Wharton Israel 2026 Innovation Conference

🚀 Wharton Israel 2026 Innovation Conference
📍 Midtown NYC | 🗓️ Friday, Feb 13, 2026

The only Wharton conference dedicated exclusively to how innovation scales - from first conviction to global impact.
Open to all students, alumni, and anyone interested in startups, investing, and technology.

How did one investor identify Wiz, Armis, and Island before they became category leaders?
What does it take to turn a real-time AI model startup into a $3.1B valuation company in less than a year?
Can healthcare be reimagined through hybrid drugs - molecules paired with AI-driven digital protocols?
And how do you scale a hydrogen-powered defense drone into a unicorn, partnering with a leading quantum computing company?

This conference offers unmatched, practical access to Israel’s tech ecosystem - the world’s leading startup nation.
From early-stage conviction to growth-stage expansion, you’ll hear from the founders, operators, and investors who are building and scaling some of Israel's fastest-growing companies.

For those building, investing, recruiting, or seriously learning how innovation scales - this is the room to be in.

⚠️ Spots are limited to enable high-engagement discussions and real connections.

Focus Areas:

🤖 Applied AI | 🛡️ Cybersecurity | 🧬 Healthcare | 🛰️ Defense
* Bonus session - The Legal Side of Scaling: What Founders Need to Know with Pillsbury startup practice

🎤 Speakers & Operators Building Category-Defining Companies

Hear directly from founders, operators, and investors behind companies that have raised billions collectively from the world’s top venture firms:

Teddie Wardi - Managing Director, Insight Partners
Amir Zilberstein - Managing Partner, Team8
Daniel Povitsky - Co-founder, Vine Ventures
Danny Brickman - Co-founder & CEO, Oasis Security (Identity security platform backed by Accel, Sequoia, and Cyberstarts)
Bentzion Levinson - Founder & CEO, Haven AeroTech (Hydrogen-powered defense drones; $100M+ raised and strategic partnership with IonQ)
Tamar Sacerdoti - VP Strategy & Partnerships, Darrow AI (AI-powered legal intelligence platform; backed by Insight Partners and Entrée Capital)
Adam Hochstetler - AVP of Innovation, Aidoc (AI in medical imaging; $250M+ raised from Insight Partners, General Catalyst, Nvidia)
Yoni Shelmerdine - Chief Product Officer, Vega (rasied $120M Series B led by Accel, $700M Valuation, AI-native Detection Operating System)
Or Shoval - Co-founder & CEO, Remepy (Hybrid drug + digital therapeutics company; backed by leading healthcare investors)
Tomer Meir - Head of Growth, Healthee (Employee healthcare platform; $50M+ raised from Fin Capital, Glilot)
Noy Levinson - GM, Business & Strategy, Decart (valued at $3.1B, frontier GenAI video models; latest round $100M led by Sequoia)
Guy Franklin - Founder & CEO, Israeli Mapped in NY (The largest platform connecting Israeli tech companies with the U.S. ecosystem)
Michael Minars - Strategic Growth, Via (Global mobility platform; $900M+ raised from Exor, 83North, Pitango)
Maya Levin - Director of Strategic Partnerships, Kaltura )Public video technology company; backed by Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital)
Yoav Gur - GM, Payroll Products, HiBob (HR tech unicorn; $300M+ raised from General Atlantic, Battery Ventures)
Jeremy Boss — Associate, 97212 Ventures
Early-stage fund backing Israeli founders building in the U.S.

🎟️ Early bird ticket includes:

🚌 Round-trip bus: Philadelphia ↔ NYC
🍴 High-quality networking lunch with founders, investors, and operators
🍸 Closing happy hour designed for real conversations

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