# Doron Cohen

> Doron Cohen is the founder and CEO of Covercy and a co-founder and former co-CEO of Leverate. Based in New York, the Israeli entrepreneur has worked across foreign exchange technology, international payments and commercial real estate investment operations. Covercy expanded from cross-border payments into investment management after observing how real estate customers used its service; in 2026 it launched Covercy One with the AI assistant Neo.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Covercy
- **Organizations:** Covercy, Leverate, Niio Art, Accelerator Frankfurt, ICON - Israel Collaboration Network
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Management and Computer Science - Systems and Applications, The Open University of Israel
- **Known for:** Co-founded Leverate and led it as co-CEO before serving as chairman., Founded Covercy and oversaw its expansion from cross-border payments into commercial real estate investment management., Led Covercy through the 2026 launch of Covercy One.

## Career timeline

- **2008-2013** — Co-founder and co-CEO of Leverate, a financial technology provider for foreign exchange brokerages.
- **2014-2016** — Chairman of Leverate.
- **2014-2017** — Advisory board member at Niio Art.
- **2015** — Founded Covercy, initially focused on international payments.
- **2016-2021** — Mentor at Accelerator Frankfurt.
- **2018** — Keynote speaker at the March launch of Accelerator Frankfurt’s fourth programme cohort.
- **2020** — Covercy launched its GP investment management platform midyear.
- **2025** — Covercy appointed Peter Sanchez as president in August and announced a NAV Fund Services partnership in December.
- **2026** — Covercy announced the launch of Covercy One with AI assistant Neo on April 27.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Leverate and led it as co-CEO before serving as chairman.
- Founded Covercy and oversaw its expansion from cross-border payments into commercial real estate investment management.
- Led Covercy through the 2026 launch of Covercy One.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — TechRound profiled Covercy and identified Doron Cohen as its founder and CEO.
- **2026-04** — Covercy announced Covercy One and its AI assistant Neo on April 27.
- **2026-04** — Cohen published his account of rebuilding Covercy for AI on April 10.
- **2025-12** — Covercy announced a strategic fund administration partnership with NAV Fund Services.
- **2025-08** — Covercy appointed Peter Sanchez as president to lead US fund banking and institutional expansion.

## Links

- Website: https://www.covercy.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doroncohen1

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Last updated: 2026-10-22