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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.
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
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
מיה אייזן צפריר מנכ"לית לאומי טק

Israel's high-tech industry is sure to overcome the challenges of the current war

09.01.24|Maya Eisen Zafrir
“The unique DNA of the Israeli high-tech and its vast history of coping with challenges and crises in recent years, are key to its capability to prevail in such a complex period,” writes Maya Eisen Zafrir, CEO of LeumiTech
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

Israeli startups raise $1.45 billion in Q4 despite war, end 2023 with $6.9 billion in total

28.12.23|Meir Orbach
The fundraising activity in 2023 was similar to 2018-2019. The data reflects a 44% decrease in the number of deals and a 56% drop in the amount of raised capital compared to 2022
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

Startup funding drops 62% YoY in Q2, but 11% increase from Q1 provides reason for optimism

12.07.23|Sophie Shulman
Looking at the first half of the year compared to the corresponding half in 2022, there was a 24% decrease in funding volume among Israeli startups and a 17% decrease in the number of rounds, bringing the industry back to the pace of the first half of 2019
מיה אייזן צפריר מנכ"לית לאומיטק

Maya Eisen Zafrir to replace Timor Arbel-Sadras as CEO of LeumiTech

10.07.23| Meir Orbach
Arbel-Sadras is leaving after less than two years at the head of LeumiTech, which specializes in banking for high-tech companies
מימין שותפה בקרן Ibex ניקול פריאל מנכ"לית לאומיטק תימור ארבל סדרס

2023 started badly for Israeli high-tech and it may get worse

03.04.23|Meir Orbach
Despite the desire of industry executives to see light at the end of the tunnel, the next two quarters at least are expected to continue the downward trend
ועידת לונדון 2023 תימור ארבל-סדרס  מנכ"לית לאומיטק

Rising from challenges: Stronger and more creative

21.03.23|CTech
"I prefer to look beyond the doom and gloom and talk about the rainbow after the storm. How can we come out of this crisis even stronger than before," said LeumiTech CEO Timor Arbel-Sadras during the Mind the Tech London conference