Avishag Bohbot

Avishag Bohbot is a social & business entrepreneur and an early-stage investor. She has more than a decade of experience in tech-venture financing, private equity, and business development.

Avishag is currently the founder of Velocity Ventures, a first check collaborative fund, specializing in pre-seed startups, run and built by founders and operators.

Earlier in her career, she has worked at the Arison Group in Tel Aviv, as a business analyst at Audax Group in Boston, as well as being a partner at the Founders Group in Tel Aviv, where she managed a portfolio worth $2.8 billion.

In 2016, she was named by The Marker as one of the 40 most successful promising business leaders. Avishag is also the co-owner of Azimuth, a real estate development company, which she founded in 2009.

During her career, she has also served as a mentor, advisor, and board member in tech businesses, such as Techstars and IBI Tech Fund, as well as social-impact organizations, as Appleseeds Academy, Hagal Sheli, Com.unity and more.

Avishag holds an M.Sc. from Columbia University, where she graduated with honors (Magna Cum Laude). After serving in the 869 intelligence unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, she is now on reserve as a rescuer for the IDF Search & Rescue Unit.

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