MEET THE CRV TEAM
Izhar Armony
781-768-6000
Areas of greatest interest
Mobility (software, services, media)
Open source and SaaS
Intellectual property
Track record
Virtusa – IPO, 2007 (NASDAQ: VRTU)
iPhrase - acquired by IBM, 2005
ThinQ - acquired by Saba Software, 2005
Yantra - acquired by Sterling Commerce, 2005
Guardent - acquired by Verisign, 2004
Oberon - acquired by OnDisplay, 2000
iBasis - IPO, 1999, (Nasdaq: IBAS)
Past lives
VP Marketing, Onyx Interactive, a computer-based training company in Israel
Captain, Israeli Army
What he does for fun
Compete in long-range, off-road rally races in places like the Gobi desert and the Sahara
Joined CRV
1997
Education
MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania
MA, Cognitive Psychology, University of Tel Aviv
Current Projects
Updates
Blog
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Press
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06/30/2008
Optaros Closes $12 Million in Series C Financing Co-Led by .406 Ventures & Globespan Capital ... more
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06/26/2008
VentureBeat: Vlingo’s voice recognition for Blackberry officially outcools the iPhone — for n... more
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06/13/2008
BusinessWeek demonstrates Yahoo's oneSearch, a service powered by vlingo that searches the Web ba... more
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08/21/2007
Introducing vlingo: A Breakthrough in Voice-Powered Interfaces for Mobile Phones more
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08/03/2007
Virtusa Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering more
