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Idit Harel

Hey, I’m an entrepreneurial grad student again, in Architecture and Urban Design

📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated November 2026💼 2 investments📅 28 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2010𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Former Board Member
Jan 2010
Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. Unlike the commercial gaming industry, we aim to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good. To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects.
Founding Board Member
Jan 1998
ATLAS is an interdisciplinary institute for radical creativity and invention. We inspire research, experimentation and critical thinking that turns ingenious ideas into reality. ATLAS students and faculty members seek to predict the future by inventing it. The institute’s labs and academic programs encourage out-of-the-box thinking and creative exploration, attracting technology visionaries and virtuosos who reach beyond convention, take risks and innovate. Our synthesis of design and technology amplifies innovation in engineering and the arts. We believe the best way to shape the future is to invent it. We promote rigorous, curiosity-driven investigation in a thriving academic community that is supportive, energetic and playful. A changemaker at the University of Colorado Boulder, ATLAS is proud to offer a full portfolio of interdisciplinary academic programs through the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Discover more: ATLAS.colorado.edu
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2018
CEO & Founder
Jan 2018
“𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥” ★ Entrepreneurial CEO with proven track record in launching and leading media technology enterprises that balance commercial imperatives and tech innovation with social impact and purpose ★ 20+ years of experience in recruiting and retaining best talents, building and managing effective teams, raising money, driving visibility, forming business partnerships, and growing revenues ★ Visionary innovator of numerous Internet EdTech applications and communities that put people in charge of their learning in schools and home consumer environments ★ Academic pioneer, internationally-recognized expert, award-winning learning scientist, researcher and published author, fieldwork leader in innovative learning technology to transform education systems ★ Opinion leader and sought-after speaker, panelist, moderator, and mentor 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 Gazelle advisory is the space where organizations, startup founding teams, boards and leaders can benefit from the vast experience I bring as a woman-founder-CEO with 20+ years of operational entrepreneurship, experienced in both high-flying success and challenging crises periods; experienced in building teams, brands and culture; and combining scientific knowledge, technology innovation and leadership globally. ✔ Tech and Media companies ✔ Startup companies and founding teams ✔ Institutions of higher education ✔ Non-profit organizations ✔ Government ministries ✔ Advisory Boards and Boards of Trustees You are invited to contact me at: ✉ Idit@iditharel.com for further discussion about your business, it operations and growth path for outstanding success.
Gazelle Advisory
Founder
Jan 2018
2014
Founder, Former Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors Chair
May 2014
Proto, powered by Carnegie Learning, is a K-12 project-based learning curriculum that teaches students computational thinking skills through coding, website development, and game design. Through Proto, students will learn how to ideate, test, revise, re-test, and launch projects that are all theirs from end to end.
Founder, Former Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors Chair
2014
Proto, powered by Carnegie Learning, is a K-12 project-based learning curriculum that teaches students computational thinking skills through coding, website development, and game design. Through Proto, students will learn how to ideate, test, revise, re-test, and launch projects that are all theirs from end to end.
2010
Former Board Member
Jan 2010
Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. Unlike the commercial gaming industry, we aim to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good. To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects.
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