Jason Weiss is an experienced entrepreneur and consultant specializing in venture capital, investment advisory, and non-profit industries. After leaving a comfortable career in California, Weiss built his career from scratch in Israel at the age of 22. He has over a decade of experience in managing projects from ideation to completion, leading teams, designing strategic initiatives, fundraising, and closing deals. Weiss is a specialist in finding creative solutions and opportunities to old and new challenges. He has expertise in early-stage startup fundraising, business development, corporate open innovation, and startup scouting. Additionally, Weiss is an expert in innovation and tech event management, project, and team management, and student business trips, Israel & Jewish advocacy. As the COO & Dealflow Manager at Axis Innovation, Weiss has brokered more than 20 investment deals between Israeli startups and global investors. He has also designed GTM strategies and marketing for dozens of startups. Marketing and storytelling are other areas of his expertise; Jason Weiss has helped hundreds of startups create memorable stories, pitches, one-pagers, decks, and marketing materials for both investors and customers. He has led and co-designed dozens of projects for Fortune 100 corporations while serving as the XPRIZE Ambassador - IBM Watson AI, Ana Avatar, and Carbon Removal at XPRIZE. Weiss received his Executive MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology and a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has also studied abroad at the University of Cambridge.