Sarah Benson-Konforty, MD

General Partner @1010VC

Business Development Manager💰 Investor & VC🔥 Startup Founder💼 C-level Executive👍 Sales & BizDevCEOVenture PartnerAngelGeneral PartnerCOOPortfolio Manager

Sarah is a serial entrepreneur and a Medical Doctor turned investor, based in Palo Alto, CA.(Silicon Valley) Sarah is a globally experienced transformational leader with over 15 years of cross-industry knowledge. Founder and a General Partner at 1010VC, an early-stage Bioconvergence fund investing in exceptional founders to advance cure, and unlock the potential of multidisciplinary research and tech bio to advance Healthcare and Medicine. She is a member of The Board of Directors of The Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare — (AAIH), a global advocacy organization dedicated to the responsible and ethical adoption of Al/ML in healthcare. She serves on the advisory board of Pepticom, a company that developed a cutting edge AI / ML technology de novo drug design and discovery of peptidomimetic therapeutics and is a member of the board of Public Invention, a non-profit organization dedicated to invent things that help all people. Public invention’s work is in service to nurture humanitarian invention such as developing open source medical devices. Sarah was formely Managing Director US at BIE, a family office with over $2B under management. She earned her MD from TSMU and studied entrepreneurship and innovation at Wharton. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbkmd

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Work Background

1010VCGeneral Partner

Aug. 2023Palo Alto, California, United States1010VC is an early-stage Bioconvergence VC fund investing in exceptional founders to advance cure, and unlock the potential of multidisciplinary research and Tech-Bio to advance Healthcare and Medicine.

The Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAIH)Member Board of Directors

May. 2023WorldwideBoard Member at the AAIH — The global advocacy organization dedicated to the discovery, development and delivery of better solutions to improve patient lives. The AAIH is building a global ecosystem for AI in healthcare.

Pepticom Ltd.Advisory Board

Sep. 2021United StatesPepticom designs novel peptide drug candidates, utilizing unique biocomputational AI software, to optimize the discovery process, accelerate time to market and reduce development risks and costs Strategic Advisor to CEO and executive team.

HealtheeAdvisory Board

Apr. 2020United StatesBe informed, Be healthier. Insurights is set out to improve human health by allowing employees (and people in general) to have better visibility and access to their health benefits and medical rights. Our tool leverages automation, natural language processing, crowd wisdom and artificial intelligence to help people save money, time and be healthier. We are trying to make the phrase “Am I covered for this?” a thing of the past. https://www.insurights.com

TheXPlaceAngel Investor (Pre-Seed)

Aug. 2022United States

INTRO - Israeli Networking OrganizationLead of BD & Sales Club

Oct. 2019Palo Alto, CA, United StatesVolunteering as the Lead of the Business Development and Sales Club at INTRO is a non-profit 501c3 (Introus.org). As part of my volunteering work I have restarted the BD & Sales club, built a leadership team of four in charge of organizing monthly events for our club members, engaged in attracting various speakers from Silicon Valley and support our various club members with advice and relationships. INTRO is the Israeli Tech Community of Silicon Valley With over 2,000 members. INTRO is the largest pay-it-forward community of Israeli high-tech professionals in Silicon Valley. Intro members work at large tech companies, startup and venture capital firms and help each with jobs, introductions and advice.

Watergen LtdVP Business Development & Strategy / Head of Sustainability & Innovation center Silicon Valley

Jun. 2022 - Apr. 2023Palo Alto, California, United States

Beer Itzhak EnergyManaging Director USA (Family Office)

Dec. 2021 - Apr. 2023Palo Alto, California, United StatesFamily Office with $2B under management

AssemblyDropCEO & Co-Founder

Jun. 2020 - Apr. 2023Palo Alto, California, United States

Watergen LtdStrategic Advisor to CEO

Nov. 2021 - Jun. 2022Palo Alto, California, United StatesWatergen is a proprietary technology company that develops and manufactures a cutting edge leading AWG devices that harvest water from air. Watergen’s atmospheric water generator technology addresses the world’s biggest crisis - water scarcity. Available in over 80 countries. Strategic advisor to CEO and Executive team

Gimmel Entrepreneurs GroupFounding Managing Partner

Jan. 2017 - May. 2020Palo Alto, CaliforniaEarly seed stage fund and advisory team providing services for entrepreneurs. $250K-$1M investments and sound consultation, specializing in the Digital Health, Biotech / Life Science, Fintech, Sensors, IoT, and Cybersecurity industries. Advanced startups to funding stage through comprehensive due diligence, portfolio management and deep dive reviews of critical financials, operational requirements, staffing needs, and other requisites.

SeaUrchin.IO (Acquired by Algolia)Head of Business Development

Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2018San Francisco Bay AreaDrove business development for startup in Stanford University’s StartX Accelerator Program. Empowered corporate and other website owners to improve user engagement through Saas automated A/B testing, Captured and visualized in-product search experiences with a single line of code, define key performance indicators (KPIs) as well as created analytics detailing website utilization. Company acquired by Algolia. • Working with cross functional teams to deliver search-specific metrics and visualizations yielding actionable data to heighten user engagement and measurable ROI.

MacpireCo-Founder

Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2013Tel Aviv Area, IsraelPioneered software development company focused on custom cloud-based systems, enterprise CRM’s, e- commerce, and mobile applications. Rotated among administrative, legal, operational, and development functions, defining product vision and specifications and drafted legal agreements with clients and staff. • Balanced customer relationship management and marketing with the growth of the B2B, B2B2C business from $0-$5M in annual revenue. • Co-founded the Israeli Macintosh Community Mac-it.co.il online support platform and discussion forum accessed by 100K+ users. • Contracting with 3D3R - Secured Chegg, Inc., creator of e-reader technology as a client; ultimately acquihired by Chegg.com. • Achieved multiple product successes: The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality of the Nobel Prize winner, Prof. Robert Aumann (www.ratio.huji.ac.il); SiteRocket Labs, Emerson Media (www.siterocket.com/); SlideX (www.slidex.com); and OnDiamonds (www.ondiamonds.com).

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