In our previous blog post, we highlighted our meeting with Ilana Devillers, the CEO and Founder of F4A — Food4All at DLD TLV. DLD is known to be is known to be the expo “where companies and investors meet startups,” and the list of exhibitors and attendees feature rockstars that are at the top of their game. Rockstars such as VoIP pioneer, serial investor, and entrepreneur, Jeff Pulver.
Our Strategic Advisor, Hillel Fuld, is great friends with Jeff, and pulled him aside for a quick interview. Before we get into that, let’s shine some light on Jeff himself!
Jeff Pulver is known for his work as founder and chief executive of pulver.com and co-founder of Free World Dialup, Vonage, the VON Coalition, MoNage, Blockchain Token Association and Zula App. He is referred to as a VoIP pioneer, and has written extensively on VoIP telephony, and the need to develop an alternative to government regulation of its applications layer.
The results of Jeff’s dedication to the future of communication technology, together with his focused efforts in communicating with global regulatory agencies, has resulted in Jeff being the person who literally helped change the way the world communicates. Many people living on the Internet these days take for granted the ability to engage in one-on-one or one to many, voice and/or video chats, for free. This feature of the Internet era was foreseen years ago, but only came into being after the passing of what is known as the Pulver Order.
As far as being a serial investor is concerned- he has invested in over 400 startups! Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the better-known companies Jeff has invested in, which includes three exits:
So now without further ado, here’s the quick catch-up interview with the man himself- Jeff Pulver! What a treat!
