Elie Wurtman is Managing Partner at PICO Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Jerusalem. He brings three decades of experience as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor and has played an active role in several high-profile startups. Elie’s investments include Vroom (Nasdaq: VRM), Spot.io (acquired by NetApp), Gloat, Zero Networks, and Fullpath. Before founding PICO, Elie was a general partner at Benchmark Capital from 2006 to 2012. Prior to Benchmark, he worked with Jerusalem Venture Partners, where he led early-stage media technology and enterprise software investments. Elie has been an entrepreneur and company-builder throughout his career. He launched his first company in 1993 and took five companies from founding to IPO. As co-founder and CEO of Deltathree, Jerusalem's first unicorn, he led the company to 60 points of presence globally with operations across 35 countries. Elie’s other notable startups include IronSource, where he served as the company’s first external director and an active mentor to the founders. At Vroom, where Elie was a co-founder and lead investor, he also took an active role as Executive Chairman during the company’s inception. Elie is the founder of PICO Kids, a social enterprise focused on STEM education for children in Jerusalem’s diverse communities. He also founded Bat Shlomo Vineyards, a boutique winery in northern Israel, as well as The Farmhouse at Bat Shlomo. Elie is an Aspen Institute Global Leadership Fellow and sits on the boards of the Tower of David Museum, Zikaron BaSalon and Regavim Agricultural School.