2025 Tech & Venture Capital Award Celebration

Thursday, June 26, 2025

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Event Not Happening Tonight

Event Not Happening Tonight - Important Update

UJA’s 2025 Tech & Venture Capital Award Celebration, originally scheduled for this Thursday, June 26, will not take place this week following the passing of Nicola Mendelsohn’s beloved father, Barry Clyne, z"l. Our hearts are with Nicola and her family during this difficult time.

On behalf of UJA as well as Nicola, thank you for your generous support over the past few months, which has helped strengthen UJA’s work meeting the urgent moment before us. At this critical time for our world at large — Israel and Iran at war, increased antisemitism, and myriad challenges facing New Yorkers here at home — your collective impact is even more impactful.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact Jordana Green Laurent.

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Honoring

Nicola Mendelsohn

Head of Global Business Group, Meta

Nicola Mendelsohn leads Meta’s relationships with top marketers and agencies for the company’s family of apps, as well as marketing science, business engineering and creative shop. From 2013 to 2023, Nicola served as vice president for Europe, Middle East, and Africa for Meta. During that time, Nicola spearheaded the growth of EMEA into a multibillion-dollar business and led Meta’s expansion into countries including Israel, Norway, Austria, and Denmark.

She is currently a non-executive director of Diageo, sits on the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory Board, and is co-president of the charity Norwood. In 2019, Nicola founded and launched the Follicular...

Featuring

Sara Eisen

Anchor, CNBC

Sara Eisen is co-anchor of the 10:00 am hour of CNBC’s Squawk on the Street and co-anchor of Money Movers, which both broadcast from Post 9 at the New York Stock Exchange. She is known for her deep expertise in financial markets and the global economy as well as regular news-making interviews with some of the most prominent names in the financial world, including Phil Knight, Janet Yellen, and Christine Lagarde, among others.

Previously, Sara anchored CNBC’s Closing Bell, Squawk on the Street, Power Lunch, and Worldwide Exchange. She also appeared on the one-hour documentary Inside Track: The Business of Formula 1, which explores...

Leadership

Tech Council

Chair
Alex Gordon

Council Members
Fred Davis
Fred Graver
Avi Ishofsky
Michael Kalnicki
Evan Kraut
Stephane Levy
Michael Lewittes
Aaron Luber
Alex Michael
Andrew Moers
Scott Rosenberg
Bert Rosenblatt
Michael Rubenstein
Cari Sommer
Jeff Volk

VC Circle

Chairs
Alex Crisses
Bruce Taragin

VC Circle Members
Russell Anmuth
Moshe Bellows
Steve Brody
Daniel Frankenstein
Marc Katz
Sam Kentor
Mitchell Kleinhandler
Craig Lifschutz
Oliver Mitchell
Michael Nogen
Judd Olanoff
Larry Richenstein
David Rose
Neil H. Sherman
Henry Siegel
Josh Tenenbaum

Tech Council

VC Circle

Journal Information

Journal packages purchased after Thursday, June 5, will include journal ads featured only in the printed journal produced after the event.

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