Yair Vardi

Yair Vardi is a founding partner of Fusion - VC & accelerator for Israeli start-ups in the US. Since 2017, Fusion has backed over 100 early-stage companies with a combined valuation of over $1 Billion. During the program, Fusion facilitates meetings between the Israeli founders and Venture Capitalists, tech executives & like-minded entrepreneurs in LA, NYC and Silicon Valley. Prior to co-founding Fusion, Vardi oversaw US-Israel technology and innovation partnerships at the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles. Vardi completed military service as an officer in Israel's Intelligence Corps, Unit 8200. Vardi utilizes his technology and entrepreneurial expertise in his volunteer work for several educational organizations - Serving on the board of American Jewish University (AJU), and mentoring for TAMID Group, IAC Eitanim & Hillel at UCLA. In 2018, Forbes Magazine named Vardi to its annual "30 Under 30" Israel list.