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How an Israeli engineer went from Rafael to iPhone Portrait Mode and a $300 million OpenAI exit

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Oracle begins another round of layoffs as $2.8 billion restructuring plan expands

Startup Nation Central

20 stories about Startup Nation Central

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Startup Nation Central shuts down Finder, its flagship database of Israeli tech, and starts looking for a buyer

14.09.26|Zachy Hennessey

Interim CEO Aviva Steinberger says the platform was becoming overshadowed by AI search tools. A source close to SNC points to a cost problem too, and says the org quietly tested a paid version before pulling the plug.

Startup Nation Central’s Finder team

Startup Nation Central lays off 65 of 80 employees amid major restructuring

13.02.26|Meir Orbach

Non-profit trims vast majority of staff as it refocuses on high-impact initiatives for Israeli tech.

שיגור ה לוויין אופק 19

From secret satellites to civilian services: Israel’s space industry reinvents itself

29.01.26|Maayan Cohen-Rozen

A new report charts the sector’s shift from defense roots to commercial, data-driven space applications.

Mental health map

Mental health tech investment soars 150% to $352 million as market consolidates

A new report by Startup Nation Central and partners reveals a dramatic shift in the sector: capital is doubling while deal count drops, signaling a move toward deep-tech and clinical solutions in the wake of the war.

Shlomi Kofman, IIA VP & head of international collaborations division; Yariv Lotan, SNC VP of product and data.

“Health tech is nowhere near the ‘bottom of the well’ - we are just moving from hype to value”

24.12.25|Zachy Hennessey

After a sharp contraction in 2025, healthtech is entering an efficiency cycle where funding decisions are driven less by long-term promise and more by demonstrable, near-term return on investment.

מייסדי סייארה Cyera מימין תמר בן אילן CTO ו יותם שגב המנכ"ל

Israeli startups raised $15.6 billion in 2025 as AI drove bigger, more concentrated bets

22.12.25|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach

Fundraising fell to a decade low in deal count, but AI and cyber attracted unprecedented capital concentration.

כנס INTENT לחוקרי סייבר

AI becomes Israel’s largest tech engine with funding jumping from $4.9 billion to $7.9 billion

Data shows the national tech economy now anchored by AI-first companies.

Noam Canetti Yifat Oron Rob Levy and Yoav Hinman Private Equity MNC Summit 2025

Israel is “on par” with Silicon Valley, says Blackstone’s Yifat Oron

06.11.25|Amy Shapiro

As Israel’s startup ecosystem matures beyond premature exits, a panel of private equity experts argues that PE is becoming increasingly pivotal in elevating Startup Nation toward fulfilling its potential for scale and growth.

Avi Hasson and Ilan Bressler MNC Summit 2025

Intel VP: “Everyone needs to step up and adapt to the new rules of the game”

05.11.25|Amy Shapiro

As Intel undergoes a radical global transformation, VP of Wireless Communications Ilan Bressler outlines the new realities informing its next phase and explains why Israel’s speed and ingenuity sit at the core of that reinvention.

Avi Hasson and Jeff Horing MNC Summit 2025

Insight Partners’ Jeff Horing: “The first generation of Israeli founders ran for exits, the new one runs for gold”

04.11.25|Amy Shapiro

The veteran investor warns that Israel’s next wave of innovation success depends less on inventing new technology, and more on understanding how to apply it.

Israeli semiconductor map

From Mobileye to Mellanox: Mapping $40 billion in Israeli chip exits

A decade of deals shows how Israel became central to the world’s semiconductor supply chain.

אבי חסון מנכל SNC סטארט אפ ניישן סנטרל

Avi Hasson to step down as Startup Nation Central CEO in early 2026

30.09.25|Maayan Cohen Rozen

After four years, the organization begins search for a new leader.

מגדל עזריאלי שרונה תל אביב

Israeli tech raises $11.9B in 2025 as M&A soars to $71B, five times last year

Despite a 22% drop in deal volume through the first three quarters of the year, funding climbed 13% year over year, while exits hit $41 billion and cybersecurity dominated record-breaking acquisitions.

Cybersecurity map

Mapping Israel’s cybersecurity ecosystem: Funding doubles despite global headwinds

There are more than 500 Israeli companies developing technologies ranging from AI-powered threat detection to cloud protection, secure enterprise browsers and industrial system safeguards.

תל אביב מגדל עזריאלי מרכז עזריאלי

$9.3B raised marks strongest half for Israeli startups since 2022

30.06.25|Sophie Shulman

Even without the exceptional $2B capital raise by Safe Superintelligence, an AI company with ties to Israel but not clearly defined as an Israeli company, total fundraising still reached $7.3B for the half year, a pace well above the roughly $10B raised in all of 2024.

תל אביב מגדל עזריאלי מרכז עזריאלי

Google’s $32B Wiz deal anchors historic Q1 for Israeli tech

Total M&A hit $35.9B, early-stage funding recovered, and global confidence held.

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Israel’s defense tech map expands to 312 firms amid wartime innovation boom

Startup Nation Central says many companies self-identified in recent months as investor interest surged.

Wiz’s $32B sale signals new era for Israeli tech as M&A boom accelerates

25.03.25|James Spiro

Global corporations are seizing the country’s best startups at an unprecedented pace.

Yariv Rotem Arik

"More in line with the US than the war": Israel’s tech ecosystem ‘thrives’ against the odds

18.03.25|James Spiro

A report by Startup Nation Central has highlighted resilience and adaptability amid domestic uncertainties and geopolitical tensions.

Mental health landscape map

Israel’s mental health tech sector sees surge in investment and innovation

After years of underinvestment, funding rebounds as AI-driven solutions expand access to mental health care.