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Maj. Gen. (res.) David Tolkowsky speaks in an interview with the Toldot Yisrael Israeli history podcast filmed January 3, 2011. (Screen capture: Toldot Yisrael via Youtube)
November 28, 2025, 4:39 pm
Dan Tolkowsky, former air force commander and Israeli tech pioneer, dies at 104
Tel Aviv-born Royal Air Force vet stayed in Britain to help Haganah obtain first planes for budding air force, which he led between 1953-1958; went on to found Israel’s 1st VC fund
By Emanuel Fabian and Stav Levaton
Outgoing OurCrowd CEO and founder Jon Medved (right) with the venture investment firm's acting CEO Cali Chill. (Courtesy)
October 22, 2025, 12:17 pm
OurCrowd’s Medved bullish about defense tech as he steps down as CEO, becomes chairman
Veteran investor and founder of the venture investment platform hands over the reins after 12 years for medical reasons, sees foreign investors continuing to bet on local tech
By Sharon Wrobel
By chance, reserve combat paramedic David Citron (middle) runs into decade-long friend Alan Buch, a New York-based venture capitalist, at the Zikim crossing bordering the Gaza Strip, in December 2023. (Courtesy)
April 21, 2025, 4:47 pm
$35 million VC fund launches thanks to reservist’s chance encounter on the Gaza border
Israeli investor David Citron bumped into NY-based venture capitalist Alan Buch while serving in the Israel-Hamas war. Their resulting fund for startups born in combat launches Monday
By Sharon Wrobel
Cyan Banister and Arielle Zuckerberg, two of the venture capitalists behind the new 'Long Journey' fund, pictured in 2024. (Taylor Hill/Getty Images via JTA)
March 21, 2025, 8:20 am
Arielle Zuckerberg, partners launch $181,818,181 fund for ‘magically weird’ startups
Lee Jacobs says Hamas attack ‘awakened something dormant at my core,’ announcing, with Meta CEO’s sister, symbolically summed venture capitalist fund for innovative tech founders
By JTA and ToI Staff
US investor Sender Cohen (right) and venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg co-host a conference and networking event in New York, February 2025. (Courtesy)
February 10, 2025, 7:20 pm
US investor Sender Cohen seeks to raise $800m for Israeli science and innovation lab
Founder of new Nevo hub, who managed portfolios for George Soros and Stanley Druckenmiller, says Israel needs a top-tier research lab to reverse brain drain and attract top talent
By Sharon Wrobel
Samsung Electronics headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, file (AFP)
June 27, 2024, 5:01 pm
Backed by S. Korean government, OurCrowd forms joint $80m fund for startup investment
The bilateral Israel-Korea venture fund will invest in 25-30 startups in both countries focused on semiconductors, robotics, automotive, digital health, and quantum computing
By Sharon Wrobel
Team at Tel Aviv office of US-based venture capital firm Ibex Investors. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2024, 9:10 pm
US-based investment firm secures $106 million for fund to back Israeli startups
Ibex Investors plans to invest in 15 early-stage firms, saying ‘most of the world’s greatest innovations come as a direct result of war and conflict’ and it expects the same now
By Sharon Wrobel
Aaron Kaplowitz (right), founder of 1948 Ventures, meets with Israeli startups at Start-Up Nation Central in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
November 29, 2023, 7:26 pm
In wartime, a US investor scouts for more battle-tested Israeli tech
US venture capitalist Aaron Kaplowitz launches 1948 Ventures to invest in technology for military and civilian applications, as Israel wages war on Hamas terror group
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli reserve soldiers seen during military training in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, October 30, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 2, 2023, 7:44 pm
Venture capitalists launch emergency impact fund for war-affected Israeli startups
The fund, backed by investors from Pitango, Viola, and Silvertech, has a goal of raising $20 million to ensure early-stage startups can continue to grow during the war with Hamas
By Sharon Wrobel
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