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Nazdiv Opening Event

February 3rd: 17.30 - 21.00

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About Nazdiv - Emerging Tourism & Transportation Technology Accelerator:

The Association for Culture and Tourism Nazareth, Nazareth and MEPI (US Embassy), are launching a

unique program for the Arab population.

Nazdiv is an accelerator program for Arab entrepreneurs focused on the tourism and transportation

sectors. Nazdiv encourages and promotes Arab entrepreneurs and aims to add to the Nazareth

Ecosystem and the Arab population in general.

Why Nazdiv focuses on Tourism and Transport Sectors:

Tourism and transport are two areas with tremendous potential globally, especially when coupled with

technology and innovation. Yet much of the potential remains untapped.

In addition, Nazareth is a leading attraction, visited by over two million tourists every year.

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Today’s Agenda:

Speakers

Guy Pross – Automotive Expert

Levi Shapiro (Veritas Ventures)

Raphael Nejman (Terra Labs Ventures)

Agenda

17:30 - 18:00 Nazdiv Fellows Group Photos

18:00 - 18.10 Nazdiv 9 Fellows introduce themselves (1 min each)

18:10 - 18.30 Candy Introductions' Game between Nazdiv Members

18:30 - 19:00 Guy Pross talk: New trends in Automotive

19:00 - 19:15 Break

19:15 - 19:45 Levi Shapiro talk: Mobile trends

19:45 - 20:15 Raphael Nejman: Leveraging IT to create an Impact

20:15 - 21:00 Networking and Mingling

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Speakers Bios:

Guy Pross:

Guy is a founding partner of investment firm 31ºNorth and a Venture Partner

at The Yozma Group, a leading Israeli VC.

Most recently he was an executive and co-founder of the Australian arm of

Better Place where he held multiple senior management roles in areas of

Strategy, Business Development, Government Affairs and Operations.

With over 15 years of experience, Guy is an entrepreneur with a passion for

technology, commercialization, innovation and public policy.

Levi Shapiro:

Levi Shapiro is a Partner at Veritas Ventures, Israel’s oldest venture capital

firm, in their digital health fund. Previously, he was Managing Partner at

JIMMI Fund, overseeing investments in Technology, Media and Telecom. Mr.

Shapiro advises numerous technology startups and led business development

for mobile video chat application, Glide. He is the Founder and organizer of

the annual mHealth Israel conference (www.mhealthisrael.com) and monthly

mHealth Israel meetup: http://www.meetup.com/mHealth-Israel. During a 20

year career in technology, including 7 years in Tokyo and Beijing, Levi launched new business units

(IBM), new products (Toyota) and several mobile startups (TwoMinute Television, Snack Mobile, etc). He

teaches Entrepreneurship and Marketing at IDC Herzliya and writes the bi-weekly "Unleavened Media"

column for the Jerusalem Post.

Raphael Nejman:

Raphael brings over 7 years of experience in venture capital investments, as an

attorney and investment banker.

At Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co. law firm, Raphael specialized in the formation

of Private Equity and Venture Capital funds, and assisted startup companies

with respect to equity investments, both in Israel and abroad. At Cukierman &

Co. Investment House, Raphael managed the Agro-tech division and assisted

companies with respect to cross-border fund raising, M&A's and IPO's.