Uri Levine ( he, אורי לוין; born February 1965) is an Israeli entrepreneur and author He co-founded

Waze Waze (; he, ווייז, label=Hebrew), formerly FreeMap Israel, is a subsidiary company of Google that provides satellite navigation software on smartphones and other computers that support the Global Positioning System (GPS). In addition to ...

, a traffic and navigation app, acquired by Google in June 2013 for more than $1.1 billion. He was the first board member and investor in

Moovit Moovit ( he, מוביט) is an Israel-based mobility as a service provider and journey planner app. It has been owned by Intel through the Mobileye subsidiary since 2020. The company uses both crowdsourced and official public transit data to prov ...

, which was acquired by

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...

for about US$1 billion in May 2020 Levine is also the author of 'Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution- A handbook for Entrepreneurs', to be published on January 17, 2023.

Business career

Levine worked at

Comverse Comverse Technology, Inc., often referred to as simply Comverse, was a technology company located in Woodbury, Nassau County, New York, Woodbury, New York in the United States, that developed and marketed telecommunications software. The company ...

(1989–2000), Joined Celltrex (2000–2002), and led the marketing and product at

Openwave Openwave (formerly software.com, phone.com, and Libris, Inc) is a division of Enea. It provides video traffic management and 5G mobile products. Two of Openwave's former products launched as private companies; Openwave Mobility and Openwave ...

in 2002–2004. Between the years 2004–2007 he helped several startups as a consultant, including Mobixell and Perfecto. In 2007 he co-founded

with

Ehud Shabtai Ehud ben‑Gera ( he, אֵהוּד בֶּן־גֵּרָא, Tiberian ''ʾĒhūḏ ben‑Gērāʾ'') is described in the biblical Book of Judges chapter 3 as a judge who was sent by God to deliver the Israelites from Moabite domination. He is ...

and

Amir Shinar Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

. He was CEO (2008–2009) and later president of the company. Levine left

in 2013, after it was sold to Google, to build new startups. Since then, he has founded and invested in several startups, among the
Pontera (previously FeeX)FairFlyRefunditSeetree
and Fibo. He was a board member at

and

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., and also serves as an independent board member at

Infosys Infosys Limited is an Indian Multinational corporation, multinational information technology company that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. The company was founded in Pune and is headquartered in Ba ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Levine, Uri 1965 births Israeli Jews Living people People from Tel Aviv People from Ramat HaSharon Tel Aviv University alumni Levine, Uri