Eli Groner, former director-general at the office of the prime minister of Israel, has been hired by Koch Disruptive Technologies as an Israel-based managing director.
Eli Groner, previously director-general of the Israeli prime minister’s office, has joined Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), an investment subsidiary of US-based chemicals and energy conglomerate Koch Industries.
KDT has hired Groner as an Israel-based managing director. It finances companies in diverse industries in the US and abroad, and the first deal it led was a $150m series E round for Israel-based ultrasound surgery technology developer InSightec in December 2017, a month after the unit was launched.
Groner assumed his…