Yair Schindel

Yair Schindel, MD, MBA is a prominent healthcare entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of aMoon Fund, a global HealthTech and Life Sciences investment fund based in Israel.14 He serves as the Managing Partner at aMoon, which he founded in September 2016 along with Marius Nacht, co-founder of Check Point Technologies.13

Career Highlights

• Co-founder and Managing Partner of aMoon Fund since 20163
• Former CEO of Digital Israel at the Israeli Prime Minister's Office (2014-2016)3
• Former CEO of Start-Up Nation Central (2013-2014)1
• Vice President at OmniGuide, a medical device company (2005-2012)3
• Chief Medical Officer for the Israeli Navy Seals ("Shayetet 13") (2003-2005)32

Education and Background

• MD from Ben-Gurion University Medical School2
• MBA from Harvard Business School13
• Born into a family of physicians; his grandparents were Holocaust survivors who escaped Auschwitz-Birkenau2

Notable Achievements

• Received a military citation for innovation during his service in the Israeli Navy1
• Co-founded MAOZ, a leadership development organization23
• Member of the task force assisting the Israeli Health Ministry in combating the COVID-19 pandemic1
• Aims to establish an Israeli equivalent of the FDA to improve medical product regulation1

Yair Schindel's work at aMoon focuses on accelerating healthcare innovation by investing in companies that use science and technology to address major diseases and healthcare challenges.14