About Yehuda
Yehuda is a Technology Consultant, Investor and Strategist. In 2014 (at age 14) he founded Cortex Group, an innovation and cyber consulting firm that grew to become a well-recognized consulting firm in the fields of Digitization, Product Strategy, and Online Cyber Protection. As CEO, Yehuda lead Cortex Group's strategy as well as day-to-day operations. In 2018-19 (at age 18), Yehuda led Cortex Group's merger with another leading firm.In 2017 (at age 17), Yehuda, alongside a number of young entrepreneurs, founded Invicta Ventures (formerly “Lavi Fund”), a small Venture Capital Group investing in private and crowd funding deals. Yehuda served as an analyst, team leader and innovation consultant for the IDF's renowned unit 8200 where he received an excellence award for his service and projects he led.
Yehuda is an active social entrepreneur, having co-founded Society Labs in 2017 (at age 17), an award-winning initiative connecting non-profits with developers and tech solutions to help them achieve growth and impact. Additionally, during the first few weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Yehuda created "CoronaBiz", a platform that became the #1 resource for businesses in Israel during the pandemic. The site later partnered with local governments and governmental ministries in Israel to help as many struggling business as possible via a governmental web app. Yehuda's social initiatives have won both the WeWork Creator Awards and have been selected for the Facebook community leadership program.
Since finishing his military service, Yehuda has served as a consultant and as a senior manager at a number of organizations in parallel to his investing activities. In 2021, he served as Interim Head of Strategy and Operations at Flexity, an HR-tech startup back by notable Israeli investors Amnon Shashua and David Zerah. Currently he serves as Chief Strategy Officer at ARX a leading data-driven capital markets advisory. Yehuda occasionally writes about technology or politics (but not both) for leading publications such as: The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, International Policy Digest, Hackernoon (where his articles have often been chosen as "top stories"). In 2018, Yehuda was chosen by the President of Israel and the IDF chief of staff as one of Israel's 70 most promising young entrepreneurs.
TL;DR
- Chief Strategy Officer at ARX.
- Running Invicta Ventures, a Venture Fund and Angel Syndicate investing in startups.
- Consulting a number of funds, companies and entrepreneurs
- Student at Reichman University, LLB + Masters of Business innovation Law & Tech (BiLT)
- Contributor at a number of publications such as Hackernoon, Geek Culture, and others.
2014
At age 14, I started a development and consulting firm, where I spent almost 5 years consulting local and multi-national companies.2018-2019
At age 18, as CEO, I led my firm's merger with an additional firm and managed it's expansion into new arenas.2015-2017
Between the ages of 15-17, I also served as the CTO of a non-profit working to build Jerusalem's Startup and Tech Ecosystem (MadeInJLM).2017-Now
At age 17, I launched a micro-VC and angel syndicate investing investing mostly in tech startups.2018-2021
I served as an award winning analyst, Team Commander, and innovation advisor in Israel's renowned Unit 8200 in the IDF Intelligence Branch.2019
At age 19, my first portfolio company IPO'd.2017-now
I've launched a number of successful social initiatives. Society Labs (won the creator awards, and was selected for Facebook's community program). CoronaBiz (was the #1 resource for businesses during corona in Israel, was merged into a government portal), and a number of others.2021-2022
I served as Interim head of strategy & operations at Flexity, an HR-tech startup back by notable Israeli investors Amnon Shashua and David Zerah
2018
Chosen by President of Israel as one of 70 most influential young Israelis2017
Society Labs nominated and awarded WeWork Creator Awards2017
Society Labs selected for Facebook community leadership program2020
CoronaBiz selected by government as leading business platform during Covid.2021
Awarded an Intelligence Excellence Award for my service in unit 8200.