Sass Somekh

Founder at

Musea Ventures

79 year

78 connections

Producer Manufacturing

Process Industries

Finance

Profile

Sass Somekh was the founder of Musea Ventures, founded in 2007, where he held the title of Private Equity Investor from 2007 to 2010.
He was also the founder of HelioFocus Ltd., founded in 2007, and Kateeva, Inc., founded in 2008, where he served as the Executive Chairman from 2008 to 2010.
Currently, Dr. Somekh is the Chairman of Superbrewed Food, Inc. In the past, he held positions as the Executive Chairman of Designer Energy Ltd., Director at Applied Materials, Inc., Synopsys, Inc., Nanosys, Inc., and Ampulse Corp.
He also served as the President of Novellus Systems, Inc. from 2004 to 2007.
Additionally, he was an Industry Partner at Ariva Partners.
Dr. Somekh obtained a doctorate degree from the California Institute of Technology.

Sass Somekh active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Musea Ventures Musea Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Musea Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on the biotech sector. It participates in early-stage transactions.	Founder	07/09/2010
Superbrewed Food, Inc. Superbrewed Food, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Develops probiotics for animals and humans	Chairman	-

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Former positions of Sass Somekh

Companies	Position	End
Novellus Systems, Inc. Novellus Systems, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Manufactures and services advanced automated wafer fabrication systems	President	29/01/2007
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.	Director/Board Member	01/12/2003
Designer Energy Ltd. Designer Energy Ltd. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops scaleable technology to extract cheap, fermentable sugars from lignocellulosic feedstocks	Chairman	-
Ampulse Corp. Ampulse Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops and provides crystalline-silicon and thin-film solar photovoltaic products	Director/Board Member	-
HelioFocus Ltd. HelioFocus Ltd. Alternative Power GenerationUtilities Develops high efficiency solar-thermal energy for utilities and businesses	Founder	-

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Private companies	12
Applied Materials, Inc. Applied Materials, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Designs and manufactures semiconductor systems & develops spares and factory automation software	Producer Manufacturing
Novellus Systems, Inc. Novellus Systems, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Manufactures and services advanced automated wafer fabrication systems	Producer Manufacturing
Synopsys, Inc. Synopsys, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops semiconductor intellectual property and electronic design automation software solutions	Technology Services
Nanosys, Inc. Nanosys, Inc. Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Develops and manufactures inorganic nanostructures and other related products	Process Industries
California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Musea Ventures Musea Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Musea Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on the biotech sector. It participates in early-stage transactions.	Finance
Ampulse Corp. Ampulse Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops and provides crystalline-silicon and thin-film solar photovoltaic products	Electronic Technology
Ariva Partners Ariva Partners Investment ManagersFinance Ariva Partners focuses on investments in small start-ups companies located in the US. It targets companies operating in the field’s range of market segments including software, systems, semiconductors and healthcare’s. It provides financing for seed, early stage capital requirements.	Finance
Kateeva, Inc. Kateeva, Inc. Electronics/AppliancesConsumer Durables Manufactures production equipment for advanced flat panel display products like OLEDs	Consumer Durables
HelioFocus Ltd. HelioFocus Ltd. Alternative Power GenerationUtilities Develops high efficiency solar-thermal energy for utilities and businesses	Utilities
Designer Energy Ltd. Designer Energy Ltd. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops scaleable technology to extract cheap, fermentable sugars from lignocellulosic feedstocks	Health Technology
Superbrewed Food, Inc. Superbrewed Food, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Develops probiotics for animals and humans	Process Industries