September 2017 Meetup (Tipalti, IQP, Pingjam)

Three founders from different startup's life stages will candidly share their company's story: Lessons learned, mistakes made, wins, losses, and everything under the hood. Join us for an evening of networking and brainstorming.

Taking Off - Tipalti
Tipalti (https://tipalti.com/) streamlines and automates the way companies make payments to their suppliers, partners, publishers, and crowd. Chen Amit (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chenamit/), Tipalti's Co-Founder and CEO, will share how they became a global leader in a huge market. Tipalti raised (http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-payment-automation-co-tipalti-raises-14m-1001152409) $30M to date.

In Orbit - IQP (acquired in July 2017)
Once again, we're proud to bring the latest Israeli exit to TechAviv! Less than two months after being acquired by GE (https://www.themarker.com/technation/1.4301623), we will host Guy Kaplinsky (https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-kaplinsky-42473514/), CEO and Founder of IQP (http://iqp-iot.com/). The company created a code-free development environment for creating Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications.

Crashed - Pingjam
How is it possible that a company that integrated its product into 6,500 apps, had 140k installs PER DAY, created an ecosystem of 1,500 developers, generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in its first year and showed 60% MONTHLY growth -- got shut down almost overnight?! Elnor Rozenrot (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elnor-rozenrot-21940/), Co-Founder and CEO of Pingjam, will share the hard lessons.

Agenda:

6:00-6:30 Networking & Intros (= beer & pizza)

6:30-8:30 Content, presentations, discussions, Q&A

8:30-9:00 Community announcements - your time to ask the community's help about anything (hiring, expert advice, connections, office space, referrals etc)

Sponsorship and hosting:

The meetup is hosted and sponsored by Lior Zorea (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liorzorea) at Perkins Coie LLP (http://www.perkinscoie.com/).

Location:

Perkins Coie LLP
3150 Porter Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Looking forward to seeing you!

Alon Matas (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alonmatas) & Kfir Eyal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kfireyal)