CanNegev Technology Incubator in Yeruham
The home for entrepreneurs and startups in the fields of medical cannabis, biotech, pharma, agrotech, cleantech and foodtech.
Our Vision
Our vision is to transform Yeruham and the Negev into a world-class knowledge center.
Call for Proposal
We invite entrepreneurs and startups to present their initiative and be part of CanNegev.
Our Team
The incubator’s team – highly experienced and knowledgeable in managing startup companies
and in the fields of biotech, agtech and medical cannabis

Israel Birenbaum
CEO
MBA, Bar Ilan University (with honour).
B.Sc., Computer Science Engineer, Technion (with honour).
Practical Electronics Engineer, Amit Schools.
Teaching Certificate, Electronics, Talpiot College
Corporate Directors.

Ziv Bet Or
VP Business Development
Highly experienced in medical cannabis companies.
CEO at several companies – startup global projects, international, agriculture and civilian infrastructure.
Various positions in global companies.
Main expertise -Business development and strategy, Sales and Marketing, medical cannabis regulations, Finance, Investments and Funding.
B.A., Economic, Hebrew University.
M.A., Industrial engineering, Ben Gurion University.
M.A., Strategic management, Bar Ilan University.
Our Board of Directors
The Incubator’s board of directors are top-edge managers representing our 3 successful partners

Ori Sobovitz
Chairman
Partner, Government Relations and Israeli Partnerships
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Andy Kaye
President
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Michael Kalman
CFO
Perrigo Israel

Ido Yosha, Ph.D.
Director Rx R&D Project Management
Perrigo Israel

Kfir Avraham
CEO
BOL

Hugo Goldman
CFO
BOL
Our Partners
The Incubator’s 3 partners are well known and successful companies,
each in its respective field.
Together they are complement each other – the whole is greater than the sum of its parts!
Our
Ecosystem
CanNegev has wide connections with many entities that will enable important collaboration and will leverage our portfolio companies to success.
Our ecosystem includes Universities, Hospitals, Non-governmental organizations, Industry, Venture Capital, Yeruham council and all CanNegev 3 partners network.