Venture Capital

20 stories about Venture Capital
יונתן בן ארצי שותף ומייסד קרן Firstime

“There is a pressing and immense demand for credit to support Israeli climate-tech initiatives”

19.06.23|Elihay Vidal
Jonathan Benartzi, Founder & Managing Partner at Firstime VC, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector
Renana Ashkenazi Grove

"Now is the time to focus on your customers, efficiency and durability. Keep a close eye on the market"

14.06.23|Elihay Vidal
Renana Ashkenazi, General Partner at Grove Ventures, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector
ענבל פרלמן שותפה בקרן TAU Ventures

"VCs have an active role in promoting founders’ mental wellness amidst market turmoil"

12.06.23|Elihay Vidal
Inbal Perlman, Partner at TAU Ventures, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector
קרן 91 Ventures מימין כפיר כחלון ועובי חממה

91 Ventures launches $15 million early-stage VC fund

08.06.23|Meir Orbach
The fund, which received its name from the jersey number of provocative NBA legend Dennis Rodman, plans to invest between $500,000 and $1 million in Israeli startups through pre-Seed and Seed rounds
גילי רענן קרן Cyberstarts

“An economic downturn compels entrepreneurs to reevaluate their core business”

07.06.23|Elihay Vidal
Gili Raanan, founder of Cyberstarts, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector
hyperwise founders

"It is increasingly crucial to ensure that Seed capital can sustain a startup for at least 24 months"

05.06.23|Elihay Vidal
Nathan Shuchami, Managing Partner at Hyperwise Ventures, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector
Yair Vardi Guy Katsovich

Fusion raises $20 million pre-Seed fund for Israeli startups

01.06.23|CTech
The new fund is backed by Insight Partners along with 70 serial entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from Israel and the U.S.
מוני חסיד מיקרוסופט

Mony Hassid, Managing Partner at Microsoft’s M12, is stepping down

23.05.23|Meir Orbach
Hassid’s decision comes on the back of numerous personnel changes at Microsoft’s investment arm following the company’s decision earlier this year to develop a more focused investment strategy tightly aligned to Microsoft
AnD Ventures

AnD Ventures closes first fund at $70 million

11.05.23|Meir Orbach
The VC invests $1-3 million in Seed companies and up to $200,000 in pre-Seed through AnD Studio
מימין שותף בקרן קומרה קפיטל ארז שחר ושותפה בויולה צמיחה נטהלי רפואה

Pulling the plug: Growth funds halt investments in Israel

10.05.23|Meir Orbach
In the last 8 months, the local and foreign growth funds made almost no new investments in Israel. "Investors made it clear to me that during this period they were not investing and I had to fire dozens of additional employees," said one senior entrepreneur
CTech Tech on the beach Liron Azrant

“Generative AI has shuffled the cards on everything”

05.05.23|CTech
Liron Azrielant, Founder and Managing Partner at venture capital firm Meron Capital, spoke to CTech at Calcalist’s Tech on the Beach event about how AI is changing the technological landscape
Shlomi Hagai

JVP expands New York team, welcomes Shlomo Hagai as Partner

04.05.23|CTech
For the past four years, Hagai was the group CFO of Contentsquare
 CTech Tech on the beach Yaron Carni וידאו

“There will always be a need for tech startups. Tech has to prevail”

03.05.23|Ariela Karmel
Yaron Carni, Founder of Maverick Ventures Israel, spoke to CTech at Calcalist’s Tech on the Beach event about why Semperis was selected as the most promising Israeli startup for 2023
CTech Tech on the beach Boaz Zhaletsky

"The common thing about all our investments is strong differentiated teams going after big markets"

02.05.23|CTech
Boaz Shedletsky, Founder and Managing Partner at Mensch Capital Partners, was speaking to CTech during Calcalist’s Tech on the Beach event in Tel Aviv this week
Vesey founders

Vesey Ventures launches $78 million debut fund, eyes Israel as critical market

20.04.23|CTech
Former AMEX Ventures Managing Directors launch fund to invest in early-stage fintech companies
עדי דנגוט זוקובסקי שותפה בקרן הון סיכון 10

VC firm 10D appoints Adi Dangot Zukovsky as Partner

16.04.23|Meir Orbach
Dangot Zukovsky, who was most recently Vice President at Battery Ventures, will be leading investments in early-stage Israeli startup companies in various fields, focusing on Software as a service (SaaS) and Enterprise Software Infrastructure
אייל בינו Eyal Bino ICONIC Labs

Post-Israeli political chaos, can NYC change the Startup Nation as we know it?

09.04.23|Eyal Bino
"The city of New York has identified a new opportunity now - luring more Israeli startups to join its vibrant tech scene by making it even more attractive to build and grow their businesses," writes Eyal Bino, Founding Partner of 97212 Ventures
מימין שותפה בקרן Ibex ניקול פריאל מנכ"לית לאומיטק תימור ארבל סדרס

2023 started badly for Israeli high-tech and it may get worse

03.04.23|Meir Orbach
Despite the desire of industry executives to see light at the end of the tunnel, the next two quarters at least are expected to continue the downward trend
דורין בניאל מנהלת אזורית בקרן נייטדרגון

Dave DeWalt’s NightDragon opens first international office in Tel Aviv

03.04.23|Meir Orbach
The venture capital firm manages close to a billion dollars and invests in growth stage companies in the areas of cybersecurity, security, safety and privacy
Verizon Israel

Verizon Ventures shuts down Israel operations

06.03.23|CTech
Eyal Mamistvalov, Principal at Verizon Ventures, revealed that “the company’s new strategy is to primarily focus on the U.S. market.” Verizon Ventures invested in 13 Israeli startups during its five years of operations in Israel