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20 stories about VC
עודד חרמוני מייסד משותף של קרן ההון סיכון J-Ventures

“Five percent of companies attract roughly 50 percent of total VC funding”

27.01.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
As part of the VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap, J-Ventures managing partner Oded Hermoni joins CTech to share his perspective on the future of the Israeli tech landscape, from the concentration of global capital to the country’s role in the deep tech engine.
Judah Taub, Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures.

“When Taiwan gets tense, every AI chip gets expensive. Companies building around that constraint will own the next decade.”

27.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Judah Taub, Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.
Gili Elkin, Founder & Managing Partner at ICI Fund.

“We’re entering a decade where intelligence extends beyond the screen into mission-critical, real-world environments”

26.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Gili Elkin, Founder & Managing Partner at ICI Fund, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Ido Hart Maor Investments

“10 times growth year-over-year has become the new 3 times”

26.01.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
As part of the VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap, Maor Investments partner Ido Hart joins CTech to share his perspective on the future of the Israeli tech landscape, from evolving perceptions of performance to the country’s role in the future of AI.
Gonzalo Martínez de Azagra Cardumen Capital

“The real leap in 2026 is not volume, but quality of liquidity”

25.01.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
As part of the VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap, Cardumen Capital founder and GP Gonzalo Martínez de Azagra joins CTech to share his investment outlook, from the development of "engineered" liquidity to changing venture attitudes toward deep tech.
Aaron Rinberg

“With LPs, the 2026 story isn’t a rebrand so much as a reframing: innovation plus extreme resilience”

25.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Aaron Rinberg, partner at Ibex Investors, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Dorin Baniel, principal & head of EMEA office at NightDragon.

“Israeli startup growth remains dependent on the US as investors, buyers, partners, and customers”

22.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Dorin Baniel, Partner, Israel, at NightDragon, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Boaz Morris Qumra Capital

“Foreign LPs who have waited on the sidelines are returning with increased appetite for Israeli tech”

22.01.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Qumra Capital Partner Boaz Morris joins CTech as part of the VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap, offering his outlook on the rebranding of the Israeli asset class, the high-bar liquidity environment, and the high-CAPEX ventures driving the next decade for Startup Nation.
BiblioTech Uzi Baruch

CTech’s Book Review: Avoid being swayed by market hysteria

21.01.26|Uzi Baruch
Uzi Baruch, managing partner at RealNumbers, shares insights after reading "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham.
Amit Alfasi, Investor Relations Manager at Peregrine Ventures.

“The same sensor fusion and computer vision tech used for military target acquisition are now disrupting surgery”

21.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Amit Alfasi, investor relations manager at Peregrine Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.  
Lia Cromwell UpWest

“The recovery of the Israeli IPO market in 2026 is fundamentally tied to the stabilization of US capital markets”

21.01.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
UpWest Partner Lia Cromwell joins CTech as part of the VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap to offer her predictions for the investment landscape, from the anticipated thaw of the IPO window for Israeli startups to the latent potential of Vertical AI.
David Feldman Flint

“Sovereignty has become a commercial requirement, not just a political statement”

20.01.26|Elihay Vidal, Amy Shapiro
Flint Capital Principal David Feldman joins CTech to offer his outlook on the state of Startup Nation, from its rebranding as a stress-tested allocation to the roadmap for its next export engine, as part of the VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
Nadav Shimoni, Managing Director at A² Ventures.

“The winners won’t be the loudest or the most ambitious but the most focused, efficient, and boringly profitable”

20.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Nadav Shimoni, Managing Director at A² Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.  
דורין בניאל מנהלת אזורית בקרן נייטדרגון

NightDragon appoints Dorin Baniel as Partner, Israel

20.01.26|CTech
Baniel established the firm’s first international office in Tel Aviv in 2023 and drives investments across cybersecurity, defense, and emerging technologies.
Lee Ben-Gal and Haim Bachar, Investors at lool ventures.

“AI is making output per person the real scaling metric; headcount growth is now often a lagging indicator.”

19.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Lee Ben-Gal and Haim Bachar, Investors at lool ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.  
Tzahi Weisfeld, co-founder & chairman at Ignite DeepTech.

“Israel’s best companies will still be global, but not hostage to any single platform or jurisdiction.”

18.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Tzahi Weisfeld, co-founder & chairman at Ignite DeepTech, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.  
איץ אפלבאום יו"ר קרן ההשקעות קינטיקה

Even bigger than the cyber revolution: How Israel is becoming a global defense-tech powerhouse

15.01.26|Yitz Applbaum
"Israel is going to see hundreds of billions of dollars in defense tech exits in the next few years that are going to displace existing primes and reshape the global defense landscape," writes Yitz Applbaum, chairman of Kinetica VC fund.