Arik Czerniak

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Arik Czerniak was born in 1975 in Israel. He is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, investing in pre-seed deals with demonstrated product market fit and initial traction. He is currently a General Partner at Axon Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in Israel's elite founders. In addition to his role as a GP at Axon Ventures, Mr. Czerniak is a Chairman at Big-Tech R&D 50, a publicly traded partnership investing in an index of late stage Israeli startups. Prior to these roles, he co-founded Drove Networks, which developed simple & powerful digital marketing solutions. Prior to this position, Mr. Czerniak has founded two other companies: Supersonic, a mobile marketing and monetization platform powering the world's top publishers and advertisers. The company was acquired in 2015 by IronSource; and, Metacafe, a user-generated video platform, which had over 50 million monthly users and raised over 50 million in venture capital funding. In addition, during his career he served on the board of directors for Perion (formerly Incredimail), a publicly traded consumer web company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Czerniak served as an officer in the Israeli air force (for 7 years), and, has graduated from Talpiot, Israel's top R&D officer course.

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Nov 12, 2008 · www.israel21c.org

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From fighter pilot to entrepreneur

The article discusses the entrepreneurial journey of Arik Czerniak, the former CEO of Metacafe. Czerniak, who was a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, founded Metacafe in 2003 and led it to become a multi-million dollar company. He sold his shares in Metacafe in 2007 and went on to mentor and advise other start-ups, including Jag.ag and Clear Applications.com. Jag.ag is a mobile web host that allows users to create mobile sites and greetings, while Clear Applications is an online job recruiting service. The article highlights Czerniaks expertise in entrepreneurship and his involvement in the Israeli start-up ecosystem.

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