Overview
Itzik Lev is a General Partner for Fund I-II-III at Cerca Partners[1]. Lev holds a BA in Accounting and an MBA in Accounting and Finance from The College of Management Academic Studies[10][11]. Lev's career includes roles as Senior Auditor in the High-Tech Division at KPMG from 1996 to 1999[9], Financial Director at Business Layers from 1999 to 2002[8], and CFO at Octavian from 2005 to 2007[7]. Since 2008, Lev has served as Founder and Co-CEO of FAi, a financial services firm[3]. Lev also co-founded Escalon, serving as Co-Founder and Board Director from 2014 to 2021[6], and co-founded Cura Financial Services, a family office, beginning in 2020[4].
Profile introduction
Founder. CEO. Investor. Chairman. Financial strategist. With over 25 years of leadership in international finance, I help startups scale smarter, raise better, and exit stronger. I’ve worked with hundreds of founders, boards, and investors — not just to build financial systems, but to turn numbers into decisions, and ambition into outcomes. I’m the Founder & CEO of FAi (formerly Nextstage TLV), a next-generation CFO-as-a-Service firm delivering outstanding financial leadership for high-growth startups. We’re the calm in the chaos — a 95-person team supporting over 250 tech companies across I…
Career history
- Founder & Co-CEO2008 to presentFAI - Financial Services
- Co-Founder of Family Office2020 to presentCura Financial Services
- General Partner for Fund I-II-III2014 to presentCerca Partners
- Co-Founder & Board Director2014 to 2021Escalon
- CFO2005 to 2007Octavian
- Financial Director1999 to 2002Business Layers (acquired by Netegrity → CA Technologies)
- Senior Auditor – High-Tech Division1996 to 1999KPMG
Education
BA, AccountingThe College of Management Academic Studies
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