Esther Loewy | Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Upround Ventures

Esther established Upround Ventures to be at the Forefront of Disruptive Israeli Innovation & Fast Growing Asian Markets and works with growth stage startups expanding East. The company’s custom
Corporate Innovation Program provides Asian corporates access to the best Israeli startups; drives the process for disruptive commercial offerings; accelerates internal corporate innovation culture; and offers a fail fast/learn fast methodology to achieve early results. 
Upround’s program aligns the business and investment objectives of Asian corporates with a compelling on the ground presence in Israel to engage with the most relevant Israeli technologies. The company’s professional DD process advises corporate venture investments, POC’s and strategic partnerships. 
Esther guides the Upround team vis-à-vis Israeli startups representing AI, Big Data, AR/VR, Cyber, e-Commerce/Retail Tech and FinTech and more. She enjoys strong collaboration with many of the ~400 MNC’s with an established presence in Israel, including Citi, IBM AlphaZone, Tyco Innovation, ClalTech, Samsung Ventures, Deutsche Telekom and others.
 

Esther holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is a mentor with IBM’s AlphaZone and Barclays TechStars accelerators. She is frequently invited to be a speaker at innovation events in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Australia.