ROY SAAR

Partner at Mangrove Capital Partners and Board Member at Wix.com

I'm on a Unicorn hunting spree!

Throughout my career I was involved in business creation around the globe, focusing in four continents and examined the world of technology from various perspectives.

I founded and developed several start-up companies, taking leading roles such as business-angel, company vice president and entrepreneur.

I bring corporate, start-up and early-stage investment experience, which helps me support our entrepreneurs during the first steps of their ventures, as well as protect their interest at later stages.

I joined Mangrove Capital Partners in 2011. As a Partner at Mangrove, I’m looking for our next Unicorn company in the fields of SaaS, Mobile, New media, Adtech, FinTech, and Security.

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I strongly believe in out of the box thinking and a "no-bull" approach. I introduce investment opportunities to the Mangrove team only when I am intrigued by both a business idea and a unique founding team. I consider myself a hands-on investor and currently sit in the board of directors of two Mangrove portfolio companies: WalkMe and Wix.

I started my career as a Marketing Manager for an American Consumer Goods company and moved my focus to technology in the late 90s, when I co-founded Sphera Corporation, a company providing automation, provisioning, virtualization and management of Saas solutions to hosting companies and Telecoms. The company was acquired by Parallels in 2007.

Later, I founded RFcell Technologies, an RF engineering company serving the wireless and cellular market and was involved in the foundation of Wix – a leading cloud-based web development platform company (NADSAQ: WIX).

I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Economy & Administration from Tel Aviv University.

Outside of work, I'm involved in nonprofit initiatives in Africa (such as the Malaria eradication project), and am a City Council member and a volunteer Park Ranger.

I enjoy water sports (surfing, scuba diving and sailing), horseback riding and I am an amateur numismatist.