About Us
ABOUT US
Value Base is a leading investment bank in Israel, providing a wide range of financial services and strategic financial consulting under one roof. Value Base has special capital market expertise with many years of experience in setting up and managing a wide range of complex transactions.
Value Base provides its services to clients with the utmost attention to professionalism, fairness and transparency through a highly professional and experienced team of experts in finance, senior analysts, CPAs and attorneys in strategic financial support.
WIDE VARIETY OF STRATEGIC FINANCIAL SERVICES:
END-TO-END CLIENT SOLUTION
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
CONSULTING & CAPITAL INTRODUCTION
LEADERSHIP
Value Base is led by a seasoned team of investment banking executives and some of Israel’s most well-known financial industry experts.
Victor Shamrich
Founder & Chairman
Victor brings three decades of experience in the financial sector. Before joining Value Base, Victor served as co-CEO of Meitav-Dash, overseeing the firm’s investment activities. Together with Ido Neuberger, Victor founded Apex in 1993, and together are credited with growing the company organically and through M&A transactions to become Israel’s second largest asset manager with $40B assets under management.
Ido Neuberger
Founder & CEO
Ido brings three decades of experience in the financial sector. Before joining Value Base, Ido served as co-CEO of Meitav-Dash, overseeing investment management activities and overall operations. Together with Victor Shamrich, Ido founded Apex in 1993, and together are credited with growing the company organically and through M&A transactions become Israel’s second largest asset manager with $40B assets under management. Ido holds an MA and a BA in Economics from Tel Aviv University.
Yair Ephrati
Head of Investment Banking
Yair brings over 25 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience to Value Base, with expertise in leading complex M&A transactions, including, local and cross border transactions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, and public equity transactions on behalf of both private equity firms and for private and public corporate clients. Before joining Value Base, Yair served as CEO of Meitav- Dash Mergers & Acquisitions, a leading player in the Israeli investment banking industry. Before becoming an investment banker, Yair was with McKinsey & Co. In London and New York where he led teams advising Fortune 100 companies on new market development, acquisitions, and strategy. Yair also serves as Chairman and CEO of Eden Energy Discoveries (TASE: EDEN), a public company engaged in in oil & gas exploration. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BA in Economics and Business from Tel Aviv.
Moran Nachshony
Co- CEO in the Underwriting
Moran Nachshony has 15 years of experience working in the capital market in the areas of issuances, analysis and investment management. In his previous positions, Moran served as a senior analyst at Entropy Financial Research Services, an investment manager, as well as an analyst at the Excellence Nessuah investment house. Moran has a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and a bachelor’s degree (B.Sc) in geophysics and planetary sciences as well as in communication from Tel Aviv University (with honors).
Amir Nahum
Co- CEO in the Underwriting
Amir Nahum has 13 years of experience in the capital market, in his previous positions he served as the manager of the underwriting department of a joint company with Ayalon Investment House and as a desk manager in the trading room of Excellence Investment House. Mr. Nahum took part in leading and managing numerous and complex issuances, distributions and transactions, both private and public, involving people. Amir holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and management with a specialization in finance at the Open University and holds a license for investment consulting and portfolio management.
Uriel Goren
CEO, Gar Capital
Uriel is the CEO and one of the founding partners of GAR Capital. He has more than 15 years of investment banking and capital introduction experience in Israel and abroad. Uriel has initiated and led some of the largest cross-border transactions in the Israeli institutional market in the past decade. Prior to founding GAR Capital, Uriel served in several positions in London and Tel Aviv, including Lehman Brothers’ Israeli Investment Banking team, Lehman Brothers & Nomura Pan European equities sales team in London, Head of Capital Markets Investments for the Park Plaza Group and Partner and Head of International Client desk at DS Brokerage, a subsidiary of DS Apex.
Tal Yaacobi
Managing Partner
Mr. Yaacobi has over 20 years of experience in a variety of investment management and strategic consulting positions in the Israeli and global capital market. Mr. Yaacobi specializes in building investment structures following successful execution of many transactions as a buyer, a seller, and a consultant.
Prior to joining VBF, Mr. Yaacobi served as a partner in Shamrock Growth Fund, where he sourced and led processes for identification, investment, value creation and successful sale of companies in different industries. In addition, he served as a strategy & corporate finance consultant during his tenure at McKinsey & Co. Mr. Yaacobi is a Certified Public Accountant, holds an MBA with distinction from Cornell University and a BA in Business Administration and Accounting from the Tel Aviv College of Management.
Adv. Tsahy Alon
General Counsel
Mr. Alon has an extensive experience in corporate law, capital markets, securities and commercial law which he accumulated as an attorney and partner in leading Israeli law firms serving as an external legal advisor to many public and private corporations. Prior to joining Value Base, Mr. Alon served as a Partner at S. Friedman & Co. and an attorney at Meitar Law Offices. Mr. Alon holds a LL.B and a B.A. in Business Administration from the Interdisciplinary Center ,Herzliya.
Lior Kaver (CPA)
CFO
Mr. Kaver is a specialist in capital markets, and brings over 20 years a deep understanding and experience in managing IPOs, M&A activities, valuations, due diligence, prospectus drafting and company restructuring for debt offerings and raising capital. Lior served as CFO with several public and private companies, including Meitav-Dash (formerly – Ds Apex). Prior to his CFO positions, Lior worked as an audit manager at the Israeli office of E&Y Israel. Lior also serves as a Director in several private companies. He holds an LLM in Law for CPA from Bar-Ilan University and a BA in Business Administration and Accounting from the College of Management.