Dov Moran (Hebrew: דב מורן; born July 29, 1955) is an Israeli businessman, electrical engineer, inventor, investor, and writer.
The only Mintz family members who managed to survive the Holocaust were Dov's father and grandfather who began a new life in Israel.
At the age of ten he used to order electronic components and digital watch parts from MAD magazine, with the intention to create new improved devices, however, as he later testified, no significant results were achieved.
[6] His programming skills improved while he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (with honors) at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.
It was during his university days that led him to decide "to start his own company.”[2] Moran served in the Israeli Navy for seven years and was commander of its advanced microprocessor department.
Following the sale of M-Systems, Moran embarked upon the establishment of Modu, that introduced a pioneering innovative concept of a modular smartphone, which subsequently sold its patents to Google in 2011.
[21] Companies he invested in or launched include: According to Moran, he views education as the fundamental crucial basis in promoting scientific advancement and cultivating technological innovation.
In his role as an active angel investor and engaged venture capitalist seeking to take advantage of harnessing the potential of the most promising emerging Israeli high-technology start-ups, Moran provides guidance and mentorship to up-and-coming Israeli high-technology entrepreneurs, offering valuable assistance in transforming their research and innovative ideas into tangible goods and services suitable for commercial business endeavors.