Ornit Shinar
Director/Board Member at Citi Ventures, Inc.
Profile
Ornit joined Citi Ventures in March 2017 to lead its venture investment activities in Israel.
Her focus of interest includes data analytics & machine learning, cybersecurity, and fintech.
As part of her role she also manages the Tel Aviv Accelerator.
Prior to this role, Ornit ran External Innovation and Business Development for Lenovo in Europe and Israel.
In this capacity she invested in Cloud technologies as well as Artificial Intelligence and biometric authentication.
Prior to Lenovo, Ornit worked at Citi, where she founded and ran the first Accelerator out of Citi’s Tel Aviv Lab.
Prior to Citi, she founded and served in managerial roles in several companies.
Ornit founded Yazamiyot, Israel's leading women's entrepreneur network, and she was selected by Haaretz (one of Israel's leading newspapers) as one of 66 Women You Should Know.
Ornit, who clerked for the President of the Israeli Supreme Court, holds a joint honors degree in English Law and French Law from the London School of Economics and an LLM cum laude from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Ornit Shinar active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Citi Ventures, Inc.
 Citi Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Citi Ventures Inc. (Citi Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary founded in 2007 by Deborah C. Hopkins. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Director/Board Member | 2017-02-28 |
Copenhagen FinTech
 Copenhagen FinTech Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Copenhagen FinTech is a private company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish company's description talks about how we take many technological inventions for granted in our daily lives. | Consultant / Advisor | 2019-04-30 |
Access Fintech, Inc.
 Access Fintech, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Access Fintech, Inc. operates through data and workflow collaboration. Its products include workflow, Vendor Gateway, and Vendor Lake. The company was founded by Saadon Roy and Steve Fazio in March 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | 2018-12-31 |
Plus Ventures Ltd
 Plus Ventures Ltd Investment ManagersFinance Plus Ventures Ltd (Plus Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Yossi Moldawsky and Duby Lachovitz. The firm is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of Ornit Shinar
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| LENOVO GROUP LIMITED | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2017-03-31 |
SendMe Ltd.
 SendMe Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SendMe Ltd. develops software for the encoding of a recipient list on an SMS message. The company was founded by Ornit Shinar in 2005 and is headquartered in Or Yehuda, Israel. | Chief Executive Officer | 2011-04-30 |
MessageVine, Inc.
 MessageVine, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services MessageVine, Inc. provides mobile messaging and presence solutions for the communications industry. It also offers instant messaging, IM interlink, chat, dynamic address book, and push to talk solutions. MessageVine was founded in January 1999 and is located in Natick, MA. | Sales & Marketing | 2006-01-31 |
Training of Ornit Shinar
| The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Graduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
|---|---|
| LENOVO GROUP LIMITED | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 6 |
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Citi Ventures, Inc.
Citi Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Citi Ventures Inc. (Citi Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary founded in 2007 by Deborah C. Hopkins. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Copenhagen FinTech
Copenhagen FinTech Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Copenhagen FinTech is a private company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish company's description talks about how we take many technological inventions for granted in our daily lives. | Commercial Services |
Access Fintech, Inc.
Access Fintech, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Access Fintech, Inc. operates through data and workflow collaboration. Its products include workflow, Vendor Gateway, and Vendor Lake. The company was founded by Saadon Roy and Steve Fazio in March 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
MessageVine, Inc.
MessageVine, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services MessageVine, Inc. provides mobile messaging and presence solutions for the communications industry. It also offers instant messaging, IM interlink, chat, dynamic address book, and push to talk solutions. MessageVine was founded in January 1999 and is located in Natick, MA. | Technology Services |
SendMe Ltd.
SendMe Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SendMe Ltd. develops software for the encoding of a recipient list on an SMS message. The company was founded by Ornit Shinar in 2005 and is headquartered in Or Yehuda, Israel. | Technology Services |
Plus Ventures Ltd
Plus Ventures Ltd Investment ManagersFinance Plus Ventures Ltd (Plus Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Yossi Moldawsky and Duby Lachovitz. The firm is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel. | Finance |
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