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Eva Hubsman

Beyond employee secondaries: Why LP liquidity matters for Israel’s tech ecosystem

17.09.25|Eva Hubsman
"Secondaries are no longer just about employees selling stock. Venture firms themselves are now actively selling stakes in their funds to generate liquidity for investors," writes Eva Hubsman, a Partner at Israel Secondary Fund.
Lior Prosor

“Via Dolorosa” - Via Transportation’s IPO: A decade-long ride of grit, resilience, and execution

15.09.25|Lior Prosor
"Via’s IPO comes at a turning point for tech. The pendulum is swinging away from incremental SaaS toward companies tackling humanity’s biggest challenges through hard infrastructure," writes Lior Prosor, a Founding Partner at Hanaco Ventures.
לילך דנביץ' דירקטורית אסטרטגיה ושותפויות NTT ישראל

$40 billion will be gone by 2027 – and your bank account could be next

10.09.25|Lilach Danewitz
Generative AI is putting banks in serious crisis, making it impossible for them to distinguish between reality and forgery; Israel can lead the global effort to prevent a world where we lose our digital identity.
Sharon Kinory

From SEO to GEO: Fighting for visibility in the age of AI

09.09.25|Sharon Kinory
"Scaling GEO/AEO requires analytics for AI visibility, standardized metrics for recall, and ingestion pipelines feeding structured, brand-owned data into models," writes Sharon Kinory, an Associate at StageOne Ventures.
Tomer Raved

Foreign private equity funds: A critical pillar in the maturation of Israel’s business sector

08.09.25|Tomer Raved
Smart foreign capital that recognizes the resilience and maturity of Israeli companies, even amid persistent security uncertainty, can strengthen traditional industries, reduce leverage, and firmly position Israel on the global growth map.
Yaniv Shnieder

We weren't left behind in AI, we were waiting for the main course

08.09.25|Yaniv Shnieder
"Israel has not missed the AI train. It was simply waiting for the wheels and the engine to be built," writes Yaniv Shnieder, CEO of Elron Ventures.
ד"ר אייל ברסלר ע"ד ועורך פטנטים משרד עמית פולק מטלון

The cyber catch: Defending intellectual property in a rapidly shifting and classified domain

31.08.25|Eyal Bressler
Unlike other technology sectors, the cyber domain is defined by cross-border litigation and costly legal disputes, requiring a unique approach to safeguarding patents.
ניקול לוין בכירה בחברת AI

The doom scale: How SF house parties are deciding the future of AI investment

25.08.25|Nicole Levin
Why Silicon Valley's party small talk about the apocalypse is now driving billion-dollar investments. 
Joshua Begner

How Israel’s M&A market is thriving despite the war

25.08.25|Joshua Begner
While global headlines portray Israel as a high-risk market, some of the largest M&A deals in the country’s history took place this year - and for good reason.
הפגנה נגד המלחמה, השבוע במלבורן. "פגשתי הרבה פלסטינים שההתנגדות שלהם לקיומה של ישראל איננה בגלל שהם מאמינים בקונספירציה יהודית, אלא בגלל מה שקרה להם

The quiet destructive embargo Israel refuses to confront

25.08.25|Elihay Vidal
Investors, academics, and corporations are pulling back, while the government insists all is well.
דגלי סין ישראל China Israel

China’s growth can usher in a new era for China–Israel cooperation

20.08.25|Xiao Junzheng
"Chinese capital can help Israeli startups expand globally, while Israeli technology can support China’s industrial upgrading," explains Xiao Junzheng, Chinese Ambassador to Israel
עו"ד נטלי מרגלית שותפה משרד ארנון, תדמור-לוי

Global confidence in Israeli tech shines through mega-deals

20.08.25|Nataly Margalit
"Beyond the impressive numbers and mega-deals, the core strength of Israeli high-tech lies in its ability to thrive under uncertainty," writes attorney Nataly Margalit of Arnon, Tadmor-Levy law firm.
Liad Shnell Viber

The road to $100M ARR goes through “revenue per engineer”

11.08.25|Liad Shnell
"In the race to $100M ARR, the leanest runners will lead - and redefine what a 'team' can achieve," writes Liad Shnell, CTO at Viber.