The Company

  • Prof. Natan Bornstein, M.D. Director, Neurology department Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv
  • Prof. Hans-Christoph Diener, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Chairman Department of Neurology
    University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  • Dr. Jeffrey L. Saver, M.D. Director Stroke Neurology and Stroke Unit
    UCLA Stroke Center, Los Angeles
  • Prof. ALEX BEN-ZVI, BNP Member
  • Ruth Alon, Pitango Chairperson
  • Medtronic Investor The corporate venture arm of Medtronic, which invests in medical devices and other health-care and life science companies.
  • YANIV SCHNEIDER, Elron Member
  • Dr. Hans Dieter Koch, Cipio Partners Member
  • Allen Hill, formerly CEO of Cybronics Member
  • Avinoam Dayan CEO
  • Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) is the venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. JJDC is comprised of experts and leaders in the health care and technology venture communities who identify early market indicators, health care trends, and strategic investment opportunities. Follow Johnson & Johnson on Google-plus
  • Pitango Venture Capital is Israel's largest venture capital firm and a lead investor in seed, early and expansion stage companies. It has helped grow over 100 companies, managing funds in excess of $1 billion in committed capital. Follow Pitango Venture Capital on Google-plus
  • Elron Electronic Industries Ltd a member of the IDB Holding group, is a technology holding company traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange. Elron's group companies currently comprise public and privately held companies engaged in a diverse range of technological activities. These companies, at various levels of maturity and progress, are primarily in the fields of medical devices, information & communications technology and clean technology, and have the potential to be technology leaders, each in their respective fields. Elron focuses on identifying and developing unique technology companies. Current group companies include Given Imaging, Medingo, BrainsGate, NuLens, Aqwise and Starling, and in the past included Elbit Systems, NetVision and Partner Communications. Follow Elron Electronic Industries Ltd on Google-plus
  • Boston Scientific Boston Scientific's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and the productivity of health care delivery through the development and advocacy of less-invasive medical devices and procedures. Follow Boston Scientific on Google-plus
  • Infinity Infinity is a leading Israeli-related technology fund managing more than $300M and more than 40 promising portfolio companies. Infinity's management team is composed of individuals with vast experience spanning the globe with offices in Tel-Aviv, New York and Suzhou, China. Since 1993, Infinity has managed the following five funds: the Nitzanim Fund (1993), Infinity I Fund (1998), FBR Infinity II Ventures (2001), the Infinity IMS (2002) and the Infinity-CSVC Fund in China (2004). Since June 2005, Infinity has managed 11 successful exits.
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  • Agate Medical Investments LP Agate Medical Investments LP is a unique new fund, which invests in Israeli or Israel-related medical device companies and in specialized healthcare services worldwide.
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  • Cipio Partners Cipio Partners - is known as a leading international investment management firm in the secondary direct market. The firm was founded in June 2003 and manages several funds of early and later-stage venture capital and mid-market investments in various geographies worldwide. Cipio Partners currently has over 50 companies worldwide under management, representing invested capital of several hundred million dollars. Cipio is based in Munich, Germany and San Jose, CA. Follow Cipio Partners on Google-plus
  • Avinoam Dayan CEO Avinoam brings to BrainsGate over 24 years of experience in leadership roles in various environments ranging from start-up companies to global conglomerates. Avinoam gained extensive experience in large corporations in his roles prior to joining BrainsGate, including serving as the CEO of Biosense Webster (Israel), after the acquisition by Johnson & Johnson, and prior to that holding executive roles with Elbit Systems ltd. Avinoam holds an M.Sc in Science Management from the University of Polytechnic, Brooklyn, New York and a BA in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Haifa, Israel. Avinoam serves as BrainsGate's CEO since 2005.
  • Noam Levy CFO Noam brings to Brainsgate many years of experience as a senior management member in several companies. Prior to joining Brainsgate Noam co-founded and served as CEO of Paycard Ltd., an Internet payment service company. Before that Noam served as CFO of Itamar Medical Ltd., a medical device company. Noam holds an MBA from Stanford University and a B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Noam joined BrainsGate in 2007.
  • Eyal Shai VP Stroke Eyal brings 20 years of experience in the corporate medical device industry, in R&D, marketing, and business development positions at the frontier of medical technology in GE Healthcare, Elscint, and IceCure Medical. Eyal holds a B.Sc in Physics Suma Cum Laude from the Technion and International EMBA from Tel Aviv University (Kellogg-Recanati). Eyal combines exceptional analytic skills with extensive system engineering and medical science fields. In his role Eyal was responsible for the clinical trials design, analysis and publication. Eyal joined BrainsGate in 2010.