Lior Ron

Lior Ron

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Head of Uber Freight

Bio

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)

Location

Palo Alto, California, United States, North America

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Primary Organization

Uber

Uber

Founded

2009

Investment

26

Lead investment

14

Exits

7

Employees

10001+

Industry

Software, Transportation, Mobile Apps, Logistics, Ride Sharing

Jobs history

0

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Board and Advisor Roles

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Profile Resume

Lior Ron is the Head of Uber Freight at Uber, based in United States, North America. With a background in Software, Lior Ron has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Lior Ron studied MS Computer Science @ Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.

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Investment portfolio

Lior Ron has made 6 investments. Their Latest investment was Series A - Circles - Online Group Support on May 24, 2022

Number of investment

6

Number of exits

2

Personal investment

6

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundMoney Raised
Jan 26, 2017
Jiobit Jiobit
Seed Round - Jiobit
3.2M
Nov 19, 2018
Jiobit Jiobit
Venture Round - Jiobit
6.5M
Feb 04, 2020
ClearMetal ClearMetal
Series A - ClearMetal
19.0M
May 24, 2022
Circles - Online Group Support Circles - Online Group Support
Series A - Circles - Online Group Support
16.5M

Partner investment

0

There is no partner investment available on this profile

Exits

2

exit.name Jiobit

Jiobit

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