Amir Peleg founded TaKadu in late 2008 with the vision of using advanced mathematics and software to reduce water loss. Amir is a serial high-tech entrepreneur: in 2005, he founded YaData (acquired by Microsoft in 2008); previously he co-founded Unipier (formerly Cash-U) in 2000 and EVS (NASDAQ: EVSNF) in 1991.
Zvi is actively involved with TaKaDu's executive management. Before joining TaKaDu's board, Zvi held the position of active advisor to the CEO at YaData, working with Amir Peleg until YaData's acquisition. Zvi is a veteran of the Enterprise Software industry. Zvi is one of the founders and managing partners at Afterdox, a smart angels investment group comprised mostly of ex-Amdocs top executives.Prior to YaData and for more than 20 years, Zvi held various senior roles at Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX).
Adi Pundak-Mintz, General Partner, Gemini Israel Funds
As a General Partner at Gemini, Adi draws on his start-up, VC and scientific background to make seed investments. Since joining Gemini in 1999, he has specialized in seed investments in the areas of enterprise IT software and systems, and financial software.
Zvi Schechter, Managing Director and General Partner, Giza Venture Capital
Zvi is the co-founder and Managing Director of Giza Venture Capital. Prior to co-founding Giza in 1992, Zvi Schechter was Vice President of Leumi & Company Investment Bankers.
Based in Emerald's Zurich Office, Gina Domanig is the Managing Partner of Emerald Technology Ventures. In 2000, she founded Emerald (formerly SAM Private Equity) as the first independent cleantech venture capital fund in Europe. Emerald is one of the largest dedicated cleantech funds and the first with a transatlantic strategy.
Reducing water loss, operating more efficiently and improving quality of service and water continuity are key goals for us and TaKaDu can help us achieve them.
Marco Kutulas Peet, General Manager, Aguas de Antofagasta
TaKaDu is the global leader in Water Infrastructure Monitoring, providing a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for water utilities. TaKaDu's solution detects, classifies, alerts and provides real-time insight on leaks, bursts, DMA breaches and other network inefficiencies. The solution is based on complex statistical algorithms which analyze existing online data from meters within the network (flow, pressure, etc) and external data(weather, holidays, etc).TaKaDu’s patented technology is easy to deploy, requiring no network changes, no additional devices and no capital expenditure. The service is in use by leading water utilities worldwide. TaKaDu’s team is comprised of top-notch mathematicians and computer scientists with many years of applied data analytics experience, alongside seasoned executives from global software technologies leaders. TaKaDu is the winner of several industry awards, including the prestigious Technology Pioneer 2011 award from the World Economic Forum.
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