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StageOne team

StageOne raises $165 million fund to back early-stage Israeli AI and cybersecurity startups

12.03.26|CTech
The venture firm’s fifth fund targets early-stage enterprise technology companies.
Zaki Djemel

Fresh Fund founder Zaki Djemal dies suddenly

06.03.26|CTech
Venture capitalist built one of Israel’s most active pre-Seed investment firms. 
משה זילברשטיין שותף בקרן Next47

“Israel’s technological capabilities are the reason it is working shoulder to shoulder with the US”

03.03.26|Meir Orbach
Amid the second war with Iran, Israeli high-tech firms continue operations and impress global investors, highlighting the country’s resilience and innovation.
מימין היזמיות תמי מן ו הילה רום משיקות היום את FutureFirst קרן הון סיכון חדשה

FutureFirst launches $50 million fund targeting Vertical AI startups and faster exits

25.02.26|Meir Orbach
Founded by Hila Rom and Tammy Mahn, the fund has secured roughly half its capital and begun Seed investments.
ארגון לתת

Israel’s Latet forms venture capital advisory board to aid families of reserve soldiers

12.02.26|CTech
Advisory board to guide fundraising, social initiatives amid war-driven economic hardship.
IL Ventures partners (left to right): Dani Harari, Yoni Heilbronn and Elad Frenkel.

“Investors are rewarding companies that can demonstrate why growth is sustainable, disciplined, and resilient”

09.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Yoni Heilbronn, Managing Partner at IL Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Angular Ventures founding partner Gil Dibner.

“Israel has yet to prove that it can build defense-tech startups into a sustainable industry”

09.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Angular Ventures founding partner Gil Dibner joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Dell Tech Capital’s Managing Director Yair Snir (Left) and Partner Barrel Kfir (Right).

“Basic AI capabilities have become a commodity, so the most significant opportunity has shifted toward Vertical AI”

08.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Dell Tech Capital’s Managing Director Yair Snir and Partner Barrel Kfir, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Gideon Shaw Elements VC

“The award for best ‘rebranding’ exercise must surely go to whoever popularized the term ‘defense-tech’”

08.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Elements VC partner, Gideon Shaw, joins CTech to give his investor's outlook for Startup Nation, from the limitations of the "resilience" narrative to the surge of foreign PE funds entering Israel, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026.
Yonatan Sela SquarePeg

“We are entering the age of the 'Lean Sovereign'”

08.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Square Peg partner Yonatan Sela joins CTech to explore how AI and cloud infrastructure is set to replace cybersecurity as Israel’s main export and how the country is adapting to a global, integrated VC model, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026.
Yoni Osherov

“The sheer velocity of AI-driven threats makes human-in-the-loop a bottleneck rather than a safeguard”

08.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Yoni Osherov, General Partner at Entrée Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Moshe Zilberstein ,Partner at N47.

“Hype free, real growth is the most critical metric that will drive premium valuations in 2026”

08.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Moshe Zilberstein, Partner at N47, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Ophir Reshef, Managing Partner at Israel Secondary Fund.

“With AI companies can hit growth benchmarks that previously required significantly larger teams”

07.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Ophir Reshef, Managing Partner at Israel Secondary Fund, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Dan Cahana, Principal on the Investment Team at Notable Capital.

“Israeli startups are extremely tethered to the US market, and we don’t see a way to build a big company from Israel without relying on the US market”

06.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Dan Cahana, Principal on the Investment Team at Notable Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.
Guy Yamen, Managing Partner at TPY Capital.

“A reckoning is coming. We are currently sitting in a public market bubble that inevitably spills into the private markets”

06.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Guy Yamen, Managing Partner at TPY Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Lior Kantor

Lior Kantor joins GC Ventures as a Partner

05.02.26|CTech
The fund operates under an Investor-Design-Partner-Client (IDPC) model, combining capital investment with hands-on operational partnership and the deployment of technology within active real estate platforms.