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Dror Berman - aVenture Research

Dror Berman

AddedMar 31, 2024

UpdatedOct 12, 2026

Dror Berman

Dror Berman

Co-Founder, Innovation Endeavors

Dror Berman's Career

Atom Computing

Dror Berman's Co-Investors

Scott BelskyCo-invested · Uber Angel

Alfred LinCo-invested · Uber Angel

Scott BanisterCo-invested · Uber Angel

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Dror Berman's Investments

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Uber
Angel · October 2010$1.3M
Angel · October 2010

Series C$181MBerkeley, CA, US

Board Member· Board

2019 – present

Eikon Therapeutics

Public$1.5BMillbrae, CA, US

Board Member· Board

2019 – present

Fabric

Series C$446MNew York City, NY, US

Board Member· Board

2016 – present

Anyword

Series B$30.1MNew York City, NY, US

Board Member· Board

2013 – present

Innovation Endeavors

Investment FirmPalo Alto, CA, US

Co-Founder

2010 – present

Founding Partner

Gatik

Series D$503.5MSanta Clara, CA, US

Board Member

Freenome

Public$1.1BBrisbane, CA, US

Board Member

GRO Biosciences

Series A$32.3MBoston, MA, US

Board Member

Creative Destruction Lab

Non-ProfitToronto, Ontario, CA

Fellow

Team8

Investment FirmTel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, IL

Board Member· Board

Farmer's Fridge

Series E$121.5MChicago, IL, US

Board Member· Board

Nice

Ra'anana, Central District, IL

R&D Team Leader

2005 – 2007

Israel Defense Forces

Government AgencyTel Aviv, IL

Special Forces

1997 – 2000

Cyan BanisterCo-invested · Uber Angel

Kevin HartzCo-invested · Uber Angel

Bobby YazdaniCo-invested · Uber Angel

Oren MichelsCo-invested · Uber Angel

Naval RavikantCo-invested · Uber Angel

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Glenn FratangeloCo-Founder · Innovation Garden

Chetan PuttaguntaChairman · Elastic

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Atom Computing Raises More Than $300 Million to Accelerate Deployment of Fault-Tolerant, Neutral-Atom Quantum ComputersPR Newswire · 2026

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Eikon Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Provides Clinical UpdatesGlobeNewswire · 2026

Eikon Therapeutics Announces Dose Selection for TeLuRide-006, an Ongoing Adaptive Phase 2/3 Trial of EIK1001 in Advanced MelanomaGlobeNewswire · 2026

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Yaniv MakoverCo-Founder

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A dynamic LLM that tailors generative AI outputs to specific brands, through intelligence layers.

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