Amy Shapiro

20 stories about Amy Shapiro
סיטק - אירוע חצי שנתי של – עדי הורוביץ לביא  09.07.26 וידאו

“Israeli startups raised 40% more than last year”

31.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Poalim Tech’s Dr. Adi Hoorvitch-Lavi explains how investors have grown increasingly selective despite the surge in local startup funding.
מימין שי מורג הילה זיגמן ו ענר מזור Aner Mazur Hila Zigman and Shai Morag

Blue-and-white Black Hat: How Israel came to dominate cyber's biggest conference

30.07.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Israeli founders, investors and security executives descend on Las Vegas each year, using Black Hat to launch products, court customers and shape the industry's AI-driven future.
סיטק - אירוע חצי שנתי - נופר עמיקם 09.07.26 וידאו

“Cybersecurity is still the gift that keeps on giving”

30.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Glilot Capital Managing Partner Nofar Amikam explains why the cyber sector is in a "perfect storm".
סיטק - אירוע חצי שנתי של – אייל ניב  09.07.26 וידאו

“Saying AI today is like saying software”

29.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Pitango’s Eyal Niv explains why the AI era requires founders to operate as "unicorns" themselves.
סיטק - אירוע חצי שנתי של – אופיר שי 09.07.26 וידאו

“We're back to our basic principles of looking at the founders in front of us”

28.07.26|Amy Shapiro
TLV Partners Associate Ophir Shay explains why lower barriers to entry are causing early-stage investors to return to the fundamentals of founder evaluations.
סיטק - אירוע חצי שנתי של – אלון קנטור 09.07.26 וידאו

“Mega rounds are making it harder to actually evaluate what's really happening in the market”

27.07.26|Amy Shapiro
10D Partner Alon Kantor discusses whether the Israeli market is really in a new growth cycle and what founders pitching AI-native companies are missing.
Noa Matz , Ziv Elron

“I’m talented, I’m skilled, I’m safe”: The psychological contract of high tech is breaking

27.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Monday.com’s decision to cut 20% of its workforce has become a symbol of a deeper shift in Israeli high tech, as AI, war and uncertainty challenge the belief that talent and hard work can guarantee security.
אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 איה פטרבורג וידאו

"If you're building a frontier technology, then you don't have growth"

22.07.26|Amy Shapiro
S Capital Founder and Managing Partner Aya Peterburg explains what investors are really looking for amid the AI boom.
אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 רותם לשם וידאו

“Growth has regained its top priority among startups”

21.07.26|Amy Shapiro
PSG Director Rotem Shacham discusses why growth is making its comeback as a priority for investors and unpacks the emerging sectors on Israel's horizon.
אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 ישראל בירן וידאו

"A lot of things will move into space, including data centers and manufacturing"

20.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Earth & Beyond Ventures General Partner Israel Biran explains why venture capital is looking less at pure software and more into sectors like deep tech, defense, and space.
אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 קורן תנך וידאו

“The IPO market is opening up and will remain open for the next two years”

19.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Varana Capital’s Koren Tanach explains why he's bullish about the return of the IPO market.
אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 יונתן רויזין וידאו

AI makes it "very easy to build something that looks good but doesn't have the depth" warns investor

16.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Angel investor Jonathan Roizin breaks down the consequences of AI on the VC landscape that founders should be wary of.
אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 דניאל ארדון בארץ וידאו

"Investors aren't choosing between profitability or efficiency and growth"

15.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Danielle Ardon Baratz from Red Dot Capital explains what investors are looking for today, and how AI has changed these criteria.
אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 ליטל לשם וידאו

Protego: "The prime time is deep tech, defense tech, and dual use"

14.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Protego Ventures’ Lital Leshem explains why Israeli defense tech is drawing record interest from foreign investors and where she sees the next breakthrough.
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Debunking the myths of the brain drain and the "employer's market"

08.07.26|Amy Shapiro
CTech's "HR: The Next Leap" survey consulted 31 Israeli offices across the high-tech landscape, from entrepreneurs to VCs, to map the most salient trends affecting Startup Nation today. Here, we break down the defining characteristics of the new talent economy.
Moran Shoham Weiser AppsFyer

AppsFlyer: “The nature of employee expectations has changed significantly”

29.06.26|Amy Shapiro
Moran Shoham Weiser, SVP Global HR at AppsFlyer, discusses why flexibility is imperative to business continuity in Startup Nation and the need to rebuild entry-level pathways for an AI-driven market, as part of CTech's series.
Judy Gisher KPMG

KPMG: “Addressing burnout is not necessarily about a specific benefit or perk”

28.06.26|Amy Shapiro
Judy Gisher, Head of People at KPMG, refutes the local "brain drain" narrative and explains how an employer's market is creating more balanced hiring decisions, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.