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Elihay Vidal

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דרים טים 2026 וידאו

From agri robots to AI surgery tools: Israel’s Dream Team heads to New York

15.04.26|Elihay Vidal
Twelve Israeli startups will present at the Mind the Tech Week New York 2026 conference, delayed after the Israel-Iran conflict. The delegation will meet investors and corporate partners, showcasing technologies ranging from automated flight compensation to embedded tax software and secure digital voting systems.
Daniel Frankenstein Joule Ventures

“Too many AI companies have no pathway to profitability”

07.04.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Joule Ventures joined CTech as part of its IL Tech in NY series in collaboration with Israeli Mapped in NY.
Aviram Kalev Eden Global Partners

“Innovation remains the foundation, but it's the resilience that's earning Israeli tech a premium”

18.03.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Eden Global Partners joined CTech as part of its IL Tech in NY series in collaboration with Israeli Mapped in NY.
Two Lanterns VC Team

“AI makes differentiation and moats more difficult within software”

03.03.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Two Lanterns Venture Capital joined CTech as part of its IL Tech in NY series in collaboration with Israeli Mapped in NY.
Roni Zori Lerer Hippeau

“We see Israel as an incredible market with exceptional founders”

26.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Lerer Hippeau joined CTech as part of its IL Tech in NY series in collaboration with Israeli Mapped in NY.
סיטק תערוכת דיפנס טק מינגלינג וידאו

From taboo to boom: Inside Israel’s new defense tech gold rush

24.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Israeli defense tech sees surge in investment and innovation at 2026 Tel Aviv Expo.
Tobias Citron Primary Venture Partners

“In the context of investing in cyber, Israel is the most important market to be active in”

23.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Primary joined CTech as part of its IL Tech in NY series in collaboration with Israeli Mapped in NY.
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. 
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