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The Company

Matara is solving defense challenges with innovation. We empower defense organizations and entrepreneurs to protect western democracies by harnessing DefenseTech & DeepTech innovation.
 

Matara was founded by national level military and innovation experts leveraging proven innovation model from The Floor - Israel’s leading Fintech Innovation Hub that facilitated dozens of commercial engagements of Israeli startups at several of the world’s tier-1 banks, as well as built several startups. 
 

Matara has offices in Tel-Aviv and Berlin and is expanding to additional territories.
 

Founding Team

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Gil Devora

Co-CEO

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General Professor   Isaac Ben-Israel (ret.)

Chief Strartegy

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General
Doron Tamir (ret.)

Director

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Myriam Locher

CBDO

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Asaf Tamir

Co-CEO

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Gil Devora

Gil is a serial entrepreneur and innovation expert with over 3 decades of experience in building technology startups and businesses in multiple industries. As co-founder of The Floor Fintech Innovation Hub, Gil transformed the Israeli Fintech ecosystem. Some of his roles included:

  • Co-Founder, The Floor Fintech Innovation Hub

  • Co-Founder, The Floor Cyber

  • Co-Founder, Blockchain Factory

  • Co-Founder & CBO, Entrio

Located in Western Galilee

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Professor Ben-Israel is a world renowned expert in national level innovation in defense, cyber and AI. Some of his roles included:

  • Head of the Ministry of Defense R&D Directorate (MAFAT)

  • Head of Military R&D in Israel Defense Forces

  • Head of the National Taskforce on Cybersecurity

  • Co-head of the National Taskforce on AI

  • Chairman of Israel Space Agency

  • Head of the Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, Tel-Aviv University

  • ​Awarded the Israeli Defense Award (twice)

  • Member of International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)

  • Member of Singapore Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC)

  • Member of the Board of the Agency for Science, Technology & Research in Singapore (A*STAR)

Located in Tel-Aviv

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M. General (ret.) Professor
Isaac Ben-Israel

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B. General (ret.) Doron Tamir

General Tamir is a leader in the defense sector, in military and government, as well as in defense & technology industry. Some of his roles included:

  • Chief Intelligence Officer, Israel Defense Forces

  • Head of Security Sector, Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD)

  • Head of International Cooperation, Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD)

  • Co-Founder & Chairman, Cyber Security Group

  • Co-Founder, The Floor Cyber

  • VP Security Sector, Ness Technologies

  • Strategic Consultant at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)​

  • Cyber Advisory Panel Member, Monetary Authority of Singapore

 Located in Tel-Aviv

Myriam is serial entrepreneur with 20 years of experience, specializes in company building, scaling and change management.

  • Acted in roles of CEO and CRO for multiple startups

  • Successful Exits in Europe and US

  • CEO of startup advisory, served startups from seed to series C and exit

  • Extensive experience with tier-1 customer relationship management globally

Located in Berlin 

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Myriam Locher

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Asaf Tamir

Asaf is a serial entrepreneur and innovation expert with over 3 decades of experience in building breakthrough innovations in Cyber, HLS, and AI/ML.

  • Co-Founder & Managing Director, Cyber Security Group

  • Co-Founder, The Floor Cyber

  • VP Innovation, Verisk Analytics (VRSK)

  • Co-Founder & CEO, Sensomatix (acquired by Verisk)

  • Intelligence Officer, Israel Defense Forces

Located in Tel-Aviv

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