Michael Eisenberg

In May 2022, Eisenberg published Halav dvash v'evada'ut (Milk, Honey and Uncertainty), a guide to "attitudes, initiatives, structures and leaders" in times of uncertainty."

The fund has seven exits to date, among them four M&A transactions and two public offerings. Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) was traded at a market cap of $3.88 billion as of November 2021, while Windward and WeWork (NYSE: WE), went public through a SPAC.

In December 2021, Aleph launched its fourth VC fund amounting to $300 million.

In August 2021, he published ‘’The Tree of Life and Prosperity: 21st Century Business Principles from the Book of Genesis.’’

Eisenberg lectures and appears on TV, radio and podcast programs, including Harry Stebbings’ “Twenty Minute VC,” the Tikvah Podcast, Anthony Scaramucci’s “The Mooch” and Mark Gerson’s “The Rabbi’s Husband.” He speaks about venture capital, Israel and entrepreneurship. In September 2021, he appeared on Dan Senor's podcast "Call me back." He also spoke about "Biblical Wisdom for the Tech Era" on Rabbi Ari Lamm's podcast Good Faith Effort. In February 2022, he spoke to Russ Roberts about Israel's image as a start-up nation and the moral aspect of investing. In June 2022, he was interviewed on the financial news magazine of Kan 11.

Eisenberg was ranked #98 in Forbes Midas List: Top Tech Investors 2019, and #11 in Midas List Europe: Top Tech Investors 2020. In 2021, he rose to #8 in Midas Europe.

In 2017, Eisenberg organized a Content Marketing Seminar for Olim to help new immigrants integrate in Israel’s high-tech eco-system. In 2020, he established Nevo Network, a fellowship program for new immigrants working in high-tech, and spearheaded a two-year program run by the non-profit Machshava Tova that teaches high school students from disadvantaged homes to code and build websites.

In April 2016, Aaron Rosenson, formerly of Insight Venture Partners, joined the fund as a third partner, immigrating to Israel from New York to assume his new role. In September of that year, Aleph raised $180 million for its second fund. In December 2019, Aleph launched a $200 million third fund. Aleph now has five partners, including Yael Elad, who became operating partner in 2019 and Tomer Diari, formerly of Bessemer Venture Partners, who joined in February 2021.

In 2016-2017, Eisenberg published ‘’Ben Baruch,’’ an analysis of Tractate Brachot in the Jerusalem Talmud and ‘’The Vanishing Jew: A Wake-Up Call From the Book of Esther,’’ which looks at Megillat Esther from the perspective of economic philosophy and the struggle for money, power and control.

In 2013, he co-founded Aleph, a venture capital fund based in Tel Aviv, together with Eden Shochat. Aleph is an early-stage fund with $850M under management focused on partnering with Israeli entrepreneurs to build large and impactful global brands. Since its founding, Aleph has invested in over 50 companies, including Melio, Lemonade Frank (acquired in 2021 by JP Morgan), Bringg, JoyTunes, Healthy.io, Fabric, Windward, Honeybook and Nexar.

In 2010, he published ‘’The Hummus Manifesto,” a series of articles on the challenges facing Israeli high tech. Eisenberg is a frequent contributor to Israel’s daily business papers TheMarker, Calcalist, and Hashiloah, an Israeli journal for thought and policy.

Eisenberg is a board member of Yeshivat Har Etzion, which combines advanced Torah study with military service. He is also chairman of Hashomer HaChadash, a social movement established in 2007 to continue the historic path of the Zionist movement and strengthen the values of mutual responsibility, civic action and love of the land. Eisenberg was also the director of Snunit, a non-profit organization that promotes technology studies in Israeli elementary schools.

In 2005, Eisenberg joined Benchmark Capital as managing Partner and was appointed its representative in Israel. His investments at Benchmark included Gigya, acquired in 2017 by SAP,) Conduit, and Seeking Alpha. Eisenberg also led the investment in the website development platform Wix.com and WeWork.

Between 1997 and 2005, Eisenberg was a partner in Israel Seed Partners, an Israeli venture capital fund. His investments included Shopping.com, which went public in 2004 and was later acquired by eBay,Finjan Holdings, GuruNet and answers.com. Shopping.com reached a market cap of $810 million after its first day of trading, while GuruNet reached a market cap of $11 million on its first day.

Eisenberg began his career as a consultant for Marttila and Kiley, Inc. a political consulting firm. In 1995, Eisenberg was appointed Montgomery Securities Investment Bank representative in Israel. That year, he also began working as VP Investment Banking at Jerusalem Global Investment Bank in partnership with Shlomo Kalish. Eisenberg’s first investment was in PictureVision, a photo-sharing company, which was acquired by Kodak in the late 1990s.

In 1993, Eisenberg and his wife Yaffa immigrated to Israel. He is a resident of Jerusalem and has eight children.

In 1991-1992 Eisenberg was the news editor of ‘’The Commentator,” the student newspaper of Yeshiva University. In 2005, he launched an Internet blog called "Six Kids and a Full-Time Job,” where he discusses politics, technology, Judaism, Zionism, macroeconomics, investments, entrepreneurship, family and parenting.

Michael Eisenberg (Hebrew: מייקל אייזנברג) (born May 18, 1971) is an American-born Israeli businessman, venture capitalist and author.