Amnon Shoham

Founder at

Cedar Advisors, Inc.

Technology Services

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Electronic Technology

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Amnon Shoham brings to Cedar Fund a wealth of experience investing in and building quality high tech companies from the ground up since 1993.
His Cedar Fund success record includes early stage investments in companies that he helped build to successful exits, including Cloudlock (acquired by Cisco), Guardium (acquired by IBM), Onaro (acquired by Network Appliance - NetApp(NASDAQ: NTAP) and Appilog (acquired by HP/Mercury (NYSE:HPQ).
Mr. Shoham focuses on investments in the enterprise software space, and is an active board member on several of Cedar Fund’s portfolio companies.
Prior to founding Cedar Fund, Mr. Shoham was the Managing Partner of Star Ventures in Israel, where he built and managed its investment activity in Israel.
Mr. Shoham has served as director on the following Nasdaq-traded companies’ boards: Accord Networks (ACCD, acquired by Polycom, PLCM); BreezeCOM (BRZE, now Alvarion, ALVR); Fourth Dimension Software (DDDDF, acquired by BMC Software, BMC); Fundtech (FNDT); Jacada (JCDA); NICEcom (acquired by 3com Corp.,COMS); Paradigm Geophysical (PGEO) and ViryaNet (VRYA).
Mr. Shoham’s activity on Star’s behalf also included investments in Armon Networking (acquired by Bay Networks), Summit Design (now Innoveda, INOV) and Precise Software (PRSE).
He was also instrumental in facilitating Star’s investment in Creo Products, (CREO) and Orckit Communications (ORCT).
Before turning to venture capital investing, Mr. Shoham worked as an attorney in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, a leading U.S.
law firm, where he focused on public offerings and mergers and acquisitions involving high technology companies.

Amnon Shoham active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Cedar Advisors, Inc. Cedar Advisors, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Cedar Fund invests in companies located in the United States and Israel. The firm focuses on companies opearating in the fields of enterprise software, internet-infrastructure, networking and telecommunications sectors. It participates in pre-seed, seed, and early stage transactions. It also acquires minority interest.	Founder	01/08/1997
ClickFox, Inc. ClickFox, Inc. Electronics DistributorsDistribution Services Sells user behavior analysis and optimization software and services	Director/Board Member	-
CloudLock LLC CloudLock LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud data security solutions	Director/Board Member	-
OnPage Corp. OnPage Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud based secure messaging solutions	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Amnon Shoham

Companies	Position	End
IMPERVA INC	Director/Board Member	31/10/2020
WorkplaceIQ, Inc. WorkplaceIQ, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides real estate management software	Chairman	27/09/2005
Fourth Dimension Software Fourth Dimension Software Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software development and services for travel industry	Director/Board Member	-
WebLayers, Inc. WebLayers, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops automated software testing solutions	Director/Board Member	-
Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd. Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Operates as a venture capital firm	Founder	-

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Private companies	23
Paradigm Geophysical Ltd. Paradigm Geophysical Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, markets and supports seismic data analysis software products and services	Technology Services
FUNDtech Ltd. FUNDtech Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software solutions and services to financial institutions that facilitates payments, settlement and cash management	Technology Services
Jacada Ltd. Jacada Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software which automates and simplifies customer service operations	Technology Services
Polycom Israel Ltd. Polycom Israel Ltd. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Manufactures video and voice network products	Electronic Technology
ViryaNet Ltd. ViryaNet Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides packaged software solutions	Technology Services
Onaro, Inc. Onaro, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops datacenter automation software	Technology Services
ClickFox, Inc. ClickFox, Inc. Electronics DistributorsDistribution Services Sells user behavior analysis and optimization software and services	Distribution Services
PeerApp Ltd. PeerApp Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides transparent Internet caching and content delivery platforms	Technology Services
CloudLock LLC CloudLock LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud data security solutions	Technology Services
WorkplaceIQ, Inc. WorkplaceIQ, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides real estate management software	Technology Services
Cedar Advisors, Inc. Cedar Advisors, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Cedar Fund invests in companies located in the United States and Israel. The firm focuses on companies opearating in the fields of enterprise software, internet-infrastructure, networking and telecommunications sectors. It participates in pre-seed, seed, and early stage transactions. It also acquires minority interest.	Finance
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a legal firm	Commercial Services
NiceCom NiceCom Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Develops data networking technology	Technology Services
BreezeCOM Ltd. BreezeCOM Ltd. Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications Sells equipment that enables phone companies and Internet service providers to supply customers with high-speed phone and Internet services via wireless connections	Communications
Tel-Aviv University Tel-Aviv University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Imperva, Inc. Imperva, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cloud based software security platform	Technology Services
OnPage Corp. OnPage Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud based secure messaging solutions	Technology Services
Orsus Solutions USA, Inc. Orsus Solutions USA, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops safety situation management software solutions	Technology Services
WebLayers, Inc. WebLayers, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops automated software testing solutions	Technology Services
Fourth Dimension Software Fourth Dimension Software Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software development and services for travel industry	Technology Services
Star Ventures Star Ventures Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries 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.	Process Industries
Intigua, Inc. Intigua, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides virtualization and cloud computing solutions	Technology Services
Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd. Cedar (Israel) Financial Advisors Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Operates as a venture capital firm	Finance