06.12.21|Elihay VidalAn exclusive investor survey as part of the Gateways to Israeli Tech project maps the strengths of the sector, highlights its problems, and also offers a vision and solutions
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Yanai Oron, General Partner at Vertex Ventures, said that he “love’s to see founders that are able to articulate their thoughts very clearly and are very convincing about their vision”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Kobi Samboursky of Glilot Capital Partners, said the upsurge in wages will continue as long as companies continue to grow
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Merav Weinryb from Qualcomm Ventures stressed that “successful startups have passionate teams, who communicate well, are very focused on their targets, but are flexible enough to move and change when needed”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Liran Grinberg, co-founder of Team8, noted that VCs are in the services business. “We provide service, help and support to founders we work with. The founders don’t work for us, we work for them”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Laly David, Partner at OurCrowd, explained how “as long as the demand of capital is larger than the supply of workers, the upsurge in wages will continue”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Tal Slobodkin, Managing Partner at StageOne VC, explained that they “try to assist in anything that has to do with HR, but frankly a VC would never be able to replace the CEO or executive team in attracting top talent”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Renana Ashkenazi, General Partner at Grove Ventures, said the HR crisis “may hold an opportunity as it can also push the industry to find creative solutions in training and bringing new populations to the industry”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Daniel Cohen, General Partner at Viola Ventures, says he looks for startups targeting a big market and entrepreneurs that have a chip on his (or her) shoulder
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Assaf Wahrhaft, Partner at UpWest Ventures, said “digital health solutions will revolve around data and AI and our ability to create more efficient and agile health organizations”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Yuval Baharav, General Partner at SOMV, believes the world is at “the initial stages of a technology adoption curve, which will lead to the digitization of most of what we see around us”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Nadav Shimoni, Head of Digital Health at Arkin Holdings, claimed that “high wages in tech are very harmful, as it reduces the number of people that stay long enough to develop their skills and contribute to a company”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, David (Dede) Goldschmidt, Head of Samsung Catalyst Fund, said “the strength of the startup ecosystem is in its ability to steer talent to new, rising needs and domains”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Nathan Shuchami, Managing Partner at Hyperwise Ventures, said that the solution to the HR crisis needs to include a combination of technological education, integration of minority groups, remote R&D centers, and foreign workers
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Nimrod Cohen, the Managing Partner of TAU Ventures, insisted that it is the founders who should be managing their companies. “We as investors need to help them in any way we can”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Maya Pizov of Amiti Ventures said "compute is well positioned to thrive long term, and so are data-related industries"
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Irit Kahan, head of DTCP Israel noted that “as long as current funding environments persist the current upsurge in wages will continue”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Pavel Livshiz, Partner at Hetz Ventures, noted that a “few verticals in the cybersecurity space are already oversaturated - SaaS security, open source security, and a few others”
06.12.21|Elihay VidalSpeaking to CTech as part of a special investor survey, Yair Snir, Managing Director & VP at Dell Technologies Capital, noted that “disruption of the traditional financial institutions regulation is likely to reinvent everything that we used to think and know about finance”