg

Michael Eisenberg is Co-Founder and General Partner at Aleph, an early stage venture capital fund with over $500 million under management. He has been a venture capitalist for 25 years. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in more than 40 companies, including Melio, Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Bringg, JoyTunes, and Healthy.io. Since 2006, Michael has been writing the blog Six Kids and a Full Time Job, on topics ranging from politics to technology to Judaism to macroeconomics. He is a contributor to Calcalist and TheMarker, Israel’s Hebrew-language daily business newspapers, and is the author of the “The Hummus Manifesto,” the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. Michael has also published five books in Hebrew. He lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel, and entrepreneurship. He serves on the board of the nonprofit organization Yeshivat Har Etzion and is the chairman of The Shomer Hachadash. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children.

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