Howard Edelstein is an accomplished corporate executive, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the financial technology industry. He served as the Chairman and CEO of Biocatch as well as the Chairman for Acadiasoft Inc. He was founder, president and CEO of Thomson Electronic Settlements Group (now Omgeo), CEO of BT Radianz, NYFIX and BondDesk Group. In the private equity space, he was entrepreneur-in-residence for Warburg Pincus and was later an operating partner of Advent International. In 2008, Edelstein was named one of the “15 Who Made a Difference” in the 15th Anniversary issue of Waters Magazine. The next year, Edelstein received Global Custodian’s Legends Award for industry contributions and innovations. In 2010, Edelstein received the FINTECH 25-Year Legends Award for industry contributions and innovations. Institutional Investor Magazine named him to its 2013 “Trading Tech 40” list and to its Fintech Finance 35 ranking of industry financiers in 2015.

Howard is an active member of Israel Venture Network, a non-profit network of technology entrepreneurs from the US and Israel that invests in education, budding entrepreneurs, and social programs in Israel.