Episode 1030: Lior Handelsman, General Partner of Grove Ventures

**[Insert Video Title]** – Lior Handelsman: Journey of a Technologist, Entrepreneur, and Investor

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Lior Handelsman, a General Partner at Grove Ventures, shares his journey as a technologist, entrepreneur, and investor in the renewable energy space. With more than half-a-billion dollars under management, Grove Ventures partners with exceptional Israeli entrepreneurs who believe that the Deep Future is now and are ready to build it.

As a General Partner, Lior has led the fund’s investments in companies like Protai, NoTraffic, Luminescent, Teramount, Mirato, and Vocai, among others. Prior to joining Grove Ventures, Lior was one of the founders of SolarEdge (NASDAQ: SEDG), a multi-billion dollar global company with a market leadership position in the smart and renewable energy markets.

Before SolarEdge, Lior spent 11 years leading research and development teams and directing large-scale projects in power electronics, analog design, communications, and signal processing at the Intelligence Corps Technology Unit – Unit 81. Lior holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (cum laude) and an MBA from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

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Lior Handelsman is a General Partner at Grove Ventures, a leading early-stage VC fund with more than half-a-billion dollars under management. Grove Ventures partners early with exceptional Israeli entrepreneurs who believe that the Deep Future is now and are ready to build it. As a General Partner, Lior led the fund’s investments in companies like Protai, NoTraffic, Luminescent, Protai, Teramount, Mirato, and Vocai, among others. Prior to joining Grove Ventures, Lior was one of the founders of SolarEdge (NASDAQ:SEDG). He took part in inventing and developing the company’s technology and saw it grow from a small startup to a multi-billion dollar global company, with a market leadership position in the smart and renewable energy markets. Before SolarEdge, Lior spent 11 years leading research and development teams and directing large-scale, multidisciplinary R&D projects in power electronics, analog design, communications, and signal processing at the Intelligence Corps Technology Unit – Unit 81. Lior holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (cum laude) and an MBA from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.