Israeli Tech

20 stories about Israeli Tech
מורה מתמטיקה כיתה בית ספר תלמידים

Grow more high-tech professionals

05.07.21|Sophie Shulman
The goal: preserve the high-tech industry’s contribution so it continues to grow while avoiding widening social gaps. The solution: Excellent education for all
ערן שיר מנכ"ל נקסאר Nexar

Running a country like a startup

05.07.21|Eran Shir
Nexar founder and CEO Eran Shir explains why Israel is no longer a “cheeky startup nation” and what it needs to do to become “a nation of technology giants”
הייטק היי-טק היי טק השקעות גיוס הון הנפקה אקזיט כסף דולרים מחשב מחשבים

High-tech workforce, own your privilege

04.07.21|Ariel Greisas
Algorithm developer Ariel Greisas calls on his colleagues to “develop the necessary awareness of their place in our society, and accept some basic responsibilities”
יאיר טל מנכ"ל Blend

New money with a new attitude

04.07.21|Yair Tal
BLEND CEO, Yair Tal, believes that a new generation of Israeli wealth will create new norms and see the new tech millionaires change and advance society
מוסף עצמאות איור כתבת יוניקורנים

7 reasons why Israel has become an assembly line for tech unicorns

17.04.21|Sophie Shulman
The stars aligned perfectly for the local tech sector over the past year, sparking a baby boom of billion-dollar companies
Ctech most promising 2021

The 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups - 2021

14.04.21|Hagar Ravet and Meir Orbach
We look beyond the blinding valuations to choose the companies that not only survived the Covid-19 crisis but thrived and are now best positioned for future success
שולחן ועידת דובאי בנושא פיננסים והייטק

“Israel will soon become a central axis for trade, just like it was during the Ottoman Empire”

29.11.20|Naomi Zoreff, Irit Avisar, and Ron Friedman
Israeli and Emirati business people took part in a series of roundtable discussions on various ways to cooperate
Facebook Shopping קניות בפיסבוק

Israeli programmer reveals uphill battle to launch Facebook Shops remotely

25.08.20|James Spiro
The Israeli team took over from the London office to create a new multi-app tool for e-commerce solutions
מוסף שבועי 16.7.20 יעל חץ מובטלת הייטק

The industry is hanging by a thread: 10 laid off tech pros tell their stories

17.07.20|Diana Bahur-Nir
Recently unemployed tech professionals talk about their financial worries, emotional crises, the rising competition for each job, the terrifying future, and the one silver lining that may come from it all
משרדי חברת Wix  וויקס תל אביב

How does a company that never turned a profit reach a valuation of $10 billion?

18.06.20|Sophie Shulman
Website building platform Wix shares many similarities with Zoom, including a generous boost from Covid-19
עובדים משרד מחשבים אופן ספייס

Covid-19 Does not Have to Mean an Untimely Demise for Young Israeli Startups

02.06.20|Meir Orbach
If Israel wants its growth engine back on track, it is going to have to be far more creative and generous
תל אביב קו רקיע Tel Aviv Skyline

Israeli Tech Is Uniquely Positioned to Survive the Covid-19 Crisis

15.03.20|Elihay Vidal
The fact that most of its products are virtual could help the Israeli tech industry get back on its feet more quickly following the global pandemic
מימין אורן יונגר סגן נשיא ו גלן סולומון מנכ"ל משותף GGV Capital

An Alibaba Early Backer Looks to Israel

11.02.20|Meir Orbach
GGV Capital manages some $6 billion in assets across seven funds, counting Airbnb, Slack, Grab, and Houzz among its portfolio companies. To entice Israeli startups to hop on its bandwagon, the fund has sent over two of its leading executives
אהרון אהרון מנכ"ל רשות החדשנות 17.4.19

Israeli Government Tech Investment Arm to Halt New Grants in 2020

29.01.20|Meir Orbach
The Israel Innovation Authority will not approve funding to new projects in the first quarter of 2020; Israel's political limbo has postponed the approval of the government budget, affecting most government agencies
תל אביב  מבט על זירת הנדלן

2019 Was a Record Year for Israeli Exits

14.01.20|Meir Orbach
Last year saw 138 exits, 122 of which were mergers and acquisitions valued at $21.7 billion in total
תל אביב קו רקיע חוף

5 Comments on the State of the Startup Nation at the Dawn of 2020

03.01.20|Elihay Vidal
CTech editor in chief Elihay Vidal outlines warning signs for the local tech ecosystem to watch out for in the next decade
כנס כלכליסט ניו יורק גף הורינג

Insight Partners Opens Israeli Office

28.10.19|Meir Orbach
This is the New York-based venture capital firm’s first international office. Insight has over $20 billion in assets under management and has backed more than 300 companies worldwide
מימין שי וינינגר ו  דניאל שרייבר מייסדי Lemonade למונייד

Lemonade, Hippo Insurance Among Forbes’ Most Promising AI Companies in America

20.09.19|CTech
Ten Israeli-linked startups were listed among the 50 AI-related companies highlighted by Forbes Tuesday
רוני ברזין

For the Next Generation of Israeli Startups, Company Culture Is a Big Challenge

15.03.19|Roni Berezin
The Israeli tech ecosystem has matured tremendously in the past three decades, and this evolution has altered the DNA of the organizational culture
מגדל הטלוויזיה של ברלין Fernsehturm

Israeli Tech Luminaries to Take the Stage at WeTechBerlin

31.01.19|Omer Kabir
Calcalist to lead a delegation of leading figures from Israel’s tech industry to Berlin in February