About us
Combining Expertise and Innovation
to Transform Bridge Financing
Atlas Vision
To set the standard in real estate debt, creating a world where every opportunity is met with clarity, confidence, and lasting value—driven by trust, innovation, and excellence.
Our Mission
Atlas Invest is committed to transforming the bridge financing market by combining unmatched expertise with proprietary technology. We deliver secure, innovative, and seamless solutions with certainty and speed—building trusted partnerships that unlock value and empower our partners to thrive.
Nir Peled
Co-Founder & CRO
"Our goal is to simplify and expedite the bridge financing process for borrowers while offering customized, pre-vetted asset-backed opportunities for debt investors."
Leadership
Co-Founder and CEO of Atlas Invest, Tal Shahar leads the company in revolutionizing asset-backed debt investments. With over a decade of experience in fintech and financial strategy, Tal’s commitment to delivering impactful results is rooted in a deep passion for financial innovation.
Co-Founder and CEO of Atlas Invest, Tal Shahar leads the company, driving the direction and growth of the international fintech company. With over a decade of experience in fintech and financial strategy, Tal’s commitment to delivering impactful results is rooted in a deep passion for financial innovation. His expertise in computer and data science, investment strategy, financial markets, startup networks, and leadership roles uniquely positions him to lead Atlas Invest to revolutionize real estate investment.
Tal’s career has been defined by his ability to combine financial expertise with a forward-thinking approach to technology and markets. Prior to founding Atlas, he was a key member of the founding team at Deep Insight, irst Israeli venture fund to invest in Deep Tech at all stages and across all sectors, where he continues to serve as a Venture Partner. He launched his first fintech startup, Athoss, while pursuing degrees in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship. He also established the influential investment community HiveMind. These experiences laid the groundwork for the creation of Atlas Invest, where Tal integrates his knowledge of computer science, financial strategy, and market dynamics to deliver innovative solutions in real estate-backed debt investments.
Known for his results-driven leadership style, Tal places a strong emphasis on teamwork and shared purpose. His collaborative approach and relentless focus on delivering value have propelled Atlas Invest into a position of trust and excellence in the industry. Tal’s ability to bridge deep industry insights with cutting-edge technology continues to drive Atlas forward, offering secure and scalable opportunities in asset-backed debt markets.
As the Co-Founder and Chairman of Atlas Invest, Roni brings over three decades of hands-on experience in launching and growing successful enterprises, including a global real estate development firm. Roni's career began with a distinguished service as a Medical Officer, after which he became the youngest director of a public company in Israel.
As the Co-Founder and Chairman of Atlas Invest, Roni brings over three decades of hands-on experience in launching and growing successful enterprises, including a global real estate development firm.
Roni’s career began with a distinguished service as a Medical Officer, after which he became the youngest director of a public company in Israel. His entrepreneurial journey took off as he simultaneously launched three companies while earning degrees in Economics and Textiles. He achieved a successful exit with one of these ventures before turning 30.
A hallmark of Roni’s career is his unparalleled ability to identify, capitalize on, and grow opportunities into thriving enterprises. Today, his family office oversees a highly successful real estate development company and a financial management firm. They have developed projects across various asset classes, including residential, hospitality, industrial, office, retail, hospitals, and nursing homes, spanning Israel, the US, and Europe. The financial management company now focuses exclusively on proprietary investments.
Roni’s deep understanding of how savvy investors think, their needs, and how to craft mutually profitable partnerships is a cornerstone of his leadership at Atlas Invest. As Chairman, he leverages his extensive expertise and strategic vision to drive the company forward, ensuring it remains at the forefront of the industry.
CRO and Co-Founder, Nir spearheads both investor relations and underwriting strategy behind Atlas Invest. His decade of hands-on experience in global real estate investment, end-to-end development, finance strategy, and project management provides him a with deep and unique understanding of the needs of real estate and debt investors.
CRO and Co-Founder, Nir spearheads both investor relations and underwriting strategy behind Atlas Invest. His decade of hands-on experience in global real estate investment, end-to-end development, finance strategy, and project management provides him a with deep and unique understanding of the needs of real estate and debt investors.
Prior to co-founding Atlas Invest, Nir was responsible for growing his family’s real estate portfolio across the US, Israel, and Europe. Through his industry acumen, application of careful analyses, and ability to think creatively, Nir drove over $2B of deals across multiple real estate asset types including residential, hospitality, industrial, office, retail, hospital, and nursing homes.
Nir deeply understands how savvy investors view project feasibility, financing, and profitability – and knows what is needed to successfully manage debt investments. From his experience stems his ability to ideate real and scalable solutions, unlocking parts of the industry previously underserved. Nir’s reputation and expertise in knowing how to identify and capitalize on opportunities with strong risk mitigation and high potential ROI for investors in the market has helped grow Atlas Invest’s debt investor portfolio and laid the groundwork for our proprietary underwriting strategy.
Senior level executive with two decades of comprehensive experience in the strategic acquisition, management and disposition of real-estate assets. Adept at analyzing market trends, conditions and negotiating contract and pricing terms to maximize returns.
Issac is responsible for the strategic growth and management of all US Operations for Atlas Invest. He brings with him a deep understanding of the US real estate market, extensive experience in designing dynamic and synergistic systems, and a proven ability to solve intricate challenges through successful enterprise solutions.
A licensed attorney with over two decades of experience in the US real estate market, Issac has driven over $1B in closing transactions. Working with residential, commercial, condo inventory, office, land, and other asset types, Issac has worked with developers in critical processes such as loan origination, project oversight, and property management. He has partnered with and advised real estate developers, brokers, and service providers throughout the tri-state and other metropolitan areas across the US.
Issac’s deep industry knowledge gives Atlas Invest an advantage of knowing how to attract and keep partnerships with top industry brokers and players as well as a robust network of trusted US service providers. Through his astute understanding of market trends and conditions, network and orchestration of service providers, and experience in attracting deal flow from top industry leaders, Issac has led the charge of a deal flow of over $4B for Atlas Invest in the past two years. Under his management, the Atlas Invest deal flow team has reviewed over 1,100 deals from over 300 unique deal flow customers in the past two years. These numbers continue to grow.
With over a decade of practical experience in product innovation, Eyal has excelled in inventing, launching, and managing consumer and business products. He spent seven years in the San Francisco Bay Area, gaining diverse perspectives.
At the helm of Atlas Invest’s product development, Eyal leads the R&D team in defining and developing Atlas Invest’s innovative, data-driven platform that is revolutionizing asset-backed debt.
With over two decades of experience, Eyal has a proven track record of driving initiatives in both startups and global corporations, consistently delivering unparalleled value to customers and discerning investors. His stellar reputation for excellence stems from successfully generating novel product ideas and overseeing the entire product lifecycle from ideation to execution.
An energetic and results-oriented leader, Eyal possesses a deep passion for building game-changing products. Prior to joining Atlas Invest, he co-founded and served as VP of Product at novvo.ai, a startup developing a SaaS platform designed to streamline business data collection and standardization for fast, smart financing. He was also responsible for building and leading a product innovation team at SanDisk (acquired by Western Digital). While he served as part of the global management team of Western Digital, Eyal helped to create over $200M of incremental revenue through product innovation.
Michelle Dellinger is a seasoned credit and risk executive with over 20 years of experience leading underwriting, credit policy, and operations in both the banking and private lending industries. Throughout her career, she has built and overseen national underwriting platforms, authored credit policies, and designed operational frameworks that balance rigorous risk management with sustainable business growth.
Michelle Dellinger is a seasoned credit and risk executive with over 20 years of experience leading underwriting, credit policy, and operations in both the banking and private lending industries. Throughout her career, she has built and overseen national underwriting platforms, authored credit policies, and designed operational frameworks that balance rigorous risk management with sustainable business growth.
Her expertise spans credit risk management, underwriting governance, portfolio oversight, financial analysis, and process improvement. She is widely recognized for shaping scalable credit frameworks, mentoring high-performing teams, and guiding organizations through periods of rapid growth while maintaining strong risk governance.
At Atlas Invest, Michelle serves as Vice President of Risk & Underwriting, where she leads the company’s end-to-end underwriting operations. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing underwriting processes and standards across the platform, mentoring the underwriting and analyst teams, and ensuring every loan is both sound and strategically aligned with the firm’s investment thesis. She plays a key role in building internal processes for credit evaluation, monitoring loan performance, and enhancing underwriting tools and reporting systems.
Beyond internal leadership, Michelle cultivates and maintains strategic relationships with brokers, lenders, and other partners to strengthen Atlas’s market presence and drive top-of-funnel deal flow. Her ability to combine deep credit expertise with a forward-looking investment perspective helps position Atlas Invest as a preferred lending partner while ensuring investor confidence and long-term portfolio performance.
A seasoned finance executive with over 15 years of leadership experience across diverse industries. He has a proven track record of scaling tech companies and navigating through complex financial environments.
Elad Cohen-Tzidon is a seasoned finance executive with over 15 years of leadership experience across diverse industries. He has a proven track record of scaling tech companies and navigating through complex financial environments.
Previously, Elad led the Finance department of the Automotive Software Division at HARMAN (a Samsung Company). As a key member of the management team, he led large-scale deals with various major OEM’s and contributed significantly to the organization’s rapid growth.
Elad’s core strengths include optimizing financial operations, leading successful M&A, and providing strategic financial guidance, all driven by a “business-first” mindset.
At Atlas Invest, Barak Edut leads the company’s growth strategy, driving deal flow to origination, investor relations, and brand expansion. With over a decade of hands-on experience in growth and marketing, Barak brings a unique ability to blend performance, creativity, strategy, and storytelling to scale financial platforms globally.
At Atlas Invest, Barak Edut leads the company’s growth strategy, driving deal flow to origination, investor relations, and brand expansion. With over a decade of hands-on experience in growth and marketing, Barak brings a unique ability to blend performance, creativity, strategy, and storytelling to scale financial platforms globally.
Before joining Atlas, Barak held senior leadership roles at Pagaya Investments and co-founded AnyLot and Growthparty. Throughout his career, he has focused on building growth engines across fintech and investment sectors, developing data-driven funnels, compelling brand narratives, and go-to-market strategies that drive measurable results.
Barak’s expertise lies in finding creative and unique ways to bring value to capital markets through marketing and growth innovation.
Our Story
Atlas Invest: Transforming Access to Real Estate Debt
With decades of experience in real estate and finance, Atlas’s founders—Tal Shahar, Nir Peled, and Roni Peled—recognized a growing problem: developers face constant hurdles securing reliable financing, while investors struggle to access secure, scalable opportunities in one of the safest asset classes.
Recognizing the untapped potential in this market, Atlas was founded to deliver a smarter, more effective solution.
By combining deep expertise with advanced technology, Atlas empowers developers with fast, dependable capital and gives investors seamless access to low-risk, high-return opportunities.
Atlas is fundamentally changing how real estate-backed debt works. With a relentless focus on transparency, trust, and precision, Atlas is unlocking billions in potential and reshaping how capital meets opportunity.
Team
Itai Amidor
Director BD & IR
Noa Cohen
Investor Relations
Jack Reeves
Originator Team
Zach Feldman
Underwriting Analyst
Izaac Fouladi
Origination | Sales
W. Blake McGilvray
Capital Market Sales
Ofir Elharar Efrat
Business Operations
Nathan Krohn
Underwriting Analyst
Ksenia Kostina
UX/UI Designer
Roi Nizri
Full Stack Engineer
Ido Chetrit
Full Stack Engineer
Ofir Soffer
HR & Operations Manager
Sharon Plotnik
QA Lead
Vyacheslav Pashkovsky
Front-End Engineer
Liraz Aharon
Data Engineer
Roma Kvernadze
QA Engineer
Matan Hazan
Product Manager
Barak Rabenou
Full Stack Engineer
Pedro Santos
Full Stack Engineer
Toby Orifjonov
Data Analyst
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Press
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