Give your research the chance to change the world
Get the partners, tools, and guidance you need to turn your fledgling technology into a disruptive company.
Who says academics can’t be founders, too?
Some researchers want to join the high-tech industry. Others want better agreements for the use of their IP. And still others want to learn to be even better researchers, whose innovations can fuel game-changing companies. Whatever brought you to Yazamut, we can help you take it from there.
Entrepreneurs don’t need to be extreme risk takers, multi-taskers, or classic extroverts. Thanks to Oazis’ proven methodology and comprehensive system of support, any researcher with a promising technology can found a successful company.
And yes, “anyone” means you, too.
Co-founded by evolutionary geneticist Prof. Uri Abdu, ecologist Dr. Yehonatan Alcalay, molecular biologist Dr. Anna Melkov, and MBA graduate Yoav Etgar
Co-founded by hydrologists Prof. Ofer Dahan and Dr. Elad Yeshno and electrical engineer Prof. Shlomi Arnon
Co-founded by neuroscientist Dr. Oren Shriki and computational neuroscientist Dr. Shay Ben-Sasson
125
researchers and PhD students
24
startups
+20M$
funds raised
What our researchers say
“Oazis matched me with experienced mentors who helped me, every day and step-by-step, to …transform my technology into an enterprise that positively impacts society.”
Prof. Boaz Lerner
Founder and CSO, Panacea-ml
“Participating in Oazis transformed how I approach my research and opened my eyes to its business potential. Through the support and guidance of the Oazis team, I gained all the tools and methodologies essential for transforming my academic works into a viable startup, from knowledge to a broadened perspective and sense of confidence in my ability to succeed in industry.”
Dr. Michael Fire
Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering
“Oazis goes beyond providing the professional guidance for venture building to bridging the gap between researchers’ academic mentality and the language of the business world. In particular, the program’s personal mentoring helped turn me and my co-founders into a team capable of navigating unfamiliar territory confidently.”
Yoav Etgar
CEO and Co-founder, BugEra
“I came to Oazis not knowing anything about business, and found a warm, motivated, and professional team ready to introduce me to all the business concepts I needed to know to take my ideas out of the lab and into industry. Just as important, Oazis helped me build a founding team by finding a capable CEO and COO who wanted to work with me. I’m now on my way to put the knowledge I gained into practice, and recommend this experience to any interested researcher.”
Prof. Ron Folman
Co-founder, Photonics
Dana Gavish
Founder and General Manager
Previously venture manager at multiple high-tech companies and VP of marketing at Yissum, the tech-transfer company of the Hebrew University
Prof. Carmel Sofer
Founder and Chariman
Seasoned venture capitalist and entrepreneur in Israel’s high-tech industry, and member of the faculty of BGU’s Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Daniel Weil
Oazis CEO
Lecturer on entrepreneurship and former director of multiple national nonprofits and a high-tech social enterprise.
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