Lior Shalev

Lior Shalev is one of Israels most passionate voices for transforming society through the combination of tech and social entrepreneurship. Lior is the CEO and co-founder of Algaemor an Agritech startup that grows fresh Spirulina a micro algae as a sustainable food source and plant based protein. the company addresses 2 main global challenges: food insecurity and the protein gap. He is the founder of Infogan, a social web startup that links parents and preschools. In three years, Infogan has scaled to serve more than 10% of Israels preschool marketplace. He is on the board of a few additional startups that combine tech with social commitment. On 2018 he was elected by 'Globes' (Israeli business magazine and daily Newspaper) to the list of "40 most promising under the age of 40, under the category - Social Hi-Tech & Impact". Lior has more than 10 year track record of seeding and enabling social impact organizations in all sectors of Israeli society, starting with his founding role in Topaz, one of Israels biggest NGOs in the social entrepenurship field. He is a board member of UNICEF-Israel and several other NGOs focused on transforming society through social entrepreneurship. He is an active lecturer speaker of social entrepreneurship, giving recent talks at DLD and the General Assembly of United Jewish Federations. Lior is a voice that is helping to turn the startup nation into the give back nation. His innovative work is focused in particular on childrens education and youth at risk. He is a hands-on social entrepreneur who is willing not only to roll up his sleeves and raise the money, but then build a self-sustaining program that is staffed, successful, and able to stand on its own. His organizing principle is to turn local society into a truly civil society in which people recognize their responsibilities towards one another in and empowering way.