Shai Ber

Founder | Building New Startups in AI · SaaS · Deep Tech · Climate Tech | Exited to Verizon | Raised $20M Seed | Scaled Teams 1→40+

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

About

I’m a serial founder, technologist, and investor with 13+ years of experience building and scaling startups from concept to exit, raising capital, and growing teams from scratch. My career spans the full startup lifecycle — founding, scaling, exiting, and investing — and I’m now focused on building new ventures in AI, SaaS, Deep Tech, and Climate Tech. 💡 Founder & Operator - Co-Founder & COO of Wing Cloud → raised a $20M seed from Battery Ventures, StageOne, and Grove; built a 20-person engineering team; grew Winglang to 5K+ GitHub stars and a global OSS community. - Co-Founder & CTO of Aniways → built product and scaled it to 100M+ messages/day and 1.5M+ users; acquired by Verizon in 2015. 💡 Scale-Up Leader - VP R&D at EquityBee → joined at pre-seed, scaled the engineering org from 1 → 40+, and supported the company’s growth through Series B ($90M raised). - Microsoft → developed mission-critical cloud services serving millions of users. 💡 Investor & Board Member - Managing Director at Greenberg Investments → 20+ early-stage investments, backing Papaya Global, Optibus, and Visby Medical long before unicorn status. - Current Board Member at Pyramyd, supporting early-stage founders with product and engineering scale. 🎯 What I’m focused on now I’m building startups in: - AI & SaaS → AI onboarding platforms, enterprise copilots, learning tools, bureaucracy navigators - Deep Tech → self-driving lab intelligence, precision drone wind forecasting - Clean Tech → biorefinery upcycling agricultural waste, PV→PVT energy innovation - Proptech → AI-powered property management 🌍 Based in Israel, working with teams and investors worldwide. If you’re an investor, co-founder, or collaborator interested in ambitious projects at the frontier of AI, SaaS, Deep Tech, and Clean Tech, let’s connect.

Experience

  • Founder | Origin Labs (AI · SaaS · Deep Tech · Climate Tech) at Origin Labs
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    I’m currently incubating and building multiple startups at the intersection of AI, SaaS, Deep Tech, and Climate Tech. My focus is on assembling teams, validating markets, and raising capital to scale ambitious ideas into global companies. Projects in development include: - AI & SaaS → AI agent onboarding platforms, enterprise copilots, learning tools, bureaucracy navigators - Deep Tech → self-driving lab intelligence, precision drone wind forecasting - Climate Tech → biorefineries for agricultural waste upcycling, PV→PVT energy systems - Proptech → AI-powered property management My role spans company creation, technical and product strategy, and fundraising, with the goal of building ventures that can have a global impact.

  • Board Member (Supported Technical & Product Strategy | Interim CTO 2025) at PYRAMYD
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    Pyramyd is building an AI-Powered software selection tool - Serving as Board Member since 2024, supporting founders on technical and product strategy. - Temporarily stepped in as Interim CTO in 2025 to guide product architecture and engineering scale-up.

  • Co-Founder & COO (Raised $20M Seed | Built 20-Person Team | OSS Community) at Wing Cloud
    May 2022 - May 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Wing Cloud built Winglang, the first cloud-oriented programming language that is cloud agnostic and seamlessly integrates infrastructure with code. • Raised $20M seed from Battery Ventures, StageOne, and Grove Ventures. • Built and led a 20-person team, primarily R&D. • Grew Winglang OSS community to 5K+ GitHub stars with contributors worldwide. • Positioned Wing as a category-defining devtool for cloud-native developers. • Oversaw operations, finance, and legal as COO.

  • VP R&D & Early Investor (Built Engineering Org 1 → 40+ | Pre-seed → Series B) at EquityBee
    Jul 2018 - May 2022 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    EquityBee empowers startup employees to exercise stock options by connecting them with investors. - Joined at pre-seed as both an early investor and the first R&D leader. - Built and scaled the engineering organization from 1 → 40+ people, including middle management. - Established hiring processes, engineering culture, and development practices from scratch. - Supported product growth from Israeli market dominance to US market expansion. - Helped guide technical strategy through Series B ($90M raised), ensuring product scalability and investor readiness.

  • Managing Director (20+ Early-Stage Investments | Backed Papaya, Optibus & Visby Pre-Unicorn) at Greenberg Investments
    Apr 2016 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Greenberg Investments is a private fund investing in early-stage startups across deep tech, SaaS, fintech, biotech, and medtech. Its portfolio includes some great success stories, such as Mobileye (acquired by Intel for $15B), Prolor and Evogene, in which it participated in, or led the first rounds. - Participated in 20+ investments from pre-seed to Series C. - Backed companies like Papaya Global, Optibus, and Visby Medical at very early stages, long before unicorn status. - Led due diligence, investment strategy, and portfolio support. - Focused on spotting deep technologies and strong founding teams ahead of market validation.