Yoav Biton

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Founder at Saffron Analytics | ex-Accenture

Saffron Analytics
Tel Aviv, Israel · IST (UTC+2)
10+ years experience
INSEAD Abu Dhabi
English, Hebrew, German
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Saffron Analytics, working on consumer finance. Raised $23 million across 2 rounds. Most at home with consumer fintech and growth.

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  • Early customers and design partners
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Second opinions on lending decisions
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Skills
complianceconsumer fintechlendinggrowth
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $6M pre-seed for code review for mid-market retailers

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$6M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$324k from angels
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
18% month-on-month growth after 21 months
Use of funds
Engineering hires and the first sales team

18% month-on-month growth after 21 months. Looking for investors who know edtech and can help with hiring.

Tel Aviv, Israellendinggrowthconsumer fintech
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Dec 2024 - Present
    Saffron Analytics · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Took Saffron Analytics from zero to $11 million ARR.
    • Signed 245 paying customers, 14 of them enterprises.
    • Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company.
  2. Senior Engineering Manager
    May 2021 - Dec 2024
    Accenture · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Mentored 8 engineers through their first promotion.
  3. Principal Engineer
    Aug 2019 - May 2021
    Aramco · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Backed 28 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Led or co-led 34 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later.
  4. Engineering Manager
    Oct 2016 - Aug 2019
    Teva · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Mentored 9 engineers through their first promotion.

Projects

Side project: a budgeting app
2023

Built with consumer fintech and lending. 1014 people used it last year.

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Education

  1. INSEAD Abu Dhabi
    MBA, Business Administration
    2016 - 2018
  2. University of Jordan
    BSc, Computer Science
    2011 - 2015

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