Shuly Galili
About Shuly Galili
Shuly is a Founding Partner at UpWest, a Silicon Valley seed fund investing in startups at the Israel-US technology junction. UpWest portfolio crossed $2B in VC funding and includes companies such as SentinelOne, HoneyBook, Stampli, CyCognito, Imubit and more. Shuly spent over a decade building Silicon Valley’s gateway to Israel. Working with the Valley’s leading tech giants, investors and business leaders she helped found the California Israel Chamber of Commerce (CICC), a business platform for ongoing tech exchange serving a network of over 10,000 companies. Under Shuly’s leadership as Executive Director, CICC had significant impact on its members’ success in securing millions in venture capital, establishing US/Israel offices and R&D Centers and branding Israel’s emerging tech industry in Silicon Valley. She was named among 100 Most Influential People in Israeli Hi-tech http://bit.ly/1UXLowo She is a contributor to VentureBeat, TechCrunch and Forbes covering entrepreneurship and tech. She serves on the Advisory Board of C100 - A Canadian Entrepreneurs Network.