Management

Founded in 2012, Magenta is a privately-held Israeli company that is developing miniaturized catheter-mounted axial-flow pumps for heart failure indications.

David Israeli

MD, MBA – Chairman & CEO

General Partner with Pitango Venture Capital’s life sciences team; Director of Business Development and Marketing at Medtronic Ventor Technologies; Corporate Development, Marketing and Market Development at Medtronic, Inc. in the US; VP of Medical Affairs at Rhythmia Medical; MD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, MBA from Harvard Business School.

Yosi Tuval

Yosi Tuval

MSc – Co-Founder & CTO

Founder and VP R&D at Ventor Technologies acquired by Medtronic, Inc. in 2009; Director of Innovative Technology at Medtronic Ventor. Project manager for an orthopedic implant device startup company; Engineer for Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI); MSc and BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Ben-Gurion University.

Ehud Schwammenthal

Ehud Schwammenthal

MD, PhD – Co-Founder & CMO

Founder and CTO of Ventor Technologies, acquired by Medtronic, Inc. in 2009; Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Ha’Shomer Hospital (Israel); Research in leading institutions in Israel, Europe and the U.S: Tel-Aviv University, University of Düsseldorf and Münster, Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Georgia Institute of Technology. PhD in Cardiovascular Physiology, Associate Professor of Cardiology at Tel-Aviv University.

David Zollinger

MBA, BSc – COO

SVP & General Manager, Cardiovascular Ultrasound at Siemens Healthineers; Senior leadership roles at Edwards Lifesciences and Johnson & Johnson (Cordis Cardiology) across Corporate Strategy, Strategic Alliances, Sales, and Marketing; Strategy Consulting at Charles River Associates; Successful startup experience at Magnetic Imaging Technologies, Inc.; MBA from Harvard Business School, BSc in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.

Board of Directors

Prof. Rafi Beyar
Prof. Rafi Beyar
ALIVE HealthTech Fund
Dr. David Bonita
Dr. David Bonita
OrbiMed
Dr. David Israeli
Chairman & CEO
Ehud Schwammenthal
Prof. Ehud Schwammenthal
Founder & CMO
Zeev Binman
Zeev Binman
Pitango Venture Capital
William (Bill) Hoffman
William (Bill) Hoffman
Independent Director
Tiffany Le
Tiffany Le
NEA
Eric Snyder
Eric Snyder
Novo Holdings