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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 627

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Jeff Horing, co-founder and managing director of New York-based venture capital firm Insight Partners, (left), during a visit at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, on May 6, 2025. (Courtesy of Insight Partners)
May 6, 2025, 11:20 pm
On Israel visit, Wiz investor commits to back local entrepreneurs and startups
New York-based venture firm Insight Partners, which opened its Tel Aviv office in 2019, has invested close to $6 billion in the Israeli tech ecosystem over the past two decades
By Sharon Wrobel
The main rehearsal for Israel's Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 5:50 am
Israel at 77: Tech economy shows resilience during war, though clouds of change loom
While Israel takes pride in its tech ecosystem, fund managers and tech experts worry that the state is not acting to preserve the talent that keeps the industry thriving
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
Illustrative: Israeli entrepreneurs, investors and lawyers mingle at the Up & Coming annual tech conference by PwC Israel and Goldfarb Gross Seligman law firm in Tel Aviv on September 4, 2024. (Sharon Wrobel/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2025, 8:48 pm
With a possible end to the war in sight, will 2025 bring a startup ‘baby boom’?
Fund managers and tech executives worry about a shortage of local talent and new startups, but expect a revival of Israeli tech firms going public on the US stock market
By Sharon Wrobel
Ezra Gardner, co-founder of Israel-focused venture capital fund Varana Capital. (Courtesy)
December 19, 2024, 4:05 pm
US-Israeli investor sounds alarm over lack of foreign capital for local startups
Denver-based VC raises $50m for emergency fund to invest in cash-strapped Israeli businesses as foreign investments stall amid uncertainty during war and shortage of US flights
By Sharon Wrobel
For illustration: Fusion co-founder Guy Katsovich speaks to investors and entrepreneurs at an annual VC trends conference in Tel Aviv on December 5, 2024. (Courtesy)
December 5, 2024, 10:43 pm
Political and security instability fears top Israeli investor concerns, survey finds
Poll shows fundraising remains a major worry, while the M&A market for Israeli startups sets a new high with $10.5 billion in deals led by foreign acquirers over the past year
By Sharon Wrobel
Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman (second from right) speaks at a panel discussion at the annual Journey conference by Ernst & Young Israel in Tel Aviv, Sept. 10, 2024. (Courtesy)
September 10, 2024, 11:31 pm
Entrepreneurs and investors ponder the future of tech as fundraising slumps
Only 10 new Israeli VC funds managed to raise a total of $554 million in January to June, in what is set to be one of the worst years for capital raising in tech industry
By Sharon Wrobel
Team at European venture capital firm Forestay Capital. (Courtesy)
July 3, 2024, 9:02 pm
European venture capital firm closes $220m fund with focus on Israeli startups
Forestay’s second fund plans to make 10 to 15 investments into startups in Israel and Europe in the fields of enterprise AI, data infrastructure, and cybersecurity
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli tech employees and activists protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul at Ramat Hahayal, Tel Aviv, July 4, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 20, 2024, 6:00 pm
Israeli venture capital fundraising hit 8-year low in 2023
Year of political upheaval and outbreak of Israel-Hamas war saw funds raised by local VCs plummet 73% from previous year, IVC-Gornitzky report shows
By Sharon Wrobel
For Illustration: Investors, founders and entrepreneurs gather at annual VC trends conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 28, 2023 (Talmid Tali)
January 2, 2024, 2:59 pm
VC funds stay bullish on Israeli tech as ‘resiliency is off the charts’
After global and local events sideline investors, tech ecosystem will likely find ‘new normal’ in 2024, investors say — and the national challenges may even prove to be a tailwind
By Shoshanna Solomon
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
Team at Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup Grip Security. (Courtesy)
August 22, 2023, 9:53 pm
Israeli cybersecurity startup nabs $41m in funding led by Daniel Loeb’s Third Point
Grip Security has built a security platform to help businesses manage identity risks and threats across their web applications and services
By Sharon Wrobel
Team at Tel Aviv-based venture capital fund Symbol. (Courtesy)
August 8, 2023, 7:15 pm
Israeli venture capital fund Symbol closes $50 million debut fund
Fund invests in ‘pre-consensus’ Israeli-founded entrepreneurs pitching ideas outside the tech spotlight; founder shares investor concerns about domestic political uncertainty
By Sharon Wrobel
Tech workers march in Tel Aviv to protest against the government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, January 31, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 1, 2023, 6:37 pm
Private funding for Israeli tech startups slumps to 5-year low, data report shows
67% decline in first half of 2023 from the $11.9 billion raised during the same period last year, while in the US trends are stabilizing, according to Start-Up Nation Central
By Sharon Wrobel
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