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Strategic Advisor for cross-border growth, partnerships, and high-stakes opportunities

Working across Israeli ventures,
U.S. investors and strategic partnerships in deep tech and defense

Select engagements. Direct involvement. Real outcomes.

★★★★★

Why I’m Brought In

In deep tech and defense, strong opportunities often depend on more than access alone.

What matters is trust, timing, strategic fit, and the ability to build the right relationships around the right opportunity.

Cross-border growth is rarely a matter of introductions alone.

It requires judgment, discretion, and alignment between founders, investors, and strategic partners.

That is typically where I come in.

4+

15+

Years

Key Markets

Who I Work With

Israeli Ventures
Proven companies in deep tech and defense, already operating at a serious level and ready for the right growth, partnership, and cross-border opportunities.

U.S. Investors
Investors seeking thoughtful access to serious Israeli ventures and strategically aligned opportunities.

Strategic Partners
Organizations looking to build meaningful relationships around innovation, growth, and long-term value.

Entering the U.S. market
When an Israeli venture needs the right context, relationships, and positioning to move thoughtfully in the U.S.

Developing strategic partnerships
When growth depends on the right partner, not just more outreach.

Navigating complex opportunities
When timing, trust, and cross-border alignment shape what happens next.

Investor-facing opportunities
When serious ventures and serious capital need the right strategic fit around them.

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Uri Levin Waze

Where Josef Is Typically Involved

Who I Do NOT Work With

Very early-stage ventures
Still shaping the basics, without clear traction or strategic readiness.

Transactional opportunities
Focused on access alone, without long-term fit or real alignment.

Volume-driven efforts
Built for speed and scale, rather than trust, judgment, and meaningful opportunity.

Presence & Relationships

Built through direct work across Israeli ventures, U.S. investors, and strategic partners in deep tech and defense.
From founders and leadership teams to private investors and strategic decision-makers, the work takes place where trust, discretion, and strategic fit matter.
Relationships are built carefully, with long-term value in mind.

Direct involvement in the environments where decisions are made.

Projects

Strategic initiatives shaping cross-border success.

A sleek map highlighting connections between the US, Israel, Middle East, and Ukraine.
A sleek map highlighting connections between the US, Israel, Middle East, and Ukraine.
Defense Tech

Aligning capital and partnerships in defense sectors.

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Close-up of advanced defense technology components in a lab setting.
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A dynamic urban skyline symbolizing real estate ventures across borders.
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Handshake between international partners against a backdrop of global markets.
Market Entry

Executing market access with precision and insight.

Experience Matters

Built through over 15 years of operating in complex, cross-border environments where strategy, capital, and execution must align.

Global Reach

Active across the United States, Israel, the Middle East, and Ukraine, with direct access to networks that move opportunities forward.

Strategic Impact

Aligning companies, partners, and capital to turn complexity into structured growth and measurable outcomes.

Operational Depth

Hands-on execution across defense, deep tech, and capital environments, where decisions carry real consequences.

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To explore growth, partnerships, and cross-border opportunity

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A sleek, modern workspace with a laptop, notebook, and a cup of coffee, symbolizing readiness for strategic conversations.

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