Shimrit Samuel

Shimrit is a European and Israeli AI specialist and the Co-Founder of Intel Ignite- global startup accelerator.

Shimrir is a passionate individual, Business Development facilitator and an investor who is constantly eager to learn about new ambitious and creative ventures and ideas. Always on a search for early-stage world changing technologies and superstar founders, providing them with the know-how and the capital to launch new products, scale and beat their competitors in both the labs and markets.

 Shimrit admires creativity and strive to partner with entrepreneurs who aim to solve big problems, leveraging deep technology and spark; Interested in AI technologies, Machine Learning, Hardware, Semiconductors, Cyber, Deep Learning methods, Quantum Computing, Sensors and more, across Age-tech, Autonomous Driving, Compute Acceleration, Retail Tech and IOT, Robotics and more. She had previously led business development and innovation efforts at multinational corporations, served as a partner at a US based VC focused on Israeli technology, and was the board member at several startups including Core-Photonics (acquired by Samsung).

 Shimrit has an Interdisciplinary background in Physics, Biology, Psychology, Strategy, and Law. She has been teaching strategy at the Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University for the past 9 years. Shimrit is also a proud volunteer at an organization promoting woman in tech and constantly favors and strives for inclusion.