Problem
Post-seed Israeli startups entering the U.S. face a predictable and costly gap. Strong products and early traction are no longer enough. Without U.S. customers, trusted networks, and proven go-to-market execution, growth stalls.
At the same time, the funding landscape has shifted. While the AI boom has increased seed-stage investment, fewer than 20% of startups reach Series A. Investors now expect measurable U.S. traction, not future potential.
For Israeli founders, the challenge is even greater. Expanding into the U.S. requires:
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Local credibility
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Deep market understanding
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A high-performing team across sales, marketing, partnerships, and customer success
But building that team early is:
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Expensive
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Time-consuming
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Operationally complex
Even well-funded startups face a hard truth: Top U.S. operators rarely join early-stage companies.
As a result, founders are forced to compromise on early hires, introducing execution risk at the most critical stage of growth.
Bottom line: Most startups don’t fail because of product—they fail because they lack U.S. execution.
Solution
EntryPoint is a Boston-based go-to-market scalerator for Israeli startups expanding to the U.S.
We give founders immediate access to:
Experienced U.S. operators
High-value customer and partner networks
A fully integrated execution engine
Inspired by MIT’s Venture Mentoring Service (VMS)—which has supported 3,500+ startups raising $10.4B—EntryPoint goes further.
We don’t just advise.
We execute.
Startups work with an embedded, cross-functional team covering:
Go-to-market strategy
Enterprise sales
Marketing and demand generation
Partnerships and business development
Analyst and market positioning
Investor access
Instead of hiring a full U.S. team, companies can operate with a senior, market-proven team from day one.
For roughly the cost of one senior hire (e.g., GM Americas), startups gain a full execution team aligned to deliver:
Customers
Pilot programs
Revenue
Market validation
EntryPoint replaces years of hiring with immediate execution.
Who's it for
EntryPoint is the only Boston-based GTM scalerator focused exclusively on Israeli startups entering the U.S. market.
We are purpose-built for the post-seed to Series A transition.
What makes us different:
1. Built for U.S. traction, not theory
We focus on measurable outcomes: customers, revenue, and validated market demand.
2. Embedded execution team
We don’t act as advisors. We operate as part of your company.
3. Tailored to your KPIs
Every engagement aligns to your growth stage, metrics, and target customers.
4. EntryPoint Connect ecosystem. We connect startups directly to:
U.S. enterprise customers
Strategic partners
Investors aligned with your stage
5. From intro to revenue
We don’t just make introductions—we help convert them into deals.
Why We're Different
Most programs offer advice, content, or introductions.
EntryPoint is built for execution.
Execution, not mentorship
We don’t just guide founders, we operate as part of your team, driving real outcomes across sales, marketing, and partnerships.
Built for Israeli startups
We understand both the Israeli ecosystem and the U.S. market, eliminating the gap between them.
Immediate access to senior U.S. talent
Instead of hiring slowly and risking early mistakes, you get a proven, cross-functional team from day one.
From network to revenue
We don’t just make introductions, we help convert them into pilots, customers, and revenue.
Focused on the Series A gap
Everything we do is aligned to generating U.S. traction and preparing you for scalable growth.
Our Ecosystem
EntryPoint is led by Yaron Naor, a senior mentor at MIT’s VMS and Delta V programs, and a team of experienced founders, technologists, and business developers with a strong track record in AI, fintech, healthcare, and academia.
Backed by domain experts, technology advisors, investment advisors, Israeli CEOs in Boston, and partners like Frost & Sullivan, USAM Group, Magnetude Consulting, and Spinnaker Sales Group, EntryPoint delivers the go-to-market strategy, product guidance, and U.S. expansion support startups need to gain traction and grow fast in the American market.
Why Boston?
Boston is one of the most effective entry points for Israeli startups expanding to the U.S.
Access to key industries
Healthcare, fintech, climate, robotics, and enterprise tech leaders are all concentrated here.
World-class ecosystem
MIT, Harvard, and leading hospitals create unmatched opportunities for partnerships and validation.
High-trust business environment
Boston is relationship-driven, making it easier to build credibility and close early deals.
More signal, less noise
Compared to NYC and Silicon Valley, Boston offers easier access to decision-makers with less competition.
Proven Israeli startup hub
Hundreds of Israeli companies already operate here. EntryPoint helps you plug into that network faster.
Learn more about the success of Israeli startups in Boston on the EntryPoint blog here.
A “Scalerator”
A “scalerator” is sometimes used to describe programs that help companies grow revenue and sales capacity, beyond a classic accelerator’s early-stage focus. EntryPoint Boston runs a go-to-market program that helps Israeli B2B startups validate U.S. demand, build repeatable sales, and reach Series A readiness.
Leadership
EntryPoint’s U.S. go-to-market work is driven by a senior team with deep experience in enterprise marketing, market development, and early sales motion design. As Co-founders, Yaron Naor and Karen Moked operate as a coordinated unit that gives each startup the strength of multiple executives rather than a single hire. Together, they shape strategic positioning, campaign development, buyer engagement, discovery, narrative refinement, and early pipeline creation so founders can execute in the U.S. market with speed, clarity, and professional rigor from day one.
Yaron leads market development and early sales execution, bringing decades of experience working with U.S. enterprises and accelerating first-deal momentum. Karen builds and scales the marketing engine, transforming buyer insights into sharp messaging, segmentation clarity, and lead generation campaign planning and execution that resonates with U.S. decision-makers. As a team, they create a closed loop between market intelligence, marketing output, and real prospect conversations, resulting in a unified GTM motion that is fast, disciplined, and aligned with U.S. buyers.
Founder and CEO
Yaron Naor is Founder and CEO of EntryPoint, a U.S. go-to-market scalerator built to help post-seed Israeli B2B startups land their first American customers and become Series A ready. With more than 25 years of hands-on experience building U.S. revenue engines, Yaron has repeatedly taken complex deep-tech, AI, cyber, and data platforms from zero to meaningful scale in regulated enterprise and government markets.
Alongside founding EntryPoint in October 2025, Yaron continues to serve as Director of U.S. Sales at Netspark, where he built the company’s sales operation from the ground up, tripled the customer base between 2024 and 2025, grew an AI-powered CSAM investigation platform and established trusted relationships with more than 100 law-enforcement agencies including the FBI, HSI and the U.S. Secret Service.
Yaron holds an MBA with honors from Aalto University in Finland and an Advanced Management certificate from MIT Sloan.
Co-founder &
Marketing Operations
Karen Moked is Co-Founder and Head of Marketing Operations at EntryPoint Boston, a U.S. go-to-market scalerator built to help post-seed Israeli B2B startups land their first American customers and become Series A ready.
She is also Strategic Marketing Principal at Vectur, where she leads B2B marketing strategy and execution supporting companies with positioning, go-to-market planning, digital channel on-boarding, and inbound lead generation. With 20+ years of experience, Karen is known for building multi-channel demand generation engines that turn marketing strategy into a pipeline.
Karen holds an MBA in Marketing Management and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Classical Studies.
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OUR PROGRAM
EntryPoint’s U.S. go-to-market program was developed to help Israeli B2B AI startups achieve the traction and metrics needed to raise a successful Series A round. We combine hands-on mentorship, U.S. market immersion, and tailored execution support across four key phases:
1. Foundation and Validation:
Assess product-market fit, define buyer personas, refine messaging, and lay the groundwork for U.S. sales and marketing.
2. Go-To-Market Execution:
Launch targeted marketing and sales campaigns, engage with potential U.S. customers, build sales collateral, and secure pilot deals or first sales opportunities.
3. Traction and Iteration:
Optimize go-to-market efforts, scale revenue, develop customer case studies, and document repeatable sales processes.
4. Fundraising and Scale:
Refine investor story, connect with VCs, prepare data room, and launch Series A raise, backed by real U.S. traction.
The EntryPoint hybrid model blends cohort-based learning with individualized coaching, leveraging our ecosystem to help each company build the credibility, proof points, and growth engine needed to break through in the U.S. market.
TESTIMONIALS
What people are saying
EntryPoint’s expertise has proven instrumental as we pivot our AI technology business toward the US market. Their tailored guidance helps us refine our strategy, navigate evolving market dynamics, and position ourselves for long-term success. With their support, we are strengthening our business fundamentals, ensuring a solid foundation as we scale. Their deep understanding of the US business landscape, combined with their hands-on approach, provides the clarity and direction we need during this critical phase. We strongly recommend any Israeli startup looking to scale in the US to engage with EntryPoint.
Co-founder and CEO
“Shortly after becoming the CEO of Arkivum, I asked Yaron, a colleague of mine from our Comverse days, to help us penetrate the U.S. market. He immediately brought structure, focus, and energy to our go-to-market strategy, helping us refine our messaging, identify the right customer segments in Life Sciences, Scientific Research, and Higher Ed, and build the connections we needed on the ground, including securing new prestige customers in the U.S. like Princeton University, MoMA, The Episcopal Church and others.
Two special partnerships included EBSCO in the Higher Ed vertical and winning the lucrative Archiver Project together with GCP (Google Cloud Platform). What stood out was his hands-on approach. He didn’t just give advice and walk away; he rolled up his sleeves and worked alongside our team to open doors, validate opportunities, and get real traction.
I truly appreciate how invested he was in our success. If you’re an Israeli company looking to break into the U.S., I highly recommend working with Yaron. He knows what it takes, and he delivers.”
Former Arkivum CEO
When I was Co-Founder and CEO of eLoomina (now part of NICE Actimize) and a colleague of Yaron’s from our Comverse days, I asked him to join us to lead our U.S. market entry. Together with our team, Yaron developed and executed a strong go-to-market strategy focused on the Fintech sector. His approach positioned our technology for real commercial traction and made it highly interesting to larger players. This ultimately led to NICE Actimize acquiring eLoomina’s IP. Our software has become an integral part of the Actimize product suite, which is widely used across the industry. It is a great example of how a focused GTM strategy can transform innovative technology into something with a lasting impact.”
Co-Founder and CEO
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