Protego Ventures

5 stories about Protego Ventures
ימין ליטל לשם לי מוזר דן פישר ניק פומפאו ו כריסיטיאן שנדלר - קרן דיפנס טק Protego

Protego backs Rilian in $17.5 million Seed round to bridge defense AI gap

23.04.26|Sophie Shulman
Israeli defense fund expands U.S. portfolio as startups target government adoption bottlenecks in security technology. 
Lital Leshem Protego Ventures

“I expect Israel’s next export engine to be autonomy and security for the physical world”

13.01.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Protego Ventures co-founder and managing partner Lital Leshem joins CTech as part of the VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap, to discuss the resilience of Israel’s high-tech sector, evolving deep-tech capital models, and the country’s next export engine.
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AI, drones, and the explosive growth of Israel’s dual-use defensetech industry

25.02.25|James Spiro
Startup Nation Central held a panel highlighting the growing sector and emphasized the benefit of dual-use companies to raise confidence and capital among investors. 
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“Israel's agility, especially in times of war, is going to make it a leader in defensetech”

16.01.25|James Spiro
Perri Finkelstein, Head of Business Development and Value Creation at Protego Ventures, shared her insights with CTech at Tech TLV
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Defense tech VC Protego raises $70M in just two weeks, sets sights on $200M

10.12.24|Sophie Shulman
Led by Lital Leshem and Lee Moser, Israel’s first defense-exclusive VC fund is capitalizing on surging global interest in military technology.