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2026 VC Survey

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Yaniv Schneider and Lisya Bahar Elron Ventures

“Deep tech, defense, and industrial applications are Israel’s next major export engine”

09.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Elron Ventures CEO Yaniv Schneider and chairperson Lisya Bahar Manoah join CTech to discuss why Israeli VC must evolve to support high-CAPEX ventures, the rise of a third liquidity path, and how deep tech is set to become Israel’s next major export engine, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
Lior Hanuka HiCenter

“The boundary between hardware and software is rapidly disappearing”

09.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
HiCenter Ventures CEO Lior Hanuka joins CTech to give his investor's outlook for Startup Nation in 2026, from how Israel can establish global leadership in the modern semiconductor era, to the best translation of defense capabilities into the civilian sector, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026.
IL Ventures partners (left to right): Dani Harari, Yoni Heilbronn and Elad Frenkel.

“Investors are rewarding companies that can demonstrate why growth is sustainable, disciplined, and resilient”

09.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Yoni Heilbronn, Managing Partner at IL Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Angular Ventures founding partner Gil Dibner.

“Israel has yet to prove that it can build defense-tech startups into a sustainable industry”

09.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Angular Ventures founding partner Gil Dibner joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Dell Tech Capital’s Managing Director Yair Snir (Left) and Partner Barrel Kfir (Right).

“Basic AI capabilities have become a commodity, so the most significant opportunity has shifted toward Vertical AI”

08.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Dell Tech Capital’s Managing Director Yair Snir and Partner Barrel Kfir, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Gideon Shaw Elements VC

“The award for best ‘rebranding’ exercise must surely go to whoever popularized the term ‘defense-tech’”

08.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Elements VC partner, Gideon Shaw, joins CTech to give his investor's outlook for Startup Nation, from the limitations of the "resilience" narrative to the surge of foreign PE funds entering Israel, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026.
Yonatan Sela SquarePeg

“We are entering the age of the 'Lean Sovereign'”

08.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Square Peg partner Yonatan Sela joins CTech to explore how AI and cloud infrastructure is set to replace cybersecurity as Israel’s main export and how the country is adapting to a global, integrated VC model, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026.
Yoni Osherov

“The sheer velocity of AI-driven threats makes human-in-the-loop a bottleneck rather than a safeguard”

08.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Yoni Osherov, General Partner at Entrée Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Moshe Zilberstein ,Partner at N47.

“Hype free, real growth is the most critical metric that will drive premium valuations in 2026”

08.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Moshe Zilberstein, Partner at N47, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Ophir Reshef, Managing Partner at Israel Secondary Fund.

“With AI companies can hit growth benchmarks that previously required significantly larger teams”

07.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Ophir Reshef, Managing Partner at Israel Secondary Fund, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Yuval Cohen StageOne Ventures

“The Israeli tech story in 2026 isn’t a rebrand, it’s a re-pricing”

07.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
StageOne Ventures founder and managing partner Yuval Cohen joins CTech to share his investor's outlook for Startup Nation, from the "re-pricing" of the asset class to why sovereignty has become a competitive advantage, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
Dan Cahana, Principal on the Investment Team at Notable Capital.

“Israeli startups are extremely tethered to the US market, and we don’t see a way to build a big company from Israel without relying on the US market”

06.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Dan Cahana, Principal on the Investment Team at Notable Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.
Guy Yamen, Managing Partner at TPY Capital.

“A reckoning is coming. We are currently sitting in a public market bubble that inevitably spills into the private markets”

06.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Guy Yamen, Managing Partner at TPY Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Eyal Niv Pitango First

“The correlation between headcount growth and company success is fundamentally broken”

06.02.26|Elihay Vidal, Amy Shapiro
Pitango Venture Capital managing general partner Eyal Niv joins CTech to share his investor's outlook for Startup Nation, from the selective reopening of the IPO window, to why the next decade belongs to the "picks and shovels" of AI, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
Chaim Schiff, CEO of Elephant Secondary Market Platform.

“The UAV sector holds the highest potential for civilian adaptation and ultimately, the future of autonomous transportation”

05.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Chaim Schiff, CEO of Elephant Secondary Market Platform, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Edouard Cukierman and Ariel Anati Catalyst

“Israel’s next growth chapter will be built on critical systems the world cannot afford to fail”

05.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Catalyst Private Equity’s managing partner Edouard Cukierman and partner Ariel Anati join CTech to offer their outlook for 2026, from how VCs will need to adapt for the rise of high-CAPEX sectors to why Israel is now the "Scale-Up Nation," as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
Tzlil Kovetz Vintage

“In an agentic world, niche markets are no longer a constraint”

05.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Vintage Investment Partners principal Tzlil Kovetz joins CTech to discuss the upward bar for IPOs, how ACV is becoming a signal of value creation, and why niche verticals are "more interesting than ever," as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
Eyal Bino 97212

“Israeli tech post-October 7th could not be in a better position”

04.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Eyal Bino, Founding Partner at 97212 Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
(From left): Frederic Landau, Aaron Applbaum and Yoav Knoll.

“It may feel uneasy, but letting software act independently isn’t optional, it’s necessary for survival today”

04.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Frederic Landau, general partner at Kinetica, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Marcio Lempert SYN Ventures

“One of the most undervalued opportunities is next-gen HR and talent intelligence”

04.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
SYN Ventures Operating Partner Marcio Lempert joins CTech to give his outlook for the 2026 market, from the civilian sectors set to benefit most from defense-derived tech to the untapped opportunities overlooked by the market, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
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