GoWest Nordic Venture Capital Forum 2026

28 – 29 Jan 2026 | Gothenburg, Sweden

Yariv Adan

General Partner

Ellipsis Venture

Zurich, Switzerland

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AI expert and builder turned into an early stage AI deep tech investor.

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Ellipsis Venture

Ellipsis Venture

Investor

zurich, Switzerland

Ellipsis is an early-stage AI deep tech VC focused exclusively on transformative AI solutions. We're not just investors – we're entrepreneurs and operators with decades of experience in ML research, product development, and successful entrepreneurship. We back pre-seed and seed-stage startups where AI isn't just a feature, but the core of the product.
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About me

Yariv Adan is a Google Veteran, accomplished AI builder, and Managing Partner at Ellipsis Venture Capital, a fund investing in early-stage AI deep tech. He spent 17 years at Google, where he was a Senior Director of Product Management and notably co-founded Google Assistant and Google Lens, and the lead for Conversational AI and Applied GenAI at Google Cloud AI. Yariv combines his technical depth with a passion for AI's potential in creative fields and for social good, including creating his own AI Art works.

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Speaker sessions (1)

Wednesday, 28 January 2026

16:02 - 16:22

Fireside with Erik Lindblad & Yariv Adan

Location:Eriksbergshallen, Maskingatan 11, 417 64 GöteborgTrack:Main Stage
  • Trends
  • Venture Capital
  • Tech
  • Innovation
  • AI

Fireside chat: Venture Capital, AI & Europe’s Next Chapter Join Evelina Anttila, Erik Lindblad (Inception Fund) and Yariv Adan (Ellipsis Ventures) for a candid conversation on how venture capital is changing in the age of AI.