ISRAEL PONS

FOUNDER of PITCH to the WORLD company that created the concepts “Pitch at The Beach” and “Pitch in The Sky” a global event that gathers entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders in the most beautiful locations in the world (Beach & City) during 3 days. Pitch competition, positive impact, networking and creating tools to be better humans. More than 1500 members globally.

CEO and Founding Partner of Angels Nest LATAM, Angels Nest is an Angel Investment Network operating in Mexico and LATAM. It has been named “One of the most active Angel networks in Latin America” by XCALA. Portfolio of startups invested in around the globe.

President of the Board of investors in “E-Uno” VC investing in the Agro-tech industry. (100m usd)

Investor LP/Advisor, Brickhouse Ventures Ltd based in Canada invests in eSports, Sports and Entertainment Technologies.

Member of the International Business Club (Club51)

Latin-American partner of Konnected LLC USA (Private equity and capital advisory)

Paulson Asset Management (Switzerland) Latin-American advisor.

Chairman of the Committee Banking/Finance/Trade Finance of The International Trade Council

Mexico Ambassador to Deal Gateway (Largest Family Office network) with presence in more than 35 countries and multi-industry portfolio.

Partner (GP Assigned) in Billio-Neurons USA VC fund focused on AI.

Board Member:
GBAN (Global Business Angel Network) 7000 + members part of GEN, representing the Latin-American and Caribbean regions.
XCALA (Association of Business Angel Networks in Latin America) supported by BID (Interamerican development Bank) Largest association of angel investors in the region.

Mexico Chair to GBA Government Blockchain Association (HQ in Washington, USA).

Certified to serve in public listed companies in the USA.

Israel developed his academic and professional career during his 24 years in the UK, where he served 5 years as Operations Director for the largest leisure company in Europe, he became an entrepreneur and founded 4 companies in the UK, 3 of them were sold successfully. He became an Angel Investor and now resides in Mexico.

He has given many conferences in different institutions such as universities, forums, exhibitions, innovation agencies amongst others; speaks on a varied related topic like entrepreneurship, innovation, Fintech, cross-border angel investing and crowdfunding in more than 12 countries.