# Liran Kotzer

> Liran Kotzer is the Tel Aviv-based co-founder and CEO of Woo.io. His career spans software development, the recruitment agency SeeV and freelance-work aggregator DoNanza. At Woo, he focuses on helping staffing businesses keep candidate and contact records current so existing relationships can generate relevant conversations and opportunities.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Woo.io
- **Organizations:** Woo.io, SeeV, DoNanza / CrowdIT, Illuminator, Israel Defense Forces / Mamram
- **Education:** Bar-Ilan University, IDF computer academy / Mamram
- **Known for:** Co-founded SeeV, later acquired by Matrix., Co-founded DoNanza, whose database exceeded 360,000 freelancers before its assets were acquired by Freelancer.com in 2015., Co-founded Woo, which announced a $7 million Series A in November 2017.

## Career timeline

- **Undated, early career** — Served in technological military units and joined Illuminator’s founding team with Ami Dudu; Illuminator was later acquired by EMC.
- **2007** — Founded tech recruitment agency SeeV; it was subsequently acquired by Matrix.
- **2008** — Co-founded the venture behind DoNanza with Ami Dudu and Gil Pal.
- **2011** — DoNanza received $1 million in financing.
- **2014** — DoNanza closed in July.
- **2015** — Freelancer.com acquired DoNanza’s assets in March; Woo was founded in 2015.
- **2016** — Woo launched publicly in February.
- **2017** — Woo announced Helena and a $7 million Series A in November.
- **2024** — Spoke at Engage London and appeared on The Staffing Ring.
- **2025** — Listed for internal-data and agentic-AI discussions at SIM TechExec; presented in TechServe Solution Spotlight.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SeeV, later acquired by Matrix.
- Co-founded DoNanza, whose database exceeded 360,000 freelancers before its assets were acquired by Freelancer.com in 2015.
- Co-founded Woo, which announced a $7 million Series A in November 2017.
- Developed Woo with Ami Dudu from a manual recruiting operation into a machine-learning recruitment product.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — As checked in October 2026, TechServe’s November 2026 summit programme lists Kotzer as a forthcoming recruiting-workflow panellist; the event had not yet occurred.
- **2025-10** — Listed as a presenter in TechServe Solution Spotlight, recorded October 14, 2025.
- **2024-11** — The Staffing Ring episode featuring Kotzer discusses curated data and agency technology strategy.

## Links

- Website: https://tech.woo.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lirankotzer/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/lirankotzer

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