Startup Grind Tel Aviv Hosts Joseph Zhou (Bits x Bites)

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Startup Grind Tel Aviv Hosts Joseph Zhou (Bits x Bites)

Joseph is Investment Partner at Bits x Bites, China’s first food tech accelerator and VC fund that invests in startups tackling global food system challenges.

With a mission to shape the future of food, Bits x Bites is a big step forward to inspire China’s entrepreneurial community to bring new ideas to solve global issues. It also serves as a critical catalyst to give startups the confidence and connections to prosper and make a meaningful and scalable impact.

He brings 12 years of experience across corporate banking, investment banking, and private equity, having raised more than US$120 million for his portfolio companies in the primary market.

His decision to enter the food sector was driven by one clear motivation: To fight for the future of good food so that his young son grows up with plenty of safe and nutritious food options.

Prior to Bits x Bites, Joseph and two other partners ran Fusi Capital where they self- raised US$50 million to invest in China’s international education sector.

Joseph has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth Business School.

Joseph’s areas of expertise: Food tech investment, food supply chain, venture capital, startup fundraising, seed and early stage investment, Chinese startups, startup mentorship, consumption upgrade

Agenda

6:00 pm Networking, Food & Drinks, Startup competition

7:00 pm What’s new since our last event?

7:15 pm Interview w/Joseph Zhou

8:15 pm Networking, Food & Drinks

9:00 pm Event wrap-up

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Shahar Matorin, Tel Aviv Director

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Shahar Matorin has been involved in Israeli High-Tech, Internet and Digital industry since 1999, Founded InteGreat 2008. With a group of professional experts, Shahar can lead entrepreneurs from an idea to Worldwide Product Marketing.
Today Shahar is the Co-Founder, CEO of BroTEC, a group of "Brothers" that finds creative, innovative and technical solutions to any content platform.

Twitter: @StartupGrindTLV (http://twitter.com/StartupGrindTLV) Ram Yonish, Tel Aviv Co-Director

Results driven person with a passionate of helping others. Today serves as VP sales, marketing and Bizdev @ www.matrix-global.net (the largest offshore software services company in israel), a team member @ www.8300.co.il and a Chapter Director @ StartUp Grind TLV. Formerly owner of SureTest LTD and an advisory board member @ ProductionMap. Positive thinker and a Believer. Most of all a loving family man, married + 3. I’m here to help you by using my local and global network or provide services/ solutions to your professional needs. “Believe you can and you are halfway there” (Theodore Roosevelt). Video Intro

Twitter: @r_yonish (http://twitter.com/r_yonish) Ahmed Elmurtada, Regional Director Middle East

Ahmed is Middle East Regional Director of Startup Grind and runs the Khartoum Chapter . Powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, Startup Grind is a Silicon Valley based global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs through monthly events in 200 cities and 98 countries . Ahmed is running a cyber security consultancy company called Dukooo , along with SIMPAY ,a Mobile Money FinTech Startups aims to Disrupt the Africa market by Connecting the Unbanked Customers to Merchants by Processing Payments through mobile services .

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