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Hila RUNI

Israel will "experience a 'baby boom' of innovation" in 2025, says RUNI Ventures

19.12.24|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Founder and Managing Partner Hila Rom made the remarks for CTech’s 2025 VC Survey.
סינתיה פיטוסי ו אודרי שוקרון  מיייסדות קרן הון הסיכון SeedIL

SeedIL Ventures outlines challenges and opportunities for VCs in 2025

18.12.24|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
The company is the latest VC firm to take part in CTech’s 2025 VC Survey - here are some predictions for the year ahead.
Nimrod TAU

“I foresee one of the best decades in the history of the State of Israel”

17.12.24|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
TAU Ventures’ Nimrod Cohen has joined CTech for its 2025 VC Survey to share insights on how Israeli tech will evolve in the year ahead.
Promise Bio founders

Promise Bio raises $8.3 million in Seed funding for its precision medicine tool for diseases

16.12.24|James Spiro
The Israeli startup's computational platform uses epiproteomics and AI to predict patient treatment responses and support drug research and development.
eze vidra remagine

“The impact of new American leadership on the global high-tech industry and economy remains to be fully seen”

16.12.24|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Remagine Ventures kicks off CTech’s newest 2025 VC Survey to share insights on the last year and what it expects to see in the future. 
Chris DefenseTech

"There is no reason why the benefits of the VC and startup model cannot occur in defense"

11.12.24|James Spiro
The remarks were made by Sir Chris Deverell, a former 4* General in the British Army and Venture Partner, during the 2024 DefenseTech Summit in Tel Aviv.
Noam DefenseTech Summit Palantir

Palantir EVP: "Modern war cannot be won without software"

11.12.24|James Spiro
Noam Perski was speaking at the inaugural DefenseTech Summit in Tel Aviv. For the first time in Israel, a two-day summit was hosted celebrating all things cyber, digital, and war. It was a sign of things to come.
Tal Jaron BIRD

$1.5 million grants up for grabs in U.S.-Israel cybersecurity collaboration

08.12.24|James Spiro
The goal of BIRD Cyber is to foster strategic partnerships to improve the cyber resilience of both countries.
Justin Ibex

Ibex Investors closes its first secondary fund, raising $40M to expand investments in Israel

04.12.24|James Spiro
“We believe Israel will be among the best places in the world to invest over the next 10 years,” said Justin Borus, Founder and Chief Investment Officer.
bananaz team

Bananaz raises $5.3 million in Seed funding to bring AI to R&D design change management

03.12.24|James Spiro
The company integrates into existing CAD and PDM systems and helps engineers make faster, more informed decisions by automating traditionally manual processes such as design validation, change tracking, and error detection.
FireDome Adi Gadi

FireDome nets $4.5 million to transform autonomous wildfire defense

03.12.24|James Spiro
The company was inspired by the country’s Iron Dome missile defense system to apply the same technology to autonomously detect and suppress wildfires.  
סיטק רודשואו 2024 עידן שמעון CTech ROADSHOW  2024 Idan Shimon וידאו

“We see a lot of focus now on defensetech from investors”

28.11.24|James Spiro
Idan Shimon, Co-Founder and CEO at Wonder Robotics, spoke about the booming defensetech industry and what that means for business. 
סיטק רודשואו 2024 נדב פוליטי שביט אור CTech ROADSHOW  2024 Nadav Politi And Shavit Or וידאו

Conext Global has tangible solutions for concrete problems

28.11.24|James Spiro
Nadav Politi and Shavit Or, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs at Conext Global, spoke to CTech about the impact cement has on the environment - and how they plan to reduce it.
סיטק רודשואו 2024 איתי גיסים  CTech ROADSHOW  2024 Itay Gissin וידאו

“Before AI replaces us, it will help us learn faster”

27.11.24|James Spiro
Itay Gissin, CEO at MagniLearn, spoke to CTech at the Roadshow+ event about the use of AI in education.
סיטק רודשואו 2024 טובי אולשנצקי  CTech ROADSHOW  2024 Toby Olshanetsky וידאו

AcumenAI co-founder shares how mindsets evolve in the second startup

27.11.24|James Spiro
Co-founder and CEO Toby Olshanetsky spoke to CTech about how second-time founders have a different mindset than freshmen.
סיטק רודשואו 2024 גרנית שרון CTech ROADSHOW  2024 Granit Sharon וידאו

“You should go not where it's easier or more convenient, but where the success can come from”

27.11.24|James Spiro
Granit Sharon, Founder and CEO at Monimmo, spoke to CTech about the surprising benefit of choosing an untraditional initial market for her AI marketplace company.
סיטק רודשואו 2024 צביקה פרלמוטר  CTech ROADSHOW  2024 Tzvika Perelmuter וידאו

Here's how Capstack aims to help American banks prevent another SVB collapse

26.11.24|James Spiro
Tzvika Perelmuter, Co-Founder and CTO at Capstack, joined CTech to discuss how the company can help banks across the US.  
סיטק רודשואו 2024 טל סלובקין  CTech ROADSHOW  2024 Tal Slobodkin וידאו

What can Israeli tech investment expect in 2025?

26.11.24|James Spiro
Tal Slobodkin, Managing Partner at StageOne Ventures, spoke to CTech at Calcalist and PoalimTech’s Roadshow+ event to discuss the state of the ecosystem. 
סיטק רודשואו 2024 חלי ווסרמן  CTech ROADSHOW  2024 Cheli Wasserman וידאו

Bimmatch ready to take its contech AI solution to the US

26.11.24|James Spiro
Cheli Wasserman, Co-Founder and CEO at Bimmatch, spoke to CTech about penetrating the American market with its AI platform.
Alex Viola

Israel’s next tech boom: Pioneering the future of global defensetech

24.11.24|James Spiro
A report from Viola Ventures explores the booming sector and what Israel can do to remain top of the game.