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משתתפי הפאנל בכנס יריית הפתיחה של ה-ScaleUp House

"With all due respect to AI, in the end, scale-up is done with people"

09.09.26|Hagai Gilboa
In a panel on how startups can make the leap to global growth, held at the opening conference of ScaleUp House by Calcalist and Showcase IL in collaboration with LeumiTech, Nir Inbar of LeumiTech urged founders to raise enough money “to create a layer that allows you to make mistakes,” while Seffi Tsarfati of Google Israel said: “You need to define scale, whether it is a large number of countries and users or enterprise companies.”
רקפת רוסק עמינח 2024

Rakefet Russak-Aminoach appointed to board of cybersecurity firm Rubrik

28.08.26|Meir Orbach
Russak-Aminoach, former CEO of Bank Leumi and a partner at Team8, will serve alongside prominent figures in the global technology industry, including Qualcomm’s chairman and Microsoft’s former chairman, bringing her experience in building fintech infrastructure and managing major financial institutions.
דגל בתפוח - ניו יורק - לאומי - אנגלית וידאו

Where Israeli Innovation Goes Global: The New York Scale-Up Connection

27.08.26|Maor Shalom Swisa, In partnership with LeumiTech
Thirty Israeli unicorns in Manhattan are valued at nearly 70 billion dollars. As Israeli startups shift from rapid exits to long-term growth, New York has become a vital scale-up hub - connecting Israeli innovation with the customers, capital and global expertise.  >> Watch the video report “Flag in the Big Apple.”
Maya Eisen Zafrir Yam Regev Yodfat Harel Buchris

ScaleUp House - A new home for Israel’s most promising scale-ups

24.08.26|CTech
Calcalist and Showcase IL have launched ScaleUp House, a new year-round initiative designed to support ambitious Israeli technology companies as they scale globally, raise their next rounds, and build international market presence.
כנס ניו יורק - נועה תמיר מנכ"לית כלכליסט מיה אייזן צפריר מנכ"לית לאומיטק

"When women grow, the ecosystem grows, when women lead, the future expands"

12.05.26|Roee Bergman
Noa Tamir, CEO of Calcalist, was speaking at the Yazamiyot female entrepreneurship event at Calcalist and Leumi’s Mind the Tech New York 2026 conference. Maya Eisen Zafrir, CEO of LeumiTech: "It's a great privilege to be here alongside so many amazing women. It definitely makes a difference"
כנס ניו יורק - מיה אייזן צפריר מנכ"לית לאומיטק יותם שגב מייסד משותף ומנכ"ל Cyera

"Israeli companies are born global, AI strengthens this"

12.05.26|Meir Orbach
"Pain is our beacon for finding the solution and what built us as a company," Yotam Segev, CEO of Cyera, which raised at a $9 billion valuation, was speaking at Calcalist and Leumi’s Mind the Tech New York 2026 conference. LeumiTech CEO Maya Eisen Zafrir: "Israeli entrepreneurs have proven what we all already knew: They are the best in the world."
אירוע טק עצמאות - ראיון אולפן - דיליה פקלמן ראש ענף חברות צמיחה ותאגידים לאומיטק וידאו

"Capital is flowing into the market, but it is more selective, more money going to fewer companies"

27.04.26|Tomer Hadar
Delia Pekelman, SVP Corporate and Growth at LeumiTech, spoke at Calcalist's Tech Independence 2026 event about how startups are dealing with the AI ​​revolution: "More mature growth companies must integrate AI in a meaningful way. That often requires rethinking and rebuilding core technology and products."
כנס TECH TLV - מיה אייזן צפריר מנכ"לית לאומיטק

LeumiTech CEO: "This year we reached a record number of serial Israeli entrepreneurs"

09.02.26|Maayan Manela
Maya Eisen-Zafrir was speaking at Calcalist's Tech TLV conference in collaboration with Bank Leumi. Ofer Ben-Noon, one of the prominent serial entrepreneurs, CTO, SASE, at Palo Alto Networks added: "Our high-tech connects to experience, deep capabilities, and talent. It will drive our ecosystem forward and push to a larger scale."
CTech London Conference - Panel Ido Vigdor, Yair Cassuto, Maya Sela

Israeli VCs urge startups to tap into Europe’s $50 billion opportunity

22.09.25|James Spiro
Viola Credit’s Ido Vigdor, Pitango First’s Yair Cassuto, and LeumiTech’s Maya Sela spoke to CTech at Mind The Tech in London about investment opportunities across the continent - and what technologies excite them most. 
ועידת לונדון 2025 -- שולחן עגול לאומי מיה אייזן צפריר מנכ"לית לאומיטק רועי אזולאי מייסד שותף ומנהל תפעול ראשי Cynomi דביר הופמן מנכ"ל COMMBOX נועם מילס מייסד שותף ומנכ"ל PANAX אורת בנימיני מייסדת שותפה ומנהלת תפעול ראשית REKKI

"Israeli entrepreneurs should view the UK as a viable secondary market for their activities"

17.09.25|Roee Bergman
LeumiTech CEO Maya Eisen Zafrir was speaking at a panel held during the Mind the Tech London conference. "Unlike elsewhere, in the UK you know very quickly where you stand," noted Orat Benyamini, co-founder and CEO of REKKI.
ועידת לונדון 2025- ריאיון באולפן סיטק - יו"ר מכון הייצוא אבי בלשניקוב

"The Israel Export Institute is the Iron Dome that protects Israeli industry"

17.09.25|Roee Bergman
Avi Balashnikov, chairman of the Israel Export Institute, noted at Mind the Tech London: "We are active 24 hours a day wherever we can strengthen and upgrade Israeli industry."
ועידת לונדון 2025 - מיה אייזן צפריר מנכ"לית לאומיטק וידאו

LeumiTech CEO: "In a world where uncertainty is certain, the Israeli entrepreneur has a distinct advantage"

17.09.25|Roee Bergman
Maya Eisen Zafrir, CEO of LeumiTech, noted at Mind the Tech London: "For global investors, and especially for British investors, Israel is an opportunity you can’t afford to miss."
מגדל עזריאלי שרונה תל אביב

Israel’s tech ecosystem defies uncertainty with $2.13 billion raised in Q1

31.03.25|Meir Orbach
Cybersecurity and mega-rounds propel sector growth despite cautious new investments. 
כנס ניו יורק - מיה אייזן צפריר מנכ"לית לאומיטק

"Our challenges are the secret behind Israeli high-tech’s success"

26.03.25|Hagai Gilboa
Maya Eisen Zafrir, CEO of LeumiTech, added at the Mind The Tech New York 2025 conference: "In a country of just 10 million people, we have produced more unicorns per capita than any other nation."
תל אביב מגדל עזריאלי מרכז עזריאלי

Israeli high-tech defies odds, raising $9.58 billion in 2024

29.12.24|Meir Orbach
Despite economic uncertainty and war, tech giants like Wiz and Cyera led record-breaking fundraisings, marking a 38% year-on-year growth.
תל אביב מגדל עזריאלי מרכז עזריאלי

Israeli high-tech raised $2.43 billion in Q3, contributing to $7.22B in first nine months of 2024

30.09.24|Sophie Shulman
A 32% rise year-to-date showcases resilience amid challenges. However, a 20% decrease in capital and a 17% decrease in the number of transactions was registered between Q2 and Q3, even when including the $1 billion raised by Ilya Sutskever’s American-Israeli company Safe Superintelligence.
מייסדי וויז, מימין לשמאל: רועי רזניק , עמי לוטבק , אסף רפפורט ו ינון קוסטיקה

Wiz leads Israeli tech to its best quarter of funding in two years

30.06.24|Meir Orbach
Even without the $1 billion funding round by the cyber decacorn, local startups raised over $1.9 billion, the most since the fourth quarter of 2022
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

Israeli high-tech shows signs of recovery with $1.6 billion raised in 105 rounds in Q1 of 2024

28.03.24|Sophie Shulman
The volume of fundraising increased by 10% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, with the number of rounds registering a 34% jump
ועידת ניו יורק שולחן עגול Special Founders Forum event - Standing with Israel - גיא פרנקלין מייסד ושותף כללי ב Israeli Mapped in NY Ventures וידאו

450 Israeli startups in New York: "The situation in Israel only made us want to invest more there"

07.03.24|Yuval Sade
According to Guy Franklin, the founder of Israeli Mapped in NY, the number of Israeli startups in the city only increases every year, and many of them took part in Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech conference in New York. Micah Rosenbloom, managing partner at Founder Collective: "We are focused on investing in companies that effectively manage their capital"; Hadley Harris, founding general partner at ENIAC Ventures: "Companies will experience difficult times in the next two years"
Maya Eisen Zafrir

The Israeli-American dual ecosystem empowering Israeli tech

04.03.24|Yuval Sade
“Israelis are known for their ability to adapt and initiate, and they bring new perspectives and face different problems under extreme conditions just as we see these days,” added Maya Eisen-Zafrir at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech conference in New York
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