Number of Portfolio Companies 4
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Head of Uber Freight
  • Primary Organization 
    Uber
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Lior Ron is senior director at Uber since it acquired Otto, which he co-founded along with Claire Delunsay and Don Burnette.

Prior to this Lior worked as the product lead for Google's local efforts. He has spent the last 12 years innovating in the geo industry where he was the CTO of the Israeli Intelligence mapping and search unit,

product manager at Yahoo, founder of a geo search startup and in the last 4 years part of the Google geo leadership team.

He holds an MBA from Stanford GSB, BSc and MS from the Technion – the Israeli institute for technology. He’s also involved in the emerging private space industry as an investor and advisor for few startups as well as product lead for Google's space products (sky, moon)

Number of Investments 6
Lior Ron has made 6 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Circles - Online Group Support on May 24, 2022, when Circles - Online Group Support raised
$16.5M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
May 24, 2022
Circles - Online Group Support
Series A - Circles - Online Group Support
$16.5M
Feb 4, 2020
ClearMetal
Series A - ClearMetal
$19M
Nov 19, 2018
Jiobit
Venture Round - Jiobit
$6.5M
Jan 26, 2017
Jiobit
Seed Round - Jiobit
$3.2M
Jun 27, 2016
Jiobit
No
Seed Round - Jiobit
$1.2M
Feb 24, 2016
kimkim
No
Seed Round - kimkim
$1M
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Lior Ron has exits. Their most notable exits are Jiobit and ClearMetal.
  • Jiobit Jiobit is an electronics company that manufactures the world's smallest and longest self learning location tracking technology.
  • ClearMetal Leading Supply Chain & Logistics Solution Utilizing Continuous Delivery Experience (CDX)
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 7
Lior Ron has 2 current jobs as Head of Uber Freight at Uber and Head of Uber Freight at Uber Freight. Additionally, Lior Ron has had 7 past jobs including Senior Director at Uber.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Uber
Senior DirectorSep 2016Mar 2018
Otto
Co-FounderJan 2016Sep 2016
Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)
CVP, Product Management2012Jan 1, 2015
Google
Google Places LeadApr 2007Apr 2012
Gaitaid
FounderDec 2005Jul 2006
Yahoo
Product Manager InternJun 2005Sep 2005
Israeli Army Intelligence
CTO, Division Manager and Director of Product Management19972004
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Lior Ron holds 2 board and advisor roles as Advisor at SAY Wearables and Board Observer & Advisor at Jiobit.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Google
Special AdvisorJan 2015Dec 2015