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Viola Fintech

"There can only be so many services or software startups"

01.11.26|Amy Shapiro
Viola FinTech General Partner Noam Inbar explains how fintech is evolving as a foundational layer for other sectors.
Michal Sever Nayax

"We are here to make the change and make it happen for marketing"

01.11.26|Amy Shapiro
Nayax's Michal Sever, who was awarded CMO of the Year just ten months into her role, comments on how marketing leaders must adapt to drive the Israeli tech ecosystem forward. 
Idan Roll Code for Israel

"This is an amazing way to create impact in Israel”

01.11.26|Amy Shapiro
Code for Israel CEO and former Knesset member Idan Roll discusses harnessing the local tech sector to solve the public and social sphere's most complex challenges.
Avner Halperin Sheba

"We're the first hospital outside the US that gets the latest capabilities of OpenAI"

01.11.26|Amy Shapiro
Sheba Impact CEO and ARC Director Avner Halperin details the hospital's ambitions to implement artificial intelligence across all wards by 2027.
Alon Kollmann Clover Security

“Building a company during these times is a challenging journey”

01.11.26|Amy Shapiro
After winning Startup of the Year at Tech1, Clover Security CEO Alon Kollmann says that while the current climate is difficult, the explosion of AI agents has created a massive opportunity for Israeli cyber.
Navot Bar, CEO and co-founder of Keystone.

"AI stands on infrastructure of power and land"

29.10.26|Zachy Hennessey
Keystone CEO Navot Bar says power availability will set the pace of AI, and Israel has to move fast or lose data centers to other countries.
Asaf Banai, founder and CEO of Profit.

"Don't chase the new trend. The trend is not your friend"

29.10.26|Zachy Hennessey
Profit founder and CEO Asaf Banai makes the case for diversification over trend-chasing, and calls AI "an evolution on speeds."
Einat Weidberg, Head of High Tech Practice at Shibolet Law Firm.

"The innovation and the DNA are still here"

29.10.26|Zachy Hennessey
Shibolet Law Firm's head of high tech practice says early-stage funding is the industry's biggest challenge, and M&A is currently a more relevant path than IPOs for most companies.
Jessica Sellam, Head of the Private Markets Group at Rothschild & Co.

"We all have to be profoundly optimistic and see AI as an opportunity"

29.10.26|Zachy Hennessey
Rothschild & Co's head of private markets says investors will become more selective, while founders gain more choice of partners. 
Eric Reiner, partner at Vine Ventures.

"We are so perfectly positioned for this next wave that it's almost unfair"

29.10.26|Zachy Hennessey
Vine Ventures partner Eric Reiner on building a US-Israel investment bridge and backing Eon and Wonderful after October 7.
Shachar Fienblit, co-founder and Chief R&D Officer of VAST Data.

"Everything needs to be built for agents and not for human beings"

29.10.26|Zachy Hennessey
VAST Data's co-founder and Chief R&D Officer Shachar Fienblit says AI's shift from training to inference plays to Israel's strengths.
Neil Shah, Head of Tech Listings at the London Stock Exchange.

"With $20 million ARR, you can IPO"

29.10.26|Zachy Hennessey
The London Stock Exchange's head of tech listings makes the case for London as an earlier path to the public markets for Israeli companies.
Ron Peled, co-founder of Sola Security.

"Israeli tech delivers no matter what"

29.10.26|Zachy Hennessey
Sola Security co-founder Ron Peled says post-October 7 motivation and AI are driving the industry forward, even as Israeli companies have to work harder to prove themselves abroad. 
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.
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.
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.