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Rina Shainski

General Partner

  • Joined Carmel in 2000 right after its inception
  • A recognized thought leader in the mobile software space; led several successful investments and exits in the space
  • Areas of interest: mobile applications and services, digital media, cloud services
  • Served as active Board member of Snaptu acquired by Facebook in March 2010 
  • Served as active Board member of Followap Inc., acquired by NeuStar in November 2006 for $139M
  • Former VP Business Development, responsible for IT investments, at Clal Industries and Investments, one of Israel’s largest investment and holding companies; led the investment in Fundtech (NASDAQ:FNDT) that was acquired by GTCR in December 2011 for approximately $390M
  • Held R&D and Biz Dev executive positions in Tecnomatix (1989-1996), and made key contribution to acquisitions on behalf of the company
  • Served in R&D management positions in high growth companies in the Silicon Valley
  • Holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Weizmann Institute, Israel, a B.Sc in Physics from Tel Aviv University, Israel and an IEP from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. 

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