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J.F.I – Ltd

Jacob Fass has vast experience in the Japanese market since 1985, including running an office in Tokyo and living there
For 5 years.

Area of expertise and implementation:
Entrepreneurship/ consulting: Telecommunication, aviation, Fintec, venture capital funds, start ups’, HLS, government fundings.
Markets experience- japan , Korea, Taiwan as well as Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria,
Past positions: Ambassador Taiwan, Minister of Economic affairs: japan, korea, Austria, East Europe, Holland.
Former Chairman: Israel Taiwan chamber of commerce and Israel Korea chamber of commerce.

Contact Person: Jacob Fass - founder

Phone: 972 544322193

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S. Friedman, Abramson & Co.

An independent and full-service Israeli business law firm of 120 lawyers, with over 80 years of experience, with offices located in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem. We are leaders in each of our diversified practice areas, which encompass nearly all aspects of domestic and international commercial and corporate representation, including strategic partnerships, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. SFA’s maritime practice group, property lawyers and litigators fully integrate with the corporate and commercial groups in providing premiere international legal services to our clients.

Expertise: International Transactions; High-Tech; Corporate; Capital Markets & Securities; Litigation; Real Estate; Government Regulation & Administrative Law; Maritime, Aviation & Transportation; Public Procurement & Tenders Law; Infrastructure & Energy

Contact Person: Adv. Jeffrey Rashba, Partner. Co-Chair of International Transactions

Phone: 02 565 4000

Diplomat Israel

Diplomat is a global Sales and Distribution company in the FMCG sector, with fully owned operations in Israel, Georgia, South Africa, Cyprus, and New Zealand.

Diplomat Israel is the leading distributor of mass consumer goods in Israel, offering a wide range of food, personal care, and household brands to both the retail and foodservice sectors. Since 1968, Diplomat has built strong partnerships with top global brands, supported by advanced logistics and IT systems. The company operates a dedicated culinary division, serving over 900 HoReCa customers across Israel.

As part of its strategic partnerships, Diplomat imports and distributes leading Japanese brands, including Kikkoman, Japan’s #1 soy sauce brand.

Kikkoman is also the leading soy sauce brand in Israel by value share. Diplomat is proud to strengthen commercial and culinary ties between Japan and Israel through long-term brand-building and market development.

Contact Person: Mr. Yosi Horev - CEO

Phone: +972 39766882

Gan Shmuel Group

A leading international producer of fruit-based raw materials and ingredients for the food and beverage industry. The company offers a broad portfolio including juice concentrates, NFC juices, fruit compounds and bases, citrus fibers, essential oils, pomegranate extracts, and functional botanical solutions. Its activities focus on developing tailor-made products in close cooperation with customers, ensuring consistent quality and reliability. The company also provides a flexible range of packaging to meet varied requirements. With advanced research and development capabilities, Gan Shmuel supports clients in creating innovative formulations. Operating in more than 50 markets, the group combines quality, sustainability, and long-standing expertise in fruit processing.

Contact Person: Netzer Tevet

Zauberman Winery

A boutique winery that produces high-quality, luxurious wines in small quantities with numbered production series. The winery owns its vineyard, which is meticulously managed to yield small quantities of exceptional grapes. The grape varieties grown at the winery include Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Chardonnay. The wines produced at the winery are robust, full-bodied, and have high alcohol content. The wine intended for long-term aging in the bottle.

The production method is unique, involving a process of drying the grapes in low temperature . As a result, it is required three times the amount of grapes to produce a single bottle of wine.

Expertise: A boutique winery producing luxurious, high-quality wines using a unique method.

Contact Person: Itzhak Zauberman or Raz Dahan

Phone: 972 544216593 , 972 522341793

Upstream

Upstream delivers a cloud-based, AI-powered data management platform purpose-built for EV charging infrastructure, connected vehicles, smart mobility, and IoT ecosystem. The Upstream Platform transforms fragmented, distributed mobility data into centralized, structured, and contextualized data lakes, unlocking its full potential.
By leveraging this data, Upstream empowers customers with advanced, AI-driven applications across various use cases, including cybersecurity detection and response (XDR), proactive vehicle quality detection (PQD), observability, usage-based insurance, and more.
Upstream is privately funded by Alliance Ventures (Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi), Volvo Group, BMW, Hyundai, MSI Insurance, Nationwide Insurance, Salesforce Ventures, Cisco Investments, CRV, Glilot Capital Partners, and Maniv Mobility, and more.

Expertise: Mobility Cybersecurity and Quality

Contact Person: Shira Sarid Hausirer, VP Marketing

Mitsubishi Corporation (Tel-Aviv Representative Office)

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), one of Japan’s largest general trading companies (Sogo Shosha), is a global integrated enterprise with operations in around 90 countries and a network of over 1,200 group companies.

MC’s eight Business Groups span nearly every industry, including Environmental Energy, Materials Solutions, Mineral Resources, Urban Development & Infrastructure, Mobility, Food Industry, Smart-Life Creation, and Power Solutions. MC’s activities have expanded far beyond traditional trading to include project development, production, and manufacturing.

The Tel Aviv Representative Office serves as MC Headquarters’ forward base in Israel, tasked with engaging the local business and innovation ecosystem. Its mission is to identify and facilitate opportunities with potential for strategic collaboration and investment across MC’s global group companies.

Contact Person: Leor Bn-Yakov

Airovation


Airovation tech is a Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage company, enabling methane based low carbon hydrogen production in synergy with hard-to-abate industries such as fertilizer, concrete and steel.

Expertise: Climate-tech

Contact Person: Moriel Buechler

Sabon

Expertise: Premium cosmetic manufacturer brand.

Contact Person: Samuel Rozenfeld

Phone: +972547070444

ScanMaster

ScanMaster is a global leader in the development, design and manufacturing of automated ultrasonic inspection systems. Our technologically innovative systems have been installed with prime customers worldwide.

Each ScanMaster ultrasonic inspection system has a number of core modules which are integrated in application-specific configurations delivering the right solution to address the specific requirements and relevant standards. These modules include advanced industrial PC-based digital ultrasonic instrumentation, mechanical manipulation systems, servo motion control hardware and production-oriented software packages.

With more than three decades of inspection system expertise, ScanMaster has built up a large, knowledgeable and strong team of experts with diverse technology skills and application expertise. Delivering inspection systems to critical applications, our strong commitment to quality, service and customer support has been a cornerstone to our success.

Expertise: World Leading Supplier of Ultrasonic Inspection Systems

Contact Person: Iris Buchmeier-Hevroni

Phone: + 972-9-7791990