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DFJ- Tamir Fishman Ventures, the exclusive Israeli partner of the immense American-Global venture capital- Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), and the Israeli venture capital Evergreen Venture Partners (along with the American venture capital- Argonaut Ventures) led jointly the first round of venture financing in the Israeli start up company SIKLU, of $12M. Eldad Tamir, General Partner at DFJ-Tamir Fishman Ventures, stated: "Siklu represents for us the winning combination of the Israeli high tech industry - a top tier group of founders and a unique, breakthrough technology, aimed at one of the largest and fast growing global markets. About Siklu Siklu Inc. was founded by top tier entrepreneurs conducted by Izik Kirshenbaum - CEO, Yigal Leiba – CTO, Baruch Schwarz – System Director and Elad Dayan – RF Director. Izik Kirshenbaum is a well recognized entrepreneur in Israel - a chief of an IDF elite technological unit, the founder & former CEO of Envara and the GM of the WiMax division of Intel International, following their acquisition of Envara. Dr. Yossi Kofman, one of ModemArt's co-founders, accompanies and advises Siklu since its establishment. Siklu develops a revolutionary mm-wave Backhaul System, which provides advanced innovative and unique solutions for connecting cellular base stations with superior speed and reliability, and at an order of magnitude lower cost. The products developed by Siklu have many other applications in private networks (Campuses & Enterprises) and as fiber extension.
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