Ami Samuels

Director/Board Member at

Shamir Optical Industry Ltd.

66 year

39 connections

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Consumer Services

Electronic Technology

Profile

Ami is a Partner and plays a key role in transaction origination, execution, marketing and portfolio management.
Prior to joining Gatewood, Ami was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Private Equity Group at Poalim Capital Markets, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank Hapoalim, a leading financial institutional in Israel.
Ami led investments and monitoring of the PE portfolio, and managed new business development activities.
Ami was responsible for several investments in China, including a joint venture with a local advisory and investment firm based in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Prior to that, Ami was a Partner and Investment Manager at Star Ventures, an international venture capital firm, where he focused on fundraising and the communications sector.
Prior to Star Ventures, Ami was a Co-Founder, CFO and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Satlynx SA of Luxembourg, a provider of satellite-based communications services, and Vice President at Gilat Satellite Networks.
Ami has 10 years of investment banking experience with Lehman Brothers in New York and Tel Aviv, where he worked on corporate finance and M&A transactions for U.S.
and Israeli companies and for the Government of Israel.
Ami graduated from the Yale School of Management with a Masters in Public and Private Management, from the University of Haifa (in Israel) with a B.A. and participated in the University of Michigan’s Executive Management Program.

Ami Samuels active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Shamir Optical Industry Ltd. Shamir Optical Industry Ltd. Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Manufactures optical products	Director/Board Member	2005-02-28
Gatewood Capital Partners LLC Gatewood Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gatewood Capital Partners seeks investment opportunities in companies located in North America and Western Europe. I focuses on companies operating in the field of medium-sized private equity managers sector. It provides financing in the form of equity and debt for mezzanine and buyout with an investment size of USD 200 million .	Private Equity Investor	2014-12-31

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Former positions of Ami Samuels

Companies	Position	End
Poalim Ventures Ltd. Poalim Ventures Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Poalim Ventures invests in companies located in Israel. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in seed, early, and later stage transactions.	Director/Board Member	2010-12-31
Star Ventures Star Ventures Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Part of STAR Ventures GmbH, Star Ventures is a company specializing in the import, sale, rental, and servicing of construction, agricultural, and public service machinery and equipment. The company is based in Dallas, TX. The company offers a range of products including large mechanization equipment such as front loaders and mini multifunctional loaders, as well as small mechanization tools like compactors, compressors, concrete finishers, earth drills, generators, motor cultivators, brush cutters, water pumps, concrete vibrators, and various spare parts and accessories. Star Ventures also provides specialized vehicles and consumables for sewer maintenance and cleaning equipment, along with maintenance, repair, and rapid intervention services both on-site and at their service center. Repairs are performed by qualified technicians using original spare parts and specialized tools.	Private Equity Investor	2006-04-29
Satlynx GmbH	Founder	2004-07-30

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Private companies	7
Shamir Optical Industry Ltd. Shamir Optical Industry Ltd. Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Manufactures optical products	Electronic Technology
Poalim Ventures Ltd. Poalim Ventures Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Poalim Ventures invests in companies located in Israel. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in seed, early, and later stage transactions.	Finance
Satlynx GmbH
Star Ventures Star Ventures Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Part of STAR Ventures GmbH, Star Ventures is a company specializing in the import, sale, rental, and servicing of construction, agricultural, and public service machinery and equipment. The company is based in Dallas, TX. The company offers a range of products including large mechanization equipment such as front loaders and mini multifunctional loaders, as well as small mechanization tools like compactors, compressors, concrete finishers, earth drills, generators, motor cultivators, brush cutters, water pumps, concrete vibrators, and various spare parts and accessories. Star Ventures also provides specialized vehicles and consumables for sewer maintenance and cleaning equipment, along with maintenance, repair, and rapid intervention services both on-site and at their service center. Repairs are performed by qualified technicians using original spare parts and specialized tools.	Consumer Non-Durables
University of Haifa University of Haifa Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Yale School of Management Yale School of Management Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Gatewood Capital Partners LLC Gatewood Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gatewood Capital Partners seeks investment opportunities in companies located in North America and Western Europe. I focuses on companies operating in the field of medium-sized private equity managers sector. It provides financing in the form of equity and debt for mezzanine and buyout with an investment size of USD 200 million .	Finance