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20 stories about VC
Tali Rosenwaks Next Gear Ventures

“The next AI revolution will be powered by energy, cooling, and physical infrastructure”

02.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Next Gear Ventures partner Tali Rosenwaks joins CTech to discuss Startup Nation's shift to strategy-driven exits, the rewards of disciplined DeepTech, and how infrastructure players will win the AI revolution, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
Danny Akerman, co-founder and managing partner at Key1 Capital.

“Israeli tech today represents the ability to build foundational companies that matter at global scale”

01.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Danny Akerman, co-founder and managing partner at Key1 Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.  
Lior Prosor, General Partner at Deep33.

“If productivity and abundance reach sufficient scale, society will gradually redefine why we work, what work means, and how value is created”

29.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Lior Prosor, General Partner at Deep33, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Ezra Gardner Varana

“This is now the start of the Kennedy era for the Israeli tech ecosystem”

29.01.26|Elihay Vidal, Amy Shapiro
Varana Capital co-founder and CIO Ezra Gardner joins CTech to discuss the acceleration of the U.S.-Israel tech partnership, why he predicts capital will move away from cyber, and the most likely utility of dual-use tech, as part of the VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
Mobilion Team

“Israel should stop using resilience as its national brand going forward”

28.01.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal
Mobilion Ventures Managing Partner Avi Feldman joins CTech to discuss the branding of Startup Nation, the current liquidity environment, and the emergence of Physical AI as a global game-changer, as part of the VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.
Liran Grinberg, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Team8.

"Geopolitical shifts reinforce that Israeli tech is fundamentally resilient, and the innovation engine here is hard to replicate"

28.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Liran Grinberg, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Team8, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Zack Fagan, Partner at Earth & Beyond Ventures.

"Israel’s competitive advantage has never been abstract creativity alone; it has been the ability to innovate under constraint and to overcome the status quo."

28.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Zack Fagan, Partner at Earth & Beyond Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
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.