Deloitte names new Israeli cohort for US market expansion
Ten startups selected for Launchpad program in cybersecurity, AI, and cloud infrastructure.
As Israel’s technology sector faces a storm of geopolitical instability and a tightening investment climate, a new cohort of startups has been selected to participate in Deloitte Launchpad, a U.S. market entry program aimed at helping early-growth Israeli companies expand abroad.
Now in its ninth cycle, Deloitte Launchpad announced the 10 companies joining the latest program, which begins this month. The initiative, launched in 2020, has so far supported 74 startups that together have raised $1.6 billion. On average, companies report a 68% increase in both funding and headcount after completing the program.
The current cohort reflects some of the sectors where Israeli startups continue to show global strength, including enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech, and generative AI. All companies selected for Launchpad’s ninth batch meet minimum revenue thresholds of over $500,000 and are already operating in growth mode, with ambitions to scale into the U.S.—still the world’s largest and most competitive technology market.
Deloitte Launchpad is not an accelerator in the traditional sense. It offers no direct funding and focuses instead on helping startups refine their U.S. go-to-market strategy, navigate relocation and expansion logistics, and access Deloitte’s corporate and investor network. It also fosters a peer community, intended to offer ongoing support for founders building abroad.
The companies selected for the cohort are:
- Acsense – Enterprise IAM (identity and access management) resilience platform
- Anchor – Autonomous billing system
- Bria AI – Visual generative AI platform
- Datafy – Cloud storage management platform
- Nominal – Financial operating system for enterprises
- Panax – Automated cash flow management
- Sequence – Personal financial routing platform
- Rotate – Enterprise-grade cybersecurity for SMBs and SMEs
- Sodot – Key management for Web3
- Spines – AI-based publishing platform
The inclusion of multiple companies in infrastructure-heavy sectors such as IAM, storage, and cybersecurity reflects both global demand and a traditional area of Israeli expertise. The appearance of Bria AI and Spines also points to a growing interest in AI applications beyond core model development—a pragmatic shift given the compute-heavy nature of large model training and Israel’s limited infrastructure in that domain.
Several of the startups—such as Nominal, Panax, and Sequence—are focused on financial operations, a space under pressure as companies look for greater efficiency amid rising costs and fewer fundraising opportunities.
