May 29th, 2018
The new Lapidim complex
Lapidim students have recently been gifted with a new home in the Faculty. The new space was designed to create a welcoming learning environment and encourage dynamic interaction among Lapidim students. The area includes space for studying, for holding conferences and relaxing.
May 16th, 2018
Congratulations to Michael Maltsev , Liron Bronfman and Nikolay Kudriastev , aka Team WirelessShark, for winning the Innovative Technology Award at the 2018 Faculty Hackathon.
The team developed a system that analyzes the movement of people inside a structure
November 16th, 2017
A meeting with Gil Shwed at Check Point's offices in Tel Aviv
The students from the Lapidim program were hosted at Check Point's offices in Tel Aviv. The students met with Gil Shwed, an Israeli high-tech entrepreneur, founder, chairman and CEO of Check Point. The students were exposed and learned first-hand about entrepreneurship, managing a global company and the vision of Israeli high-tech. In addition, the students met with Nissan Chesler, who is responsible for technologies at Check Point.
December 10th, 2017
Lapidim meeting with Itzik Fried from Takwin Labs
The students met with Itzik Fried, managing partner of Takwin Labs, a fund that invests in companies belonging to Arab hi-tech entrepreneurs.
The fund was founded by industrialist and entrepreneur Imad Talhami, in partnership with Hemi Peres (Pitango Fund) and Erel Margalit (JVP).
Prior to joining Takwin, Itzik was CEO of Playscape, a partner in Argoquest Holdings, VP Business Affairs of AOL, and a senior advisor to the finance minister.
May 2nd, 2018
Meeting with Eran Shir - CEO of Nexar
The students met with Eran Shir, CEO of start-up Nexar, for a meeting on entrepreneurship, autonomous vehicles and futuristic roads
Eran Shir, who holds a master's degree in physics from the Technion. He founded Dapper, which provided advertising services based on the user's surfing history. In 2010 he sold it to Yahoo. For the next three years he served as director of its development center.
In 2015, he founded Nexar. Prior to that, he served as the "home entrepreneur" of the Alef venture capital fund and assisted the fund's portfolio companies in establishing them
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