Watch our exclusive interview with Shuly Galili, Founding Partner at UpWest.
Shuly co-founded UpWest, a seed and pre-seed fund, to help Israeli entrepreneurs expand into the US- one of their biggest challenges when building a global company. UpWest goes beyond writing the first check, providing hands-on support to founders by helping them craft their #GTM strategies, leveraging a vast network of fellow #entrepreneurs, and connecting them with top-tier investors.
Over the years, UpWest has built the largest portfolio of Israeli-founded startups in the U.S., backing 90+ companies and 200+ founders. Among the companies they wrote the first check for are SentinelOne, CyberX, Stampli, and Zenity—just to name a few.
Watch as Shuly shares with us their approach to assessing a company without any substantial assets, what it was like working with such successful companies at the beginning of their journey, and the challenges most startups face early on.
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Interviewers: Yossi Garmazi & Álvaro Jiménez Cabello de los Cobos.
#startup #innovation #entrepreneurship #tech #VC
Chapters:00:00 Introduction
01:05 Israeli tech landscape evolution
04:53 UpWest support of entrepreneur
08:55 Right time for VC backing?
14:31 How do you assess seed investment?
17:46 Working with the succeful entrepreneur
21:41 Challenges for entrepreneurs after their seed round
25:29 Red flags in seed and pre-seed rounds
29:37 Verticals with potential
32:53 Advice for future entrepreneurs
37:50 What keep you motivated?
39:26 Favorite book
