BLender Financial Technologies
Ronit Koren has a vast and diverse work experience. Ronit started their career in 2004 as the Managing Partner at ROK Ventures, a boutique investment bank. In this role, they were responsible for all aspects of deal origination and execution of M&A and capital raise transactions, with a focus on cross-border transactions in the technology, clean tech, and financial services sectors. Ronit also managed the execution of public and private equity and debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and restructuring.
Since then, Ronit has held various positions in different companies. In 2023, they joined AKOLogic as the Chief Corporate Development. Ronit also became a Director at Carpay Ltd in the same year.
In 2022, they joined Epitomee Medical as a Director. Prior to this, in 2021, they served on the Advisory Board of WireX Systems and became a Director at BLender | Loans Between People. In 2020, they held the position of Director at BladeRanger.
In 2018, Ronit became the Managing Partner, EMEA at Aspire Ventures, LLC, where they fast-tracked precision medicine solutions by pre-arranging clinical and commercial pathways through a global network of healthcare institutions.
Additionally, they served as a Board Member at ChickP in 2019 and as the Managing Partner at Food Ventures / SIFOOD since 2015. At Food Ventures / SIFOOD, they specialized in cross-border investments and growth opportunities for mature companies in various industries, including High-Tech, Clean-Tech, Agro-Tech, Food-Tech, and Health Care.
Ronit Koren completed a Bachelor's degree in General Studies at Mayan in 1985. From 1989 to 1991, Ronit pursued a Bachelor's degree in Forensic Psychology at John Jay College (CUNY). Later, from 1998 to 2002, Ronit earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from The Open University of Israel. Most recently, in 2004 and 2005, Ronit attended Baruch College to obtain a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Business Administration and Management, General.
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BLender Financial Technologies
BLender also differentiates itself through DirectMatch, its portfolio creator, and Re-BLend, a secondary trading market within the company. Prosper and LendingClub allow lenders to invest in a variety of loans in small increments to diversify and reduce risk. BLender optimizes this process with its matching algorithm that automatically spreadslenders’ money over a wide variety of loans. With Re-BLend, lenders can buy and sell loans and portfolios among themselves, a service that is not provided by LendingClub and outsourced by Prosper.