Sramana Mitra: As part of UpWest, is there a panel of CISOs who look at your companies? Shuly Galili: We work with a lot of the industry CISOs locally in Silicon Valley as well as across the US. They’re so entrenched in understanding how to work with both ourselves and other players who have access
Sramana Mitra: It sounds like you’re mostly doing B2B. Is that a reasonable point? Shuly Galili: I would say that most of our companies are B2B. We do have a few companies that are more on the consumer side, and most recently, in the esports domain. Sramana Mitra: Can you share a little bit about
Sramana Mitra: Are they coming to you with just the concept? Are they coming to you with some idea about what customers are looking for? What tells you that you want to give $250,000 to these two guys? Shuly Galili: Founders typically find us through our network. For many of them, they understand that UpWest
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Shuly Galili was recorded in October 2018. Shuly Galili, Founding Partner, UpWest Labs, talks to us about pre-seed and seed investments in the Israel – Silicon Valley corridor. Sramana Mitra: Tell us
Shuly Galili, Founding Partner, UpWest Labs, talks to us about pre-seed and seed investments in the Israel – Silicon Valley corridor.