Meir is a Partner at Israel Cleantech Ventures and his investment activities are focused on solar, waste to energy and smart grid technologies. He currently represents the firm on the boards of Citrine Renewable Energy, Pythagoras Solar and Tigo Energy. Meir brings extensive financial, market and strategic analysis, public and private equity deal execution and technology understanding to ICV.
Previously Meir served as CFO of Sentry Technology Group Inc., an Israeli-US defense startup led by the former CEO of Elbit Ltd. From 2000 to 2004, he worked as an investment banker and research analyst at SG Cowen, a leading technology and healthcare investment bank, leading transactions for Israeli and US companies including public and private offerings and M&A transactions involving US, European and Israeli corporations.
Meir began his venture capital career in the mid 1990's, working together with Glen Schwaber at Jerusalem Global Ltd., an Israeli merchant bank that was a leading source of private equity funding for Israeli tech companies during the 1990s. He led the angel financing of QXL Ltd., an investment which generated the highest IRR in the firm's history. He also worked together with Glen on the initiation and structuring of a joint venture between Jerusalem Global and CDC, Taiwan's largest investment bank.
He is a founding member of the Israel Clean Energy Forum, established in September 2009 to promote Israel government policy on renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Meir holds a B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia College in Political Science and East Asian Studies. He speaks Mandarin Chinese. Meir also served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces in one of its elite technology units.
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