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Michael Eisenberg (born May 18, 1971) is an Israeli-American venture capitalist, author, and philanthropist. Eisenberg is co-founder and general partner of Aleph, a Tel Aviv-based early-stage venture capital firm. Eisenberg has invested in dozens of companies, including Wix, Shopping.com (Nasdaq: SHOP, acquired by eBay), Gigya (acquired SAP), Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), and WeWork. Eisenberg was ranked #98 in The Midas List: Top Tech Investors 2019 and #11 in The Midas List Europe: Top Tech Investors 2020. He is the only Israeli investor to have been listed on the Forbes Midas List.

Early Life and Education
Michael Eisenberg was born in Manhattan, New York, the eldest of seven children. He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home and educated in Orthodox Jewish schools. After graduating from high school, he spent two years studying at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, Israel. He then returned to the United States and completed his B.A in Political Science at Yeshiva University. In 1993, Eisenberg and his wife Yaffa immigrated to Jerusalem, Israe]. Eisenberg lives in Jerusalem, Israel. He has eight children and three grandchildren.

Investment Banking
In 1995, Eisenberg was appointed as Montgomery Securities Investment Bank’s representative in Israel. That year, he also began working as VP Investment Banking at Jerusalem Global Investment Bank under the management of and as a partner to Shlomo Kalish. While at the fund, Eisenberg led the investment in PictureVision, which was acquired by Kodak in the late 1990s. His investments at the firm also included Power Design, Galileo, and Creo.

Venture Capital
Between 1997 and 2005, Eisenberg served as a partner in the Israel Seed Partners venture capital fund. His investments there included Shopping.com (Nasdaq: SHOP), which went public in 2004 and was later acquired by eBay, Finjan Holdings, and answers.com (Nasdaq: ANSW). In 2005, Eisenberg joined Benchmark Capital as Managing Partner and was appointed as the fund's representative in Israel. His investments at Benchmark include Gigya (acquired in 2017 by SAP), Conduit, and Seeking Alpha. Eisenberg also led the investment in Wix.com, the website development platform (Nasdaq: WIX), and WeWork.

Founder, Aleph Venture Capital
In 2013, Eisenberg, together with Eden Shochat, co-founded Aleph, a venture capital fund based in Tel Aviv. Aleph is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with outstanding Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Founded in 2013, Aleph is a partnership of Michael Eisenberg, Eden Shochat, Yael Elad, Aaron Rosenson and Tomer Diari, with $550M under management. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in more than 40 companies, including Melio, Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Frank (Acquired in 2021 by JP Morgan), Bringg, JoyTunes, Healthy.io and Nexar. The fund has had five exits to date, including four M&A transactions and one IPO, Lemonade.

Board member
Michael currently sits on the board of various companies, including:


 * Benchmark
 * Tafi (USA), Seeking Alpha
 * Aleph
 * Fund 1 – Lemonade, Nexar, HoneyBook, Frank
 * Fund 2 – Riseup, Healthy.io, Daisy, Melio, SparkBeyond
 * Fund 3 – Uniper, Empathy, SafeUp, Trullion

Investment Strategy
In his book, The Tree of Life and Prosperity, Eisenberg writes, “You can invest in a technology change, in a market evolution or revolution, or in people...I do not know much about technology and markets, so I focus on people.”

The Anchor and Seven Satellites investment strategy that Eisenberg has formulated: “make the world better and drives financial returns” (Tree of Life and Prosperity, p. 14). With this strategy, Eisenberg aims to encourage the growth of technological products or services that become part of our functional infrastructure and advance human development. His seven satellites are:
 * 1) The customer is willing to pay a premium for a product or service out of principle.
 * 2) The more I use a service or product, the more helpful it is for others, not just for me.
 * 3) The competitive advantage of a service, product, or company does not stem from a special government concession or from preventing competition.
 * 4) The service or product is sufficiently trustworthy that people will share their confidential information.
 * 5) The feedback on and reviews of the service or product denote both “value” and “values” and a high index of customer loyalty.
 * 6) The success of the initiative does not undercut other elements vital to the long-term health of the economy.
 * 7) The innovation benefits humanity in general and does not exploit one segment of the population.

Israel and Zionism
Eisenberg is a board member of Yeshivat Har Etzion, one of Israel’s leading institutions of advanced Torah study combined with military service. He is also the chairman of the board of Hashomer Hahadash (The New Guard), a social, educational and Zionist movement established in 2007 that aims to continue the historic path of the Zionist movement and strengthen the values of mutual responsibility, civic courage, and love of the land. In the past, he served as a director of Snunit, a non-profit organization working for the assimilation of technologies in elementary schools in Israel, and as a member of the Education Council of the Jerusalem Municipality. Throughout the years, Eisenberg has been active in the field of promoting Aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel). In 2020, Michael established the Nevo Network, a first-of-its-kind fellowship program to encourage olim (immigrants to Israel) working in high-tech.

Education
Eisenberg is also behind the pioneering program advancing the startup spirit, Machsava Tova (Good Thought) – a unique program now in its third year, operating in the Israeli cities of Jerusalem and Lod, that teaches a diverse set of disadvantaged high schoolers how to code and build websites. Many of these students go on to join top intelligence units in the Israeli army, changing the course of their careers and lives.

Public Appearances
Eisenberg also lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel, and entrepreneurship. He has been featured on a variety of TV, radio and podcast programs, including Harry Stebbin’s “Twenty Minute VC,” Dan Senor’s “Post-Covid,” Glenn Beck, Anthony Saramucci’s “The Mooch,” Mark Gerson’s “The Rabbi’s Husband,” and others.

Writing
Since 2006, Michael has been writing the blog “Six Kids and a Full Time Job” on topics ranging from politics to technology, Judaism, and macroeconomics. In 2010, he published a series of three articles entitled “The Humus Manifesto.” which examined the challenges and opportunities of the Israeli High Tech Industry. It has become the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. He is a frequent contributor to TheMarker and Calcalist, Israel's Hebrew-language daily business newspapers, as well as the Kan television station and Hashiloach, an Israeli journal for thought and policy.

Books
Most recently, Eisenberg’s book, The Tree of Life and Prosperity: 21st Century Business Principles from the Book of Genesis was published on Aug. 24, 2021. In this book, Eisenberg reveals the eternal principles for successful business, economics, and negotiation that can be found in the Torah, and shows their relevance to our modern world. Eisenberg’s The Vanishing Jew: A Wake-Up Call From the Book of Esther has also been translated into English. In this book, Eisenberg offers a new perspective on Megillat Esther in an original, captivating, and analytical narrative based on economic cycles and issues of identity. The book includes a warning for all Jews who believe that they can keep their heritage in the Diaspora, far from their emerging Jewish homeland. Eisenberg has published five books in Hebrew: The Vanishing Jew, Ben Baruch, The Tree of Life and Prosperity, Everyone can be Moses, and Roaring Tribe.