Yigal Erlich is the Managing Partner of YozmaYigal and has been reputed as the founding father of the Israeli venture capital industry by establishing Yozma and he started Technology Incubator Program. He has served as Chief Scientist of Israel's Ministry of Industry and Trade; the first chairman of Israel Venture Association; deputy chairman of the National R&D Council of Israel; advisor to the World Bank, Canadian government bank, and many others. Yigal holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry and an MBA degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.