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Vgames team

Vgames raises $142 million to fuel global gaming investments

18.12.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli fund doubles down on gaming with its third and largest fund since 2020.  
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.
מימין ליטל לשם ו לי מוזר

Defense tech VC Protego raises $70M in just two weeks, sets sights on $200M

10.12.24|Sophie Shulman
Led by Lital Leshem and Lee Moser, Israel’s first defense-exclusive VC fund is capitalizing on surging global interest in military technology.
מימין גל גיטר ו ניקול פריאל שותפים מנהלים ב קרן ה השקעות אייבקס ibex

Ibex Investors rocked by departure of key Israeli partners

08.12.24|Meir Orbach
Gal Gitter and Nicole Priel are departing Ibex Investors, just days after the fund unveiled a new $40 million secondary fund for Israeli companies, following a $106 million early-stage fundraise earlier this year.
סיטק מיאמי 2024 דוד קיזרמן CTech MIAMI 2024 David Kaiserman

“Israel is a country that can’t afford to fail”

18.11.24|Ariela Karmel
David Kaiserman, former president of Lennar Ventures, spoke to CTech at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Tech & Invest conference in Miami about the changing VC market.
ערן וסטמן שותף מנהל בקרן Planven

Planven VC expands in Israel, appoints Eran Westman as Managing Partner

13.11.24|Sophie Shulman
With successful investments in Israeli companies like Via and Ibex, the Swiss fund strengthens its regional presence amid plans for a fourth fund.   
עמרי בן דוד שלמה דוברת ו צביקה אורון מקרן ויולה ונצ'רס

Viola Ventures' next fund to be led by Zvika Orron and Omry Ben David, together with founder Shlomo Dovrat

11.11.24|Meir Orbach
The VC’s seventh fund will be led by General Partners Omry Ben David and Zvika Orron, with group co-founder Shlomo Dovrat to continue as a General Partner to complete the leadership transition. The fund also announced that its core investment areas for the coming years will be vertical AI, fintech, and AI infrastructure/cyber.
ניו ארה new era זיו כונן , דני מאן , רן שמחה , איילת פריש , אאוג'ניו סבדיני , שירה גרשון , גידי ארגוב

New Era Capital eyes $150M fund despite institutional investor reluctance over war

12.09.24|Meir Orbach
The fund has completed a first close of $80 million and plans to invest in 20 to 25 companies. 
מארק אנדריסן משקיע

Andreessen Horowitz steps up Israeli investments as local funds struggle to raise capital

10.09.24|Meir Orbach
Facing a downturn, Israeli VCs take a back seat while U.S. giants dominate the startup scene.
דרור בין מנכל רשות החדשנות

Israel's $155M fund to support 18 institutions in VC investments

31.07.24|Meir Orbach, Sophie Shulman
The program, Yozma 2.0, aims to close the gap in investments in Israeli startups, especially early-stage ones, which was created following the global slowdown and due to Israel's complex geopolitical situation.
סינתיה פיטוסי ו אודרי שוקרון מיייסדות קרן הון הסיכון SeedIL

SeedIL raises $18 million for new early-stage fund

30.07.24|Meir Orbach
Founded by entrepreneurs Cynthia Phitoussi and Audrey Chocron, SeedIL has achieved four exits to date from its first fund, including BreezoMeter, which was acquired by Google for over $200 million.
ג׳וריאן דוזינדסטראל

Undeterred by war, Index Ventures invests $60 million in five Israeli startups since last October

15.07.24|Sophie Shulman
The VC fund has made 12 investments totaling $186 million in local companies since establishing an official office in Israel in 2022
Forestay team

Forestay Capital raises $220 million to invest in AI and SaaS startups in Israel and Europe

03.07.24|CTech
The European-based VC typically invests $10-15 million as a lead investor in early growth rounds. The new fund, Forestay II, has already partnered with enterprise AI startups such as Israeli cybersecurity solution Veriti 
פשה רומנובסקי

Pasha Romanovski leaving VC firm Hanaco

23.06.24|Meir Orbach
The co-founder and General Partner is stepping down after eight years that included success stories and several recent scandals  
גילי רענן

The Gili Ra’anan model: Questions emerging from Cyberstarts' remarkable success

13.06.24|Sophie Shulman and Meir Orbach
Calcalist reveals the mechanism behind Cyberstarts’ amazing returns: points worth tens of thousands of dollars are awarded to CISOs of organizations for deepening relationships with the fund's portfolio companies, aiding their growth. Is this model, which is increasingly questioned, one of the explanations for the fund's extraordinary success? Ra'anan said in response: "No CISO received compensation for purchasing products." 
הארי נליס שותף בקרן אקסל

Accel raises new $650 million fund to invest in Israeli and European startups

14.05.24|Sophie Shulman
The VC giant has invested to date in over 30 Israeli startups, including Melio, Snyk, and Fiverr in the past, and Cyera and Oasis since the start of the war 
Dror Bin IIA

Israel Innovation Authority launches new fund to catalyze $700 million investment in Israeli VCs

21.04.24|CTech
New initiative to boost institutional investments in Israeli high-tech will direct $160 million in state funds to VCs supporting Israeli companies
צ'ייס קולמן מייסד טייגר גלובל

Tiger Global falls well short of target with new $2.2B fund post global and Israeli investment cutback

02.04.24|Sophie Shulman
Tiger Global was the most active investor in the U.S. and Israel in 2021, but never came close to reaching the $6 billion it hoped to raise for its new fund, suggesting a low appetite among institutional investors for VC investments, compounded by negative experiences with Tiger Global in recent years
מגזין נדלן מרץ 2023 מגדל עזריאלי שרונה תל אביב

Israeli VC fundraising hits 10-year low after 73% plunge in 2023

20.03.24|Sophie Shulman
Despite the fundraising slowdown and reduced investments in new companies, Israeli funds still sit on a substantial $10 billion, with $2.38 billion earmarked for new investments and $7.7 billion reserved for existing portfolio companies
Moran Massad Hadar

Despite challenges, majority of VC funds are against Delaware flip for Israeli startups

17.03.24|Moran Massad Hadar
Only 13% of investors recommend their portfolio companies to perform a Delaware Flip in order to mitigate the current situation in Israel
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