Yaniv

Yaniv Bernstein is the founder and CTO of Vera, a startup devoted to helping people look after their ageing parents. Prior to that, he had an extensive career as a founder and technology executive ranging from small startups to some of the world’s largest companies. Yaniv was formerly Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Circular, a venture-backed startup with operations in Australia and Singapore. Prior to that, he held roles as VP of Engineering, and then COO at Airtasker, where he took it through a period of growth and transformation culminating in a successful IPO, and at Google as a software engineering leader across Search, YouTube and Google Maps.

Beyond his role as founder at Vera, Yaniv is an active advisor, mentor, and investor in the Australian technology ecosystem, and co-hosts The Startup Podcast, a weekly podcast with actionable insight for startup founders, investors, and operators.

Yaniv holds a PhD in Computer Science from RMIT University.