Ori Choshen

Ori Choshen is the CEO of VLX Ventures bringing extensive, multidisciplinary experience in building innovation platforms and establishing, investing in and mentoring innovative startups in the life sciences, pharma, AI and hi-tech industries. Mr. Choshen has a broad range of experience in senior management and business development in these areas.

Before joining VLX Ventures in 2014, Mr. Choshen served as VP Business Development at Xenia VC and as a Director of Business Development at SanDisk (NSDQ: SNDK), where he managed the Ecosystem Group. He joined SanDisk as part of the company’s $1.6B acquisition of M-Systems (NSDQ: FLSH) in 2006. Prior, Mr. Choshen held business development and management positions at M-Systems and Hutchison’s global group. He also served as an investment manager in PFC, Orange Israel’s VC subsidiary. Mr. Choshen holds a B.A. in Philosophy (Cum Laude) and an LLB degree from Tel Aviv University as well as an MBA (Cum Laude) from the Solvay Business School in Brussels.