Amir Guttman

Dr. Amir Guttman founded Aviv Venture Capital in 2001.
As a Managing Partner of Aviv he serves on the boards of directors of Bitband, MCS - Medical Compression Systems and FriCSo – Friction Control Solutions.
Prior to founding Aviv, Amir Guttman served for 6 years as member of the senior management of Discount Investments Corp.
(DIC).
He initiated and executed a wide variety of investments, business development and M&A activities, private placements in start-up and mature companies, as well as taking responsibility for Investor Relations.
Amir led an early-stage investment in Given Imaging (NASDAQ: GIVN) and served on its board.
Additional board memberships included: Tambour (TASE), Maxima (TASE), Tradanet Electronic Commerce (a joint venture with GE Information Services), SDL Technologies, the Incubator for Entrepreneurship at the Weitzman Institute of Science, and others.
Previously Amir served as a senior associate at the consulting practice of Coopers & Lybrand in San Francisco, where he was part of a select team offering financial, advisory and analytical services for M & As, capital sourcing and corporate valuations.
Amir Guttman earned his Ph.D.
and Masters Degrees in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley, California.
He holds a B.A.
in Accounting and Economics from the Tel Aviv University.
Amir Guttman is an adjunct Professor at the Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University.
He serves as an elected member of the board of directors of the Israel Venture Association, and is a past member of the investment committee of Capital Berger Mutual Funds Ltd.
Amir Guttman reached the rank of lieutenant in the Intelligence Corp of Israel's Defense Forces.