About Applango

Dr. Samir Varma, Chairman
Samir is the founder of TekVest Startup Fund, LLC, which along with OurCrowd was the earliest investor in Applango.  He has a wide range of experience with startups, finance, software, data modeling and intellectual property. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, and a PhD in Physics from the University of Texas. He is responsible for Applango’s data models, strategic direction, and intellectual property.

Daniel Sarfati, Founder & CEO
A passionate entrepreneur, Daniel is a customer-focused leader, who drove the team as VP Sales at Resolute Networks and then at ComAbility. At leading WiMax vendor Alvarion (Nasdaq: ALVR), Daniel created a new business paradigm that affirmed the company hegemony in Southern Europe. In the previous century, Daniel led Nilit’s efforts to become a market leader in South America and Italy. Daniel is a Doctor of Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

Paolo Fundaro’, Director
Paolo has been on the Board since 2013. He is currently the Chaiman of Intercept Pharmaceuticals and CFO of Genextra SpA, an Italian-based venture capital for life-science ventures, since its inception in 2004. Paolo has also been Director of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Nasdaq ICPT) since 2006, of Erydel SpA since 2013 and Managing Director of the other Genextra’s portfolio companies. Before joining Genextra, Paolo was director of finance and strategic planning for the Fastweb Group (telecom) from 2000 to 2004. Previously, he work in the corporate finance department of investment banks in London, including Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup) and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette (now Credit Suisse). He has a degree in Business Management from the Bocconi University in Milan.

Alberto Calcagno, Director
Alberto has been on the board since 2016. Alberto is Chief Executive Officer of FASTWEB. Calcagno joined the company in 2000 as Head of Strategic Planning. He has covered various strategic roles within the company: from 2005 to 2007 he was Chief Financial Officer and from 2007 to 2010 he was Chief Operating Officer.

Steven Glanz , Director, Our Crowd
Steven was the founder and CEO of Crosswise which was acquired by Oracle in 2016. Prior to that Steven held business leadership positions in some of Israel's most successful companies including Conduit and Shopping.com. Steven is a graduate of Harvard law school.

Prof. Dan Amiram, Director
Dan Amiram is a Professor of Business at the Coller School of Management at Tel-Aviv University and the head of the Fintech concentration in the MBA program. Before joining the Coller School, he was the Philip H. Geier Associate Professor of Business at Columbia Business School (on leave). Professor Amiram’s research focuses on the effects and consequences of frictions created by information asymmetry, taxation and business law on debt and equity markets around the world. Professor Amiram has received awards for both research and teaching. He is frequently asked by governmental organizations, corporations, financial institutions and the media (including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Forbes) to advice as an expert on various issues. Professor Amiram has vast experience in the corporate world. He served and currently serves on the board of directors, including as chairman of the audit committee, of various public and private corporations and financial institutions. He also serves as the chairman of the United Nations Internal Controls Advisory Committee. He worked as part of the controller’s team for a multinational corporation, and for PwC as a senior auditor. Professor Amiram holds undergraduate degree in accounting and economics, masters in economics from Ben-Gurion University and a PhD in Business from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.