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Netanel Meir Avi Shulman

StageOne Ventures promotes Netanel Meir to General Partner and Avi Shulman to Partner

Promotions follow the closing of a $165 million fund as the firm strengthens its leadership for the next phase of investing.

OurCrowd sued over alleged preferential unit conversion deal

14.04.26|Meir Orbach

Founders accused of breaching fiduciary obligations in investor dispute.

מימין גיל פרידלנדר חן לינצ'בסקי ו ג'ייסון וולף שותפים מנהלים בקרן Iron Nation

Iron Nation launches $60 million second fund as it expands into full-scale VC

13.04.26|Meir Orbach

Indiana anchors the new fund with a $15M commitment as the post-October 7 investor backs Israeli startups from Seed to Series B.

מימין: עמרי אמירב דרורי , שרי ברונפלד ו גיגי לוי וייס - שותפים בקרן NFX

NFX launches one-week investment track to back Israeli startups during wartime

06.04.26|Sophie Shulman

The program targets early-stage companies building under mounting economic pressure.

Aaron Dubin and Daniel Goldstein

Team8 appoints Aaron Dubin and Daniel Goldstein as partners to lead new venture strategy initiative

The initiative focuses on long-term investment and value creation in emerging technologies.

The European VC gap in Israeli tech and why it matters now

29.03.26|Dor Lee-Lo

Structural gaps, not strategy, explain why European investors are missing from Israel's tech ecosystem.

מתחם BE ALL חלל עבודה הייטק

Pre-Seed valuations surge amid AI-fueled solo-founder boom

26.03.26|Meir Orbach

Base44 acquisition highlights shifting investor appetite for lone-entrepreneur ventures.

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

The venture firm’s fifth fund targets early-stage enterprise technology companies.

Fresh Fund founder Zaki Djemal dies suddenly

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.

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

Advisory board to guide fundraising, social initiatives amid war-driven economic hardship.

Yaniv Schneider and Lisya Bahar Elron Ventures

“Deep tech, defense, and industrial applications are Israel’s next major export engine”

09.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal

Elron Ventures CEO Yaniv Schneider and chairperson Lisya Bahar Manoah join CTech to discuss why Israeli VC must evolve to support high-CAPEX ventures, the rise of a third liquidity path, and how deep tech is set to become Israel’s next major export engine, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap.

Lior Hanuka HiCenter

“The boundary between hardware and software is rapidly disappearing”

09.02.26|Amy Shapiro, Elihay Vidal

HiCenter Ventures CEO Lior Hanuka joins CTech to give his investor's outlook for Startup Nation in 2026, from how Israel can establish global leadership in the modern semiconductor era, to the best translation of defense capabilities into the civilian sector, as part of CTech's VC Survey 2026.

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.

“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.

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