Todd Dollinger

Todd Dollinger was born with the entrepreneurial gene. At the age of 15, he joined his first start up, a tropical fish import and breeding business; later Todd would sell his share to his partner before starting college. While a university student, Todd established his second business — from which he had his second exit — a concert promotion company. His passion for transforming ideas into successful enterprises led him to launch Trendlines, Inc. with his brother Mark in 1978, providing sales, marketing and business development services in the U.S. Todd served as Trendlines’ president until 1990 when he sold his interest to Mark and moved to Israel. There, Todd joined the marketing department of medical device company SRD Medical. He later became that company’s CEO. Determined to work in a capacity where he might merge his business development skills with his entrepreneurial drive, Todd founded business consultancy Trendlines International with Steve Rhodes in 1993. Trendlines International was established to support seed- and early-stage companies and the start-up activities of large corporations. Todd and Steve established their first venture fund, the Trendlines Israel Fund, in 2004 and founded The Trendlines Group in 2007 when they were awarded two Israeli government-licensed business incubators, the Misgav and Mofet Venture Accelerators. The Trendlines team offers business development, marketing, finance, investment banking, and administrative services to its portfolio companies. Today, Todd is the Chairman and CEO of The Trendlines Group. Under the leadership of Todd and Steve, The Trendlines Group’s portfolio companies and three investment funds have raised more than $130 million. He has taken two companies public on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: ETView Medical and FlowSense Medical. Additionally, Todd serves as chairman of Trendlines Medical and as a director and chairman of the board of a number of public and private companies.