Just 9.4% of Israeli startups founded by women, report says

8 March 2022, 11:23 am

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women work on computers in the Comax software company office in the central city of Holon near Tel Aviv on April 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA )

The Israel Innovation Authority releases a report to mark International Women’s Day that shows a low level of participation by women in Israel’s tech scene at all levels.

The authority says that women hold only 23 percent of jobs in development and cyber roles in the Israel Defense Forces and make up only 30.7% of students studying tech at universities.

In addition, only 9.4% of Israeli startups were founded by women, and only 16.5% of the heads of investment funds are women.

“In order to create change, there needs to be a concerted, joint effort by the high-tech industry and all relevant government stakeholders,” says Dror Bin, Israel Innovation Authority CEO. “This is the shared responsibility of all parties in the ecosystem.”