Meet Israel’s 12 Top Founders in the Bitcoin Startup Space

At Bleeding.Technology we track over 100,000 web 3.0, NFT, DeFi & crypto startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

This list showcases the top Israel based Founder operating in the Bitcoin space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].

The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:

Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Gideon Greenspan

Founder & CEO of MultiChain

Dr. Gideon Greenspan is the founder and CEO of Coin Sciences Ltd, a company developing a suite of technologies for public and private blockchains. Our flagship product is MultiChain, an open source platform for private blockchains, optimized for R&D in the finance sector. MultiChain includes features such as permissions management, native asset support and simple configuration and deployment. Prior to founding Coin Sciences, Gideon conceived and built many profitable web services with a deep algorithmic element, including Copyscape, the leading plagiarism search engine, and Web Sudoku, the most popular sudoku website. Gideon has a BA and PhD in Computer Science (Cambridge and Technion) and an MA in Philosophy (London). As a hobby he teaches software entrepreneurship at two universities in his home town of Tel Aviv.

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About Copyscape, MultiChain, Web Sudoku: MultiChain helps organizations to build and deploy blockchain applications with speed.

Lior Messika

Founder & Managing Partner of Eden Block

Founder @ Eden Block. Angel Investor & Builder.

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About Eden Block: Eden Block is a private, independent, research-centric investment vehicle dedicated to enriching the environments that make up Web 3.0.

Erez Shapira

Co-Founder & CTO of Simplex

Erez Shapira is the chief technology officer of [Simplex](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/simplex-3#/entity), a cyber-security company that enables crypto currency businesses to accept credit cards with zero chargeback risk. Previously, he worked at [PayPal](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/paypal#/entity), holding various leadership roles related to real-time risk automated decision system and DSS tool development. Prior to PayPal, Shapira worked at IDF as the chief architect in a SOA project, architect and lead developer of a data-warehouse project, and development team member. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and economics from Bar-Ilan University and an MBA from Tel-Aviv University.

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About Simplex: Simplex is an EMI licensed Fintech company providing fraudless payment processing solutions to online merchants

Nimrod Lehavi

Co-Founder & CEO of Simplex

A self confessed ‘geek’, Simplex founder Nimrod Lehavi’s career spans two decades of expertise and knowledge. He’s well-respected in Israel’s startup scene for his proven capabilities at leading large scale top notch software projects. Nimrod is a board member at the Israeli Bitcoin Association and a co-founder of GeekCon, the annual un-conference for “Hacking the Digital Lifestyle”.

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About Simplex: Simplex is an EMI licensed Fintech company providing fraudless payment processing solutions to online merchants

Netanel Kabala

Co-Founder & CAO of Simplex

A specialist in all aspects of fraud, risk and decision-making systems, co-founder Netanel Kabala provides Simplex with essential experience from the world of digital finance. Before Simplex, Netanel worked for PayPal as a fraud analyst, team and group leader, dealing both with back-end automation and user-facing risk platforms. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Management, and an MBA, both from Tel-Aviv University.

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About Simplex: Simplex is an EMI licensed Fintech company providing fraudless payment processing solutions to online merchants

Amir Colnect

Founder of Colnect

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About Colnect: Colnect is a comprehensive online solution for collectors of mass-produced collectibles such as stamps, coins, phonecards, and so many more.

Asaf Azulay

CTO, Co-Founder of Crypto Next PLC

A software developer by profession, Asaf is Co-Founder and CEO of the OMC Group. OMC was established in 1995 and operates several subsidiary companies with activities in computing, cloud computing, Internet, software development and real estate. OMC started as an IT service provider and a small computer store but with the combination of its advanced technology platform and cloud business thinking, OMC has become one of the top leading cloud computing providers in the world.

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About Crypto Next PLC: Digital currency platform and service provider