Arie Abecassis

Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur

Arie Abecassis

Arie Abecassis is an experienced entrepreneur, investor, and advisor in the startup world. He currently serves as a Board Member at CITYROW, a company that provides wholesale stationary exercise rowing machines and components.3

Some key facts about Arie Abecassis:

He has over 20 years of experience as an operator, advisor, and venture capital investor2
Arie founded ICONYC labs, a startup accelerator program focusing on Israeli entrepreneurs, in 20152
He is also the Founder of Deftly VC, a venture capital firm he started in 20221 2
Previously, he held board positions at companies like SeatGeek, SchoolPass, and helloHERO1 2
Arie was a Venture Partner and Mentor at DreamIt Ventures for over 11 years2
He has advised and invested in numerous consumer and business startups over the years2
Arie holds an MBA from NYU Stern and a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School at UPenn1

With his extensive background in finance, strategy, and business development, Arie continues to leverage his expertise to help build and support early-stage technology startups as a board member, advisor and investor.2

Highlights

Feb 2 · Business Wire

Bark Social Closes New Round of Funding, Plans to Expand East Coast Presence to Multiple Cities - Business Wire

Feb 9 · The Wall Street Journal

NYC Investors Turbo Charge Local Startups - The Wall Street Journal

Experience

Founder at deftly.vc, Entrepreneur In Residence at Techstars

Board Member at helloHERO, SchoolPass, and Bizness Apps; Advisor to Consumer & Business Startups, Venture Partner/Mentor at DreamIt Ventures, Senior Vice President at SecondMarket, Inc., Managing Director at Research Partners Ltd, Thomson Reuters, Marvel Entertainment, iContact