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Illustrative view of high-tech office buildings in Herzliya Pituach, Israel, December 12, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

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Year of the reset: As era of cheap money ends, how will Israeli tech fare in 2023?

Israeli tech firms brace for more cost savings, downsizing to get through global slowdown as the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker

Investment in Israeli tech startups plunged by almost half in 2022, data shows

By Sharon Wrobel

TLV Partners is managed by (left to right) Rona Segev, Eitan Bek, Adi Yarel-Toledano, and Shahar Tzafrir. (Eyal Tueg)

January 18, 2023, 4:38 pm

VC warns: If Israel democracy is harmed, tech firms will need to flourish elsewhere

TLV Partners says makeover of justice system could force best minds to leave and local tech entrepreneurs to create startups outside of Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, August 10, 2022. (AP/Seth Wenig)

January 10, 2023, 6:07 am

Investment in Israeli tech startups plunged by almost half in 2022, data shows

Cybersecurity firms suffered a 60% decline in funding, while seed investments grew by 22% in 2022, according to report by Start-Up Nation Central

By Sharon Wrobel

January 3, 2023, 8:14 pm

Year of the reset: As era of cheap money ends, how will Israeli tech fare in 2023?

Israeli tech firms brace for more cost savings, downsizing to get through global slowdown as the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker

By Sharon Wrobel

OurCrowd founder and CEO Jon Medved, left, signs an agreement to expand the company in the UAE with support from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, November 2022. Acting director-general of ADIO, Abdulla Abdul Aziz AlShamsi, also signed the agreement. (Courtesy / OurCrowd)

November 16, 2022, 10:14 am

Two Israeli companies join $545m innovation program in Abu Dhabi

OurCrowd to open VC office, AI tech hub in UAE; fintech company Liquidity Group, a fund manager, will set up R&D center as part of a government incentive scheme for global outfits

By Ricky Ben-David

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May 2, 2022, 8:28 pm

Former Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi steps onto high-tech court as VC investor

New $50 million fund to focus on early-stage investments in areas like fintech, cybersecurity, Web3

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April 14, 2022, 2:04 pm

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The Viola Ventures team, January 2022. (Eric Sultan)

January 20, 2022, 1:22 pm

Israeli VC Viola Ventures pulls in $250m for early-stage investment fund

Tel Aviv-based firm closes sixth fund to back companies in fintech, deep tech, digital health, cybersecurity and other fields

By Ricky Ben-David

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November 29, 2021, 5:13 pm

Tel Aviv University’s VC arm raises $50m to invest in startups

TAU Ventures plans to invest up to $1 million each in 15-25 companies founded by Israeli entrepreneurs as part of second such fund

By Ricky Ben-David

Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks at a campaign rally in Tel Aviv for his new political ally Benny Gantz on January 29, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

November 24, 2021, 1:14 pm

Ex-defense minister Moshe Ya’alon to head UAE-based Israeli VC firm

New company to invest in Israeli startups developing cybersecurity, defense products in Emirates; Ya’alon left politics earlier this year

By Ricky Ben-David

October 3, 2021, 5:02 pm

TLV Partners raises $320M to invest in early-stage Israeli startups

Israeli VC firm launches fourth fund of $220M to back new ventures and additional $100M initiative to support portfolio companies and founders

By Ricky Ben-David

Train tracks and the Ayalon highway in central Tel Aviv, with the Azrieli Towers as a backdrop, December 18, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

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Meron Capital announces new $50 million early-stage tech fund

Calcalist: The VC’s first fund, set up in 2017, has invested in 16 startups to date, with four exits

Guangzhou, China, December 2019. The Shangxiajiu pedestrian street in Liwan District, a main shopping district of the city and a major tourist attraction (Parichart Thongmee; iStock by Getty Images).

May 31, 2021, 12:24 pm

Israel-China medical fund to raise $300m for joint drug development ventures

The Guangzhou Sino-Israel Bio-industry Investment Fund, headed by Israel’s former chief scientist, has already closed $200 million for its second fund to finance clinical trials

By Shoshanna Solomon

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From the WebMay 19, 2021, 5:21 pm

Venture capital firm 83North raises $550 million for sixth fund

Globes: The amount marks the second largest venture fund ever raised in Israel, after aMoon’s $750 million second life sciences fund

Illustrative image of UK's and Israel's national flags (Maksym Kapliuk; iStock by Getty Images)

May 6, 2021, 11:57 am

Britain sets up ‘VC club’ to boost investor activity in Israel

UK investments account for only 3% of $10 billion raised by Israeli startups in 2020, ‘leaving UK investors behind’; new invite-only forum aims to close gap with closer ties

By Shoshanna Solomon