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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

תל אביב משרדים שרונה מגדלי עזריאלי

Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2026

Israeli startup PlexAI secures $1.4M to modernize the multi-trillion-dollar commercial real estate market

Born over a dinner conversation and led by two software veterans alongside a former Saban Real Estate executive, PlexAI is looking to transform the commercial real estate sector by replacing manual underwriting with specialized AI agents.

Raphael Blumenthal and Natanel Perez Finterest

“The real competitor is the status quo”: Finterest plans to fix what the wealth management market is missing

Having raised $100,000 in friends and family funding since its launch this year, fintech startup Finterest wants to set the gold standard for a $145 trillion market by providing a modern, compliant client acquisition infrastructure to replace the scattered spreadsheets.

מוח שליטה מוחית שטיפת מוח תודעה 2

Debunking the myths of the brain drain and the "employer's market"

08.07.26|Amy Shapiro

CTech's "HR: The Next Leap" survey consulted 31 Israeli offices across the high-tech landscape, from entrepreneurs to VCs, to map the most salient trends affecting Startup Nation today. Here, we break down the defining characteristics of the new talent economy.

פנגו לעסקים משנה את כללי המשחק: ניהול חכם של עולם התחבורה והרכב בפלטפורמה אחת

AI and the workplace: Is the high-tech sector being dangerously short-sighted?

07.07.26|Amy Shapiro

CTech's "HR: The Next Leap" survey polled 31 Israeli offices across the high-tech sector to uncover the most definitive trends affecting Startup Nation in recent times. As we continue to dive deeper into these findings, we turn our focus to what is happening inside the office: the AI workplace transformation.

9 כללי האצבע שחשוב להכיר לפני שחותמים על חוזה שכירות

Why Israel's tech workers no longer want ping-pong tables

06.07.26|Amy Shapiro

The country's HR leaders say the era of flashy perks is fading as employees seek flexibility, recovery and meaningful work in a time of war. CTech's "HR: The Next Leap" survey consulted 31 Israeli offices across the high-tech landscape, from entrepreneurs to VCs, to gauge the most pertinent macro and micro trends affecting Startup Nation in recent times. Over the next few days, we'll dive deeper into these findings, starting with one of the most definitive themes of the moment: a crisis-driven culture.

Moran Shoham Weiser AppsFyer

AppsFlyer: “The nature of employee expectations has changed significantly”

29.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Moran Shoham Weiser, SVP Global HR at AppsFlyer, discusses why flexibility is imperative to business continuity in Startup Nation and the need to rebuild entry-level pathways for an AI-driven market, as part of CTech's series.

Judy Gisher KPMG

KPMG: “Addressing burnout is not necessarily about a specific benefit or perk”

28.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Judy Gisher, Head of People at KPMG, refutes the local "brain drain" narrative and explains how an employer's market is creating more balanced hiring decisions, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Shahaf PY Team Photo

A third-generation stonemason is looking to transform construction with 3D printing

Born out of a veteran stone and marble firm, Israeli startup Shahaf PY is using advanced robotics to help construction sites print complex concrete elements independently, from custom housing to defense applications.

Yaeli Alev Oasis Security

Oasis: The swing to an employer’s market is real and “we've stopped getting into bidding wars”

25.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Yaeli Alev, HR Director at Oasis Security, explains why local tech professionals are choosing to stay and build in Israel and the importance of allowing teams to disconnect to prevent burnout, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Gye Cohen YL Ventures

YL Ventures: “The companies retaining talent have replaced the performance of care with the practice of it”

24.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Gye Cohen, VP of Operations and HR at YL Ventures, explains why elite tech talent still holds the cards despite perceptions of an "employer's market" and how the local cyber ecosystem remains insulated from a systemic brain drain, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Shany Tenzer-Kessel Navina

Navina: “The industry is moving past the phase where ‘resilience’ worked as an answer to everything”

23.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Shany Tenzer-Kessel, Chief People Officer at Navina, explains why top-tier candidates are harder to move than ever and the reality of long-term recovery following a crisis situation in Startup Nation, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Limor Kidron Bright Data

Bright Data: Using AI to cut headcount is “a business decision dressed up in tech language”

22.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Limor Kidron, Chief People Officer at Bright Data, discusses the myth of the employer's market and how Israeli resilience actually accelerated company growth during the war, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Saray Ben-Meir Quantum Art

Quantum Art: “Employees value a clear mission and stability more than flashy perks”

21.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Saray Ben-Meir, Head of HR at Quantum Art, discusses operational continuity when work from home isn't an option, and the myth of the employer's market especially in the field of quantum, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Dr Uri Stoin and Prof Yoel Sasson GreenTidio

How an Israeli startup plans to outcompete legacy Goliaths in the $27 billion TiO2 market

Following an accidental discovery, Israeli startup GreenTidio found a cleaner and cheaper way to manufacture the hidden ingredient that serves as the invisible backbone of modern life.

Einat Leham-Livnat Imperva

Imperva: “A hybrid and flexible model is no longer a perk, it is an essential part of maintaining balance”

18.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Einat Leham-Livnat, VP HR and CSP Site Manager Israel at Imperva-Thales, discusses the benefits of flexibility over traditional corporate work perks, and why the company prizes internal global mobility, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Noa Mindlin and Anna Nuriel Biocatch

BioCatch: “When a company trusts its people in a crisis the people tend to prove that trust right”

17.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Noa Mindlin and Anna Nuriel, Co-VPs of HR at BioCatch, discuss how AI is complicating recruitment with identical applications and how burnout today has a different "texture" than it did a few years ago, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Dana Matalon Goren Zero Networks

Zero Networks: The industry expects people to arrive capable while removing the very rungs they climbed to get there

16.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Dana Matalon Goren, VP HR at Zero Networks, explains the current two-speed labor market and the generational values redefining the workplace perk environment, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Mapping the hidden job market of Startup Nation

16.06.26|Amy Shapiro

After watching his talented friends lose their jobs and struggle over next steps, Nir Kosover and his ScaleFox co-founders bootstrapped a side project to create a first-of-its-kind, comprehensively indexed view of the Israeli high-tech job market to counteract the anxious narrative surrounding the state of Startup Nation.