Profile
Yifat Oron is a Senior Managing Director and head of the firm’s office in Tel Aviv, Israel.
She leads Blackstone’s growth and tech investments in Israel for Blackstone Growth (BXG) and assists with other investing efforts across the firm.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Yifat Oron was the CEO of LeumiTech, a leading Israeli technology banking platform, servicing and financing several thousand technology companies and supporting their global expansion via LeumiTech’s global footprint.
She spent most of her career as a Partner at Vertex Venture Capital (an Israel-based venture fund), where she invested in and served as a board member of companies across the tech ecosystem.
Before joining Vertex, Ms. Oron was a technology investment banking associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York.
Previously, she spent three years at the Directorate of R&D of the Israeli Ministry of Defense where she achieved the rank of Lieutenant in the Economics, Budget & Control Department.
Ms. Oron holds an M.B.A. from Tel-Aviv University and a B.Sc.
in Economics and Management from the Technion, also known as the Israel Institute of Technology.
Yifat Oron active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Blackstone Growth (Israel)
Blackstone Growth (Israel) Investment ManagersFinance Functions as an alternative investment manager | Private Equity Investor | 01/04/2021 |
Blackstone Growth Advisors LLC
Blackstone Growth Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blackstone Growth Advisors invests in middle-market companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on financial services, healthcare, enterprise software, consumer services and consumer technologies sectors. It provides financing for growth and buyout stage capital transactions. | Director/Board Member | - |
Blackstone Corporate Private Equity
Blackstone Corporate Private Equity Investment ManagersFinance Blackstone Corporate invests in middle market companies located across the globe. The firm targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for buyout and growth stage capital requirements. | Director of Research - Fxd Inc | - |
Former positions of Yifat Oron
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
LeumiTech | Chief Executive Officer | 01/04/2021 |
Vertex Venture Capital
Vertex Venture Capital Investment ManagersFinance Vertex Ventures Israel invests in companies located in Israel. The firm focuses on companies operating in the fields of AI, cyber, healthtech and deep tech. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements. | Private Equity Investor | 01/12/2013 |
Leadspace, Inc.
Leadspace, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Develops an internet research engine based on semantic technologies | Director/Board Member | 01/12/2013 |
Technion Seed Ltd.
Technion Seed Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Technion Seed is an active manager which invests in and supports Israeli seed-stage start-up companies in a variety of sectors including communications, IT, internet, medical devices, renewable energy and new materials. Through Technion Seed, the Vertex Venture Capital, Battery Ventures, SCP-Vitalife and ProSeed venture capital funds invest in high market potential technological ideas and ventures, that are still at an early stage and with very high uncertainty. The initial investment of up to $1 million is made both directly by the funds and indirectly through Technion Seed, and is to enable the entrepreneurs to prove the viability of their idea. Success in the initial phase will then lead to a large round of financing by the funds. The firm only accepts a small number of start-ups each year so that they can provide support for investee companies from seed to exit. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2011 |
| SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Director/Board Member | - |
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| Private companies | 14 |
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SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Provides distributed solar power harvesting and photovoltaics monitoring solutions | Producer Manufacturing |
Blackstone Corporate Private Equity
Blackstone Corporate Private Equity Investment ManagersFinance Blackstone Corporate invests in middle market companies located across the globe. The firm targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for buyout and growth stage capital requirements. | Finance |
Technion Seed Ltd.
Technion Seed Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Technion Seed is an active manager which invests in and supports Israeli seed-stage start-up companies in a variety of sectors including communications, IT, internet, medical devices, renewable energy and new materials. Through Technion Seed, the Vertex Venture Capital, Battery Ventures, SCP-Vitalife and ProSeed venture capital funds invest in high market potential technological ideas and ventures, that are still at an early stage and with very high uncertainty. The initial investment of up to $1 million is made both directly by the funds and indirectly through Technion Seed, and is to enable the entrepreneurs to prove the viability of their idea. Success in the initial phase will then lead to a large round of financing by the funds. The firm only accepts a small number of start-ups each year so that they can provide support for investee companies from seed to exit. | Finance |
Tel-Aviv University
Tel-Aviv University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Vertex Venture Capital
Vertex Venture Capital Investment ManagersFinance Vertex Ventures Israel invests in companies located in Israel. The firm focuses on companies operating in the fields of AI, cyber, healthtech and deep tech. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements. | Finance |
Aternity LLC
Aternity LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides application testing services | Technology Services |
SandLinks Ltd.
SandLinks Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops the next generation of RFID networks using UWB technology | Technology Services |
dbMotion Ltd.
dbMotion Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides healthcare information integration software solutions | Technology Services |
ASOCS Ltd.
ASOCS Ltd. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Develops and markets multi-core embedded processors | Communications |
Leadspace, Inc.
Leadspace, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Develops an internet research engine based on semantic technologies | Technology Services |
LeumiTech | |
Blackstone Growth Advisors LLC
Blackstone Growth Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blackstone Growth Advisors invests in middle-market companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on financial services, healthcare, enterprise software, consumer services and consumer technologies sectors. It provides financing for growth and buyout stage capital transactions. | Finance |
Blackstone Growth (Israel)
Blackstone Growth (Israel) Investment ManagersFinance Functions as an alternative investment manager | Finance |
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