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הייטק היי-טק היי טק השקעות גיוס הון הנפקה אקזיט כסף דולרים מחשב מחשבים

Full list of Israeli startup M&As in 2026

19.05.26|CTech
Michal Perry Viber

Viber: “Many tech companies used 2025 as a year for ‘efficiency layoffs’”

19.05.26|Amy Shapiro
Michal Perry, SVP HR at Rakuten Viber, discusses why the company rejected efficiency layoffs amid the AI revolution, and how it supports its largest global hub in Israel throughout the fluctuating state of crisis, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.
תל אביב משרדים שרונה מגדלי עזריאלי

Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2026

19.05.26|CTech
Omer Kfir MIND Security

MIND: “There's a real level of frustration in the air that we don't ignore”

18.05.26|Amy Shapiro
Omer Kfir, Head of HR at Mind Security, discusses how the cyber startup is adjusting its people strategy during a rolling state of emergency, while balancing the rise of AI and a swing to an employer's market, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.
Aviv Yonas Team8

Team8: “It has become rare to recruit a dedicated QA position”

07.05.26|Amy Shapiro
Aviv Yonas, VP of HR at Team8, explains how the tech revolution is blurring some traditional job descriptions, and how the firm supports its local Israeli team throughout an ongoing state of emergency, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.
Noa Rosenberg Segalovitz Lightricks

Lightricks: “Rough times are the most honest mirror an organization has”

06.05.26|Amy Shapiro
Noa Rosenberg Segalovitz, CHRO & CLO at Lightricks, discusses how the late-stage startup is experiencing a reverse brain drain despite the rolling state of emergency, and how the AI revolution is influencing traditional job roles, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.
אירוע טק עצמאות 2026 - דניאל מרכוס וידאו

April wants to "democratize the service" of tax optimization

06.05.26|Amy Shapiro
Daniel Marcous, Co-Founder and CPTO of April speaks to CTech at Calcalist's Top 50 Most Promising Startups event in Tel Aviv.
Vast Data employees

Israeli startups raise over $1.25 billion in April, lifted by Vast Data’s mega-round

05.05.26|CTech
Despite just nine funding rounds amid Passover and Independence Day, a single $1 billion raise by Vast Data propelled April to its strongest showing since 2021. 
Jonathan Or and Nadav Aharon

AutoPipe says agentic AI platform is “reducing work that takes architects weeks to one day”

05.05.26|CTech
Veterans of the IDF's Unit 8200 are building an agentic AI platform to automate the slow and manual process of cloud architecture design.
אירוע טק עצמאות 2026 - פרופסור נתנאל לינדר וידאו

"One of the biggest challenges in quantum computers is the issue of noise"

05.05.26|Amy Shapiro
Netanel Lindner, Co-Founder and CTO of Qedma and a Technion professor, speaks to CTech at Calcalist's Top 50 Most Promising Startups event in Tel Aviv.
Shachar Eini Nachmani Air Doctor

Air Doctor: “Perks or bonuses don’t solve burnout where employees are balancing ongoing security concerns”

04.05.26|Amy Shapiro
Shachar Eini Nachmani, Director of Human Resources at Air Doctor, discusses how the company maintains operational continuity under fire, while redefining roles in the age of automation, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.
אירוע טק עצמאות 2026 - זוהר עיני וידאו

"Developers are really stuck": Why Port.io is replacing manual DevOps with AI agents

04.05.26|Amy Shapiro
Zohar Einy, CEO of Port.io, speaks to CTech at Calcalist's Top 50 Most Promising Startups event in Tel Aviv.
אירוע טק עצמאות 2026 - גיל טובלי וידאו

"A Robin Hood movement to help the smaller developers": How Appcharge is fighting app store monopolies

03.05.26|Amy Shapiro
Gil Tov-Ly, CMO of Appcharge, speaks to CTech at Calcalist's Top 50 Most Promising Startups event in Tel Aviv.
אירוע טק עצמאות 2026 - שי לוי וידאו

Unframe CEO: "I foresaw that enterprises were going to struggle to adopt AI"

30.04.26|Amy Shapiro
Shay Levi, Co-Founder and CEO of Unframe, speaks to CTech at Calcalist's Top 50 Most Promising Startups event in Tel Aviv.
אירוע טק עצמאות 2026 - מיכל לופו וידאו

“AI software is becoming active and it drives work forward”

29.04.26|Amy Shapiro
Michal Lupu, Co-Founder and CEO of Blocks, speaks to CTech at Calcalist's Top 50 Most Promising Startups event in Tel Aviv.
Gil Aginsky, Prof Emeritus Yehuda Agnon and Prof Guy Ramon Thermagix

Israeli startup Thermagix claims “the only economical solution for harvesting low-grade heat”

18.03.26|CTech
With two Technion scientists on the founding team alongside a retired Navy Admiral, the startup is building a patented platform to capture low-grade heat across a $1 billion market.
Gal Polivoda and Tomer Ben Ari Constrol

Fixing “a fundamental gap in construction”: Constrol aims to turn building plans into computable financial models

17.03.26|CTech
Having already supported over $50 billion in project evaluations, the Israeli ConTech startup is banking on deep-tech execution to solve a structural gap in construction by turning building data into precise financial models.
Marquee Founders

Starting from an Arsenal fan group, Marquee says it’s the "Claude Code" for sports recruitment

16.03.26|CTech
With a $2 million Pre-Seed round led by AnD Ventures, Israeli sports tech startup Marquee looks to trounce the sticking points curbing recruitment in professional sports.
Lena Levin and Eran Raichel Octopus AI

“Finance doesn’t need more software, it needs protectiveness”: Octopus AI wants to give the finance department an active presence in business

15.03.26|CTech
Created from a refusal to accept how finance traditionally works, Israeli fintech startup Octopus AI is looking to revolutionize conventional enterprise operations with AI financial workers.