R&D partnership Pete on the way to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange – the capital market

A business connection between Roni Kobrowski and Eyal Bakshi, the owner of Barak Capital, led to the establishment of the limited partnership FEAT Investments, an investment fund in research and development that intends to raise initial capital in the coming weeks as part of an IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

The fundraising money is intended for investments in start-up companies that are developing groundbreaking technologies in the fields of agri-food technology, environment and sustainability at each stage of the food chain, and which produce significant economic value for the food industry.

Roni Kobrowski, Chairman of the FEAT Foundation, former President and CEO of the Soft Drinks Company Ltd. (Coca-Cola), said in the light of the report: “The decision to establish the fund is in line with the growing global demand for advanced technological solutions in the food industry They will address the growing need to adapt food products to the trends of health, environment and sustainability, personalization and transparency while maintaining the eating experience. ”

Eyal Bakshi, owner of Barak Capital, who serves as a director of the FEAT fund: “The great demand for technological solutions in the food industry is reflected in the accelerated growth in investments made in this industry over the last decade from $ 2.2 billion in 2013 to $ 21.6 billion in 2019. Barak Capital, who believes in the huge potential Embedded in these technologies, it is expected to bring great value to investors in the field. ”

Until recently, Haim Yashar, CEO of the FEAT Foundation, served as a partner and director of the Environment and Sustainability Department in the Regulatory and Industrial Department at the law firm of Goldfarb and has extensive experience in the areas of sustainability and the environment that touch the food world. Prior to that, he worked in the field of consumer products in the United States. Recently, he has been working directly with Roni Kobrovsky to identify investment opportunities in areas related to the food value chain.

In the words of Yashar: “The global crisis plaguing us following the Corona epidemic has not stopped the pace of global investment in the areas in which the fund operates. We are witnessing a significant increase in the amount of capital raised in the fund’s fields in Israel and around the world.” And internationally, to identify technologies with high realization potential. ”