# Ran Oz **Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/people/ran-oz **Profile type:** Person ## About A serial entrepreneur. Founded 6 companies. So far, 3 IPOs, 2 M&As, 2 Tech Emmy Awards. 52 Registered issued patents so far...... (https://bit.ly/2V9fLFU) 1989 Co-founded Optibase, IPO in NASDAQ 1992 Co-founded VCON, IPO in Europe 1997 Co-founded Peach Networks, Sold to Microsoft for $80M, after three years of inception 1999 Co-founded BigBand Networks, $200M in annual sales by 2006, IPO in NASDAQ ($750M) in 2007 2012 Co-founded Wochit, Raised $30M, still a growing private company 2020 Co-founded CommonGround Areas of interest: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Vision Deep Learning, 3D Modeling of People, Realtime 3D Human/Photo Realistic Avatars ## Key facts - **Slug:** ran-oz - **Title:** CTO - **Social:** - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranoz/ ## JSON-LD Structured data aligned with this page's `