Michael Eisenberg - Venture Capitalist & Author

Michael Eisenberg is Equal Partner at Aleph, an early stage venture capital fund with $850 million under management. He has been a venture capitalist for 25 years. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in more than 50 companies, including Melio, Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Bringg, Simply, Healthy.io. Since 2006, Eisenberg has been writing the blog Six Kids and a Full Time Job, on topics ranging from politics to technology to Judaism to macroeconomics. He is a contributor to Calcalist and TheMarker, Israel’s Hebrew-language daily business newspapers, and is the author of the “The Hummus Manifesto,” the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. Eisenberg has also published five books in Hebrew. He lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel, and entrepreneurship. He serves on the board of the nonprofit organization Yeshivat Har Etzion and is the chairman of The Shomer Hachadash. Eisenberg lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children.