Amit Ashkenazi is Chief Strategy Officer at Artlist, where he is leading the company’s strategy and managing its organic and inorganic growth engines. Amit’s areas of responsibility also include Corporate Development, Enterprise Sales, partnerships, and third-party monetization. Amit also serves as a Venture Partner at Cerca Partners, where he supports the Founding Partners in fundraising and growth strategy, scouts and vets investment opportunities, supports portfolio companies’ leadership, and assists with the ongoing operations of the fund and investor relations. Amit also serves as an advisory board member at Guesty, where he provides strategic guidance on business growth, M&A opportunities, and operational efficiency. Before joining Artlist, Amit served as VP of Business Strategy at Fiverr (NYSE:FVRR), where he led Fiverr’s strategy and managed its strategic initiatives, corporate development, and M&As. Formerly, he was a Partner at Viola Growth, a technology growth capital fund that focuses on investing in Israeli-related global technology companies at their expansion phase. His investment areas included eCommerce, SaaS, Digital Media, and FinTech. Prior to joining Viola, Amit worked as a senior consultant at Ernst & Young, providing Transaction Advisory Services such as due diligence (buy-side and sell-side), business modeling, and management consulting for both public and private companies in numerous industries. He also provided Assurance services focusing on high-tech companies. Amit is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel and holds a BA, Magna Cum Laude, in Business Administration & Accounting from the College of Management and an MBA, Magna Cum Laude, from Tel Aviv University.