SV101 by ICON

🚀 🚀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗥𝗥 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 $𝟭𝗠 -> $𝟭.𝟱𝗠 🚀 🚀 When Gadi, Yotam and I first teamed up to build Samplead, we knew the road ahead wouldn't be easy. That first year was an intense crash course in Founder-Led Outbound, giving us firsthand experience of what our customers go through. From a scrappy crew of three to a growing team of 12 - here is how we got here: 🍾 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲: we didn’t just believe in what we built, we were (and continue to be) users of our own Founder Led Outbound Platform - Samplead. ☎️ 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽: we conducted hundreds of discovery calls to understand what really mattered to decision-makers. 🎯 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: we personalize our outreach around specific persona-based events or milestones, ensuring we connect when prospects are primed to respond, and holding off if there’s no valid reason to reach out in the first place. 🔥 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀: nothing will fuel your business more than happy customers introducing you to their peers. Nothing. Here is a shout out to our amazing team, our fantastic customers, and everyone rooting for us. Buckle up, we’re just getting started! 🚀 Samplead  #Startups #GTM #ARR #Entrepreneurship #Samplead Fusion VC Yotam Nahum Gadi Vardi Ben Gorelik Niv Nagar Yonatan Barhen Segev Klein Yair Shemla Hava Kranat Manuel Nani Milena Briones Hagai Goren Gedaliah Freund Avishai Sam Bitton Allen Stein Randall Lloyd Einat Nemesh Adam Miller Yossi Melamed

Imagine seeing your startup through the eyes of top cyber mentors 👓 Well, now you can. Applications for Cyber 1:1 Office Hours are now open! From March 20-28 2025, apply to connect 1:1 with an exclusive lineup of #CISOs and cyber-focused #investors to gain their perspective on your startup and receive invaluable, personalized feedback. Apply now- https://lnkd.in/dd4_wNDn Check out our lineup of mentors here- https://lnkd.in/dGKbjV6B Yasmin Lukatz I Jessica Hare I Noa Topaz I Heli Pomerantz Gerber I Liat Miller I Yaniv Benji I Noa Eilon | Shani Yavin | Dafna Kalisky Horn 

Today and every day As a non-profit founded and run by women, we celebrate #Women’s Day every day. But, especially today, it’s our chance to celebrate our trailblazing mentors, SV101 by ICON alumni, and community members. Cheers to us! Yasmin Lukatz I Jessica Hare I Noa Topaz I Heli Pomerantz Gerber I Liat Miller I Yaniv Benji I Noa Eilon | Shani Yavin | Dafna Kalisky Horn

📣📣📣 Finally we can announce it: D-ID is partnering with Microsoft! 📣📣📣 Joining forces with the world's leading tech and #AI powerhouse is a major milestone and a huge leap forward in shaping the future of #Interactive #DigitalHumans. Today we are proud to reveal that together with Microsoft, we're accelerating the shift from GUI to NUI - Natural User Interface, the UI for AI. Our vision is to make technology feel more natural and human. Breaking language barriers in #Teams, improving #accessibility, and creating more human, inclusive experiences, are now closer than ever thanks to this powerful partnership. Stay tuned - there’s much more to come! Huge thanks to everyone who helped bring this to life! Read the full story by Gil Press in Forbes Here: https://lnkd.in/dKuDacTS *** Sella Blondheim Eliran Kuta Christopher Young, Annie Pearl, Hans Yang, Tom Davis, Alon Haimovich, Maggie Sorek, Meital Shamia, Darren Hardman, Kristina Tikhonova, Heena Purohit, ShiSh S., Ohad Y., Meir Eliyahu, Ido Katz #AI #Microsoft D-ID #Partnership #DIDandMicrosoftPartnership

Batch 1, Still Crushing It Our SV101 by ICON alumni, Orly Shoavi and Ronnie Sternberg 🔜 GDC, founders of ClarityQ, have raised $3.7M in pre-seed funding! Orly and Ronnie, alumni from our very #first batch, have remained ICONic even after selling their previous startup, SafeDK, to Applovin in 2019. Now they’re back at it, having founded ClarityQ, an AI-powered platform that helps businesses analyze product usage and enhance user engagement, and raising their pre-seed funding. We’re sooo excited to celebrate this milestone with them! Congratulations to Orly, Ronnie, and the entire ClarityQ team. Read all about it here- https://lnkd.in/dNUJG7fG And yes, the photo is from the good old days. Yasmin Lukatz I Jessica Hare I Noa Topaz I Heli Pomerantz Gerber I Liat Miller I Yaniv Benji I Noa Eilon | Shani Yavin | Dafna Kalisky Horn

Building Resilience Through Your Professional Journey Meet Karin Shopen, VP of Product Management & Design at Cisco, and our next speaker at the Women in Tech event. We had the pleasure of meeting Karin during our previous #Innovation Week, and since then, we’ve all been inspired by her. With a rich background in cybersecurity, Karin has shaped strategies at Fortinet, driven cloud security at Palo Alto Networks, and spearheaded innovation at Juniper Networks. Join us to hear Karin’s inspiring journey in tech and how she’s built resilience along the way. Tuesday, March 18th, at 6:30 PM in Palo Alto. Apply here to join us - https://lnkd.in/dQ4wukBt Yasmin Lukatz I Jessica Hare I Noa Topaz I Heli Pomerantz Gerber I Liat Miller I Yaniv Benji I Noa Eilon | Shani Yavin | Dafna Kalisky Horn

It’s that time again! First Sunday of the month = SV101 by ICON Alumni Lunch. This time, Dotan Bar Noy, our SV101 alum from Batch 9 and founder & CEO at Authomize, now part of Delinea, hosted us at Authomize’s office. It was great seeing you all! A big thanks to everyone who joined. Ami Gal | Yuval Dimnik | Or Shani | Tom Livne | Yuval Hazaz | Hila Goldman-Aslan | Dotan Bar Noy | Jonathan Roizin | Yasmin Lukatz I Jessica Hare I Noa Topaz I Heli Pomerantz Gerber I Liat Miller I Yaniv Benji I Noa Eilon | Shani Yavin | Dafna Kalisky Horn

Hey Mom, I’m on Forbes! AI Agents are about to be the biggest shift of our generation - completely redefining how retailers operate and grow. Great to see the conversation gaining momentum. Huge thanks to Rieva Lesonsky and Forbes for the opportunity to share more about the power of Vertical AI Agents in retail, and why this surprisingly simple shift will have such a massive impact. Proud of what we’re building at Evermile. And great to see so many others recognising the opportunity ahead. #AI #Agents #Retail #Operations Omry Hochberg Ynon Cohen

Check it out! Didi Gurfinkel, co-founder & CEO of Datarails (and proud batch 2 alum) at Alon Cinamon podcast The Ecosystem Podcast. Alon, one of our favorite episodes so far ;)

Better Late Than Never The application deadline for SV101 by ICON is almost here, and while it may feel a bit late, it’s better to apply late than never. Only 3 days left to apply! Apply today before it’s really too late 😉 - https://lnkd.in/dThqgJ_V Yasmin Lukatz I Jessica Hare I Noa Topaz I Heli Pomerantz Gerber I Liat Miller I Yaniv Benji I Noa Eilon | Shani Yavin | Dafna Kalisky Horn