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Investment in Israeli high-tech startups plummets by 31% in Q2

03.07.22|Meir Orbach
Local tech companies raised a relatively disappointing total of $4.5 billion in the second quarter of 2022, with only 104 funding rounds being completed compared to 135 in the same quarter last year
מימין פרופ' יאיר טאומן הילה רום ד"ר יוסי מערבי ראשי הקרן באוניברסיטת רייכמן

Reichman University setting up VC fund for its graduates

29.06.22|Sophie Shulman
The university’s fund, which already has $30 million in commitments from investors, will receive exclusive access to startups founded by students
Judah Hetz Bibliotech

CTech’s Book Review: How to live in a world of randomness

26.06.22|Judah Taub
Judah Taub, Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures, shares insights after reading “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
אריק ריינר ודן פוביצקי מייסדי Vine Ventures

Vine Ventures closes $140 million Fund II, half to be allocated to Israeli startups

22.06.22|Meir Orbach
The fund will focus on investments in B2B companies in the cloud, cybersecurity, AI, data, and fintech sectors, investing $1 million to $10 million as a first check
Sarona Partners

Sarona Ventures launches new $20 million fund with investments from private investors and wealthy families

22.06.22|CTech
The fund’s focus is on early-stage investments in Israeli entrepreneurs and startups in the Seed and Series A stages
Meir Valman

Why do they keep investing?

21.06.22|Meir Valman
Among the leading VCs, it was often two or even one investment that generated the vast majority of returns in one fund and cemented their reputation, writes Meir Valman
Tzahi 20

“My main mission is to help reinvent large, amazing companies through this journey with startups.”

20.06.22|CTech
Reinvention of large companies is Tzahi (Zack) Weisfeld’s speciality, and he accomplishes this through helping corporates to engage with startups to benefit both sides.
noemie alliel

“People are starting to see space as a place to travel to, invest in, it’s no longer futuristic”

19.06.22|Yafit Ovadia
Starburst Aerospace has big plans for the future: Investing in Israel’s “next SpaceX” and other promising startups to pave way for the future, says Israel Managing Director Noemie Alliel
Greenfield Partners

Greenfield Partners unveils new $200 million fund

16.06.22|Meir Orbach
Previous Greenfield Partners investments include Guardicore, which was sold to Akamai; Avanan, which was sold to Check Point, and unicorns VAST Data and BigPanda
Lisya Bahar Manoah Catalyst Investments 20

“To be different gives you different skills from every perspective.”

16.06.22|CTech
Appreciating differences was normal for Lisya Bahar Manoah, partner at Catalyst Investments, who grew up in a Jewish family in Turkey while attending German schools.
Bobby Demri

ROCH Ventures to invest €20 million in Israeli travel and tourism startups

15.06.22|CTech
The fund aims to invest a total of €100 million over the next four years, focusing on sustainable travel, digital nomadism and the future of business travel
מימין: השותפים בקרן ISF ג'וש שיר , דרור גלס , אווה הובשמן , שמואל שילה ו ניר לינצ'בסקי

ISF raises $312 million for 3rd secondary fund focused on Israeli high-tech market

13.06.22|Meir Orbach
Israel Secondary Fund has invested directly and indirectly in approximately 220 companies, including MyHeritage, Aidoc, WSC, Innovid, Valens, Pixellot, Verbit, Waze, Glilot, and Vertex
עומר שלוס ובן טופור, מייסדי טיטאן

Titan announces $100 million fund, looking to buy positions in Israeli growth companies from Russian investors

07.06.22|Meir Orbach
Alongside Titan's flagship fund, the company manages a number of co-investment vehicles through which it plans to deploy an additional $100 million or $200 million in total, over the next three years
Aviv Barzilay Ayal Itzkovitz Pitango First

Pitango launches Web 3.0 venture lab, setting up DAO

07.06.22|CTech
The venture capital firm is aiming to create bridges between Web 3.0 and Web 2.0 via partnerships with ventures that have sustainable growth models through equity and/or token based investments
ג'ף הורינג מייסד ושותף מנהל ב קרן אינסייט האמריקאית

Insight Partners’ Jeff Horing vows to support companies during crisis

02.06.22|Meir Orbach
Horing highlighted the crisis as an opportunity for growth during a video call with entrepreneurs and CEOs of Israeli companies in which his venture capital fund has invested
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Cutback nation: Who’s afraid of layoffs?

31.05.22|Sophie Shulman
Mass layoffs at American unicorns Lacework and Bolt signals the hysteria that could turn out to be excessive and harmful in the venture capital industry. This panic could also spread to Israel and hurt companies whose situation is not necessarily bad
צוות Peak

Investment firm Peak opening investment in high-tech startups to general public

17.05.22|Meir Orbach
The firm, which is led by former Technology Minister Izhar ShaI, has begun its operations in Israel and will allow local non-accredited investors to invest in local tech companies
Amir Blatt Almeda Ventures

VCs can also be startups - The emerging public VC model

15.05.22|Amir Blatt
“Public VCs enable the entire public to participate in the success of Israeli high-tech. Any person can buy LP units at any time, and in any amount, in a vehicle that in the past was open only to accredited investors,” writes Amir Blatt of Almeda Ventures
אודי מוקדי מנכ"ל ומייסד-משותף סייברארק

CyberArk launches $30 million fund to invest in cyber startups

12.05.22|Sophie Shulman
The new fund, CyberArk Ventures, will invest in early-stage cyber startups (Seed and A round) and has already invested in three companies: Dig Security, Enso Security, and Zero Networks
צוות YL Ventures

YL Ventures announces $400 million fifth fund, the largest Seed stage cybersecurity-focused fund ever raised

10.05.22|Meir Orbach
The fund will be used to both lead the Seed rounds of approximately 10 startups at a pace of three startups per year, and to invest in the companies’ follow-on rounds
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