Moshe Lichtman

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Moshe Lichtman was born in 1956 in Israel. Mr. Lichtman is a Co-founder and General Partner at Israel Growth Partners (IGP), a private equity investment firm, which focuses on companies with strong category leadership potential that are operating within emerging market verticals or disrupting mature markets. Lichtman has over 30 years of product and leadership experience in the global high tech industry and is an active angel investor in Israeli startups. He held many management positions in Microsoft, including as corporate vice president of Microsoft's consumer platforms division, president for Microsoft international internet business, corporate vice president of Microsoft's TV division , and eventually retiring in 2011 as the corporate vice president and head of Israel research and development center at Microsoft Corporation (a position he filled in since 2006). Prior to his time in Microsoft, Mr. Lichtman held software development and management positions in several high-tech companies.He is Co-author of the "Complete Guide to the C Language". In 2009, Mr. Lichtman was selected Top High Tech Chief Executive Officer of a large multinational company in Israel by the Israel Management Institute.

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Jan 14, 2015 · www.globes.co.il

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IGP fills Israel's growth equity vacuum

Former Microsoft executive Moshe Lichtman and former NICE Systems Ltd. CEO Haim Shani founded an investment fund, Israel Growth Partners (IGP), to help adolescent technology companies grow. The fund, which raised $250 million in early 2014, recently made its second investment. The fund aims to fill a gap in the Israeli high-tech scene, where there are nearly 7,000 tech companies, most of them private, that concentrate a great deal of investment and entrepreneurial activity. IGPs portfolio currently includes two investments, the first of which was $25 million in an established Israeli e-commerce company that sells diamonds and bridal jewelry, R2Net, and the second investment was $20 million in a company called Panaya.

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Oct 14, 2011 · www.haaretz.com

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An insider's view of Microsoft Israel, a 'Zionist center'

Moshe Lichtman, the head of Microsoft Israels research and development center, has announced his retirement after 20 years with the company. Lichtman, who joined Microsoft in 1991, held various roles before becoming one of the most prominent Israelis in global high-tech. He has expressed concern about the future of Israels high-tech industry, citing high employment costs, political instability, and competition from emerging markets. Lichtman plans to continue investing in and helping companies build technological products.

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