Barak Pridor

Barak Pridor serves as Managing Partner at Saban Ventures. Based in Tel Aviv, he leads the fund's venture and growth equity investments. Barak also serves on the boards of Partner Communication (NASDAQ: PTNR), Playbuzz, Applicaster, Origami Logic, Beach Bum and Sosa.

Prior to Saban Ventures, Barak's career comprised of entrepreneurial and operating roles, ranging from building an early stage company into a market leader, to a senior leadership role within a large, global corporation. His experience also includes venture capital investment and various executive and non-executive board positions.

Earlier in his career Barak served as an Executive Vice President at Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) and was CEO of ClearForest, which was acquired by TRI. As part of his commitment to the Israeli tech scene, Barak co-founded SOSA, a hub for entrepreneurs, service providers and executives involved in Israel’s start-up scene.

Barak earned an MBA from INSEAD and a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Tel Aviv University.