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Melanie Kraus
Helping Israeli Founders scale to the US market
Melanie Kraus is a Senior Manager at Deloitte Launchpad, a program designed to assist Israeli growth-stage startups in expanding their operations in the United States. She has been in this role since July 2023, having previously served as a Program Manager within the same initiative from January 2020 to August 2023. The Deloitte Launchpad program focuses on helping founders navigate relocation, develop sales strategies, and secure funding through access to a vast network of venture capitalists and resources.1
Her career at Deloitte began in October 2018 as a Senior Consultant in Technology Scouting Services, where she connected global clients with leading Israeli technologies. Prior to her tenure at Deloitte, Kraus was a founding member and Marketing Manager at MassChallenge, an accelerator supporting early-stage entrepreneurs, and held positions at Facebook and Google, focusing on organizational development and talent management, respectively.1
Kraus holds a BA (Hons) in Philosophy and Languages from The University of Manchester and is fluent in English and French, with intermediate proficiency in Hebrew.1
