Jon Medved, Founder and CEO of OurCrowd, is, according to the Washington Post, “one of Israel’s leading high tech venture capitalists” and was dubbed by the New York Times as one of the top 10 most influential Americans who have impacted Israel. Medved has invested in over 100 Israeli startup companies, helping 12 of them to get to valuations in excess of $100 million USD.

He was the co-founder and, until recently, the CEO of Vringo, a leader in mobile social applications which went public in June 2010. Prior to that, he was the founder and general partner of Israel Seed Partners (a $260 million Israeli venture capital fund).

Jon made Aliyah in 1991 from the United States.