Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)
Jul 3, 2026 · 57 min · 13 segments
Artificial intelligence may be transforming how companies are built, but Avi Eyal believes the fundamentals of identifying exceptional founders haven’t changed. In this episode of **Technoventure**…
Avi EyalGuest
Peter HighHost
It's much harder for a system to decide which permutation is appropriate, and it's almost impossible for your AI to, uh, have the human ingenuity of, of the invention.
Avi is the co-founder and managing partner of Entre Capital, a global venture capital firm that manages approximately one and a half billion dollars in assets and has backed more than a hundred companies across enterprise software, fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital health, and consumer technology.
Since its founding in two thousand and nine, Entre has built an impressive track record of identifying category-defining companies early, including investments in Monday.com, Stripe, Coupang, Re- Riskified, and Deliveroo.
Avi leads the firm's investment strategy, works closely with founders in the earliest stages through global expansion, and serves on the boards of several portfolio companies.
Before launching Entre Capital, he was a technology entrepreneur, having co-founded Cura Software, InSite Technologies, and ZenProp, giving him firsthand experience building companies before advising and investing in dozens of others.
His work has earned repeated recognition on the Forbes Midas List, includ- including his, uh, ranking of forty-three in the twenty twenty-six list.
In our conversation today, we'll explore what distinguishes exceptional founders, how artificial intelligence is reshaping both startups and enterprise technology, why effective boards can become a competitive advantage, and how, uh, Avi sees the next generation of innovation unfolding from AI infrastructure to quantum computing and beyond.
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It's much harder for a system to decide which permutation is appropriate, and it's almost impossible for your AI to, uh, have the human ingenuity of, of the invention.
Avi is the co-founder and managing partner of Entre Capital, a global venture capital firm that manages approximately one and a half billion dollars in assets and has backed more than a hundred companies across enterprise software, fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital health, and consumer technology.
Since its founding in two thousand and nine, Entre has built an impressive track record of identifying category-defining companies early, including investments in Monday.com, Stripe, Coupang, Re- Riskified, and Deliveroo.
Avi leads the firm's investment strategy, works closely with founders in the earliest stages through global expansion, and serves on the boards of several portfolio companies.
Before launching Entre Capital, he was a technology entrepreneur, having co-founded Cura Software, InSite Technologies, and ZenProp, giving him firsthand experience building companies before advising and investing in dozens of others.
His work has earned repeated recognition on the Forbes Midas List, includ- including his, uh, ranking of forty-three in the twenty twenty-six list.
In our conversation today, we'll explore what distinguishes exceptional founders, how artificial intelligence is reshaping both startups and enterprise technology, why effective boards can become a competitive advantage, and how, uh, Avi sees the next generation of innovation unfolding from AI infrastructure to quantum computing and beyond.