Edouard Cukierman

Mr. Edouard Cukierman serves as the Founder & Managing Partner of Catalyst Investments as well as the Chairman of Cukierman & Co. Investment House.
Since its establishment in 1993, Cukierman & Co. Investment House has been engaged in more than $10.8 billion of corporate finance transactions.
With over 30 years of investment experience and entrepreneurial activities in financial services, Edouard is the Chairman and CEO of Catalyst Investors’ Club since its establishment in December 2022 and currently serves on the board of Curalife. He also served on the boards of Tufin, Orex, Dori Media, Otorio, Omrix and many other Israeli High-Tech companies.
Before establishing Catalyst, Edouard was the President and CEO of Astra Technological Investments, a Venture Capital Fund established in 1993, which was the first Israeli company to go public in Europe. He is also the founder of the GoforIsrael annual conferences.
Edouard is active in various non-profit organizations. As such, he was a board member of Sar-El, Gvahim, and Kol Israel Haverim (Alliance in Israel).
He is the co-author of the book: Israel Valley, originally published in French in 2014, and since has been translated into Chinese, Italian, and Portuguese. The English version is set to be published in 2025.
Edouard holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD, France, and a B.Sc. from the Technion University in Israel. He served in the Israel Defence Forces as a reserve officer in both the Spokesperson Unit and in the Negotiation Unit for hostage and crisis situations.