# Noam Mills

> Noam Mills is the co-founder and CEO of Panax, an AI-native cash flow management platform for mid-market and enterprise finance teams. Before fintech, she was an elite epee fencer who ranked first in the world among under-20 competitors and became the first Israeli to fence epee at the Olympics, at Beijing 2008. She studied economics at Harvard, earned a Harvard MBA, and built a finance career across BCG, FIMI Opportunity Funds, SparkBeyond, and Mixtiles before founding Panax in 2022.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Panax
- **Organizations:** Panax, Mixtiles, SparkBeyond, FIMI Opportunity Funds, Boston Consulting Group, Israeli national fencing team
- **From:** Hod Hasharon, Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** B.A. in Economics, minor in Neuroscience, Harvard University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Ranked first in the world among under-20 epee fencers (2006), Won two World Youth Cups in epee fencing, First Israeli to compete in Olympic epee, Beijing 2008

## Career timeline

- **2006** — At 19, won two World Youth Cups in epee and ranked first in the world among under-20 competitors
- **2008** — Became the first Israeli to compete in Olympic epee, representing Israel at the Beijing 2008 Games
- **2012** — Retired from competitive fencing at age 26
- **—** — Worked as a consultant at the Tel Aviv office of Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- **—** — Completed an MBA at Harvard Business School
- **—** — Worked at FIMI Opportunity Funds and AI startup SparkBeyond
- **—** — Served as VP of Finance / CFO at Mixtiles
- **2022** — Co-founded Panax with Niv Yaar and Sefi Itzkovich
- **2024** — Panax raised $15M led by Team8 Capital and TLV Partners
- **2025** — Panax ranked 25th on Calcalist's Most Promising Startups list

## Achievements

- Ranked first in the world among under-20 epee fencers (2006)
- Won two World Youth Cups in epee fencing
- First Israeli to compete in Olympic epee, Beijing 2008
- Placed seventh at the European Championships shortly before the 2008 Olympics, beating the eventual Olympic gold medalist
- Co-founded and leads Panax, which has raised over $20M total
- Panax ranked 25th on Calcalist's Most Promising Startups 2025

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Panax announced a $15M funding round led by Team8 Capital and TLV Partners to scale its AI-powered cash flow management platform.
- **2025-05** — Panax ranked 25th on Calcalist's Most Promising Startups 2025; featured profile on Mills's path from Olympic fencing to fintech.

## Links

- Website: https://www.panax.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noamills/

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Last updated: 2026-06-03