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ג׳וריאן דוזינדסטראל

Undeterred by war, Index Ventures invests $60 million in five Israeli startups since last October

15.07.24|Sophie Shulman
The VC fund has made 12 investments totaling $186 million in local companies since establishing an official office in Israel in 2022
Forestay team

Forestay Capital raises $220 million to invest in AI and SaaS startups in Israel and Europe

03.07.24|CTech
The European-based VC typically invests $10-15 million as a lead investor in early growth rounds. The new fund, Forestay II, has already partnered with enterprise AI startups such as Israeli cybersecurity solution Veriti 
פשה רומנובסקי

Pasha Romanovski leaving VC firm Hanaco

23.06.24|Meir Orbach
The co-founder and General Partner is stepping down after eight years that included success stories and several recent scandals  
גילי רענן

The Gili Ra’anan model: Questions emerging from Cyberstarts' remarkable success

13.06.24|Sophie Shulman and Meir Orbach
Calcalist reveals the mechanism behind Cyberstarts’ amazing returns: points worth tens of thousands of dollars are awarded to CISOs of organizations for deepening relationships with the fund's portfolio companies, aiding their growth. Is this model, which is increasingly questioned, one of the explanations for the fund's extraordinary success? Ra'anan said in response: "No CISO received compensation for purchasing products." 
הארי נליס שותף בקרן אקסל

Accel raises new $650 million fund to invest in Israeli and European startups

14.05.24|Sophie Shulman
The VC giant has invested to date in over 30 Israeli startups, including Melio, Snyk, and Fiverr in the past, and Cyera and Oasis since the start of the war 
Dror Bin IIA

Israel Innovation Authority launches new fund to catalyze $700 million investment in Israeli VCs

21.04.24|CTech
New initiative to boost institutional investments in Israeli high-tech will direct $160 million in state funds to VCs supporting Israeli companies
צ'ייס קולמן מייסד טייגר גלובל

Tiger Global falls well short of target with new $2.2B fund post global and Israeli investment cutback

02.04.24|Sophie Shulman
Tiger Global was the most active investor in the U.S. and Israel in 2021, but never came close to reaching the $6 billion it hoped to raise for its new fund, suggesting a low appetite among institutional investors for VC investments, compounded by negative experiences with Tiger Global in recent years
מגזין נדלן מרץ 2023 מגדל עזריאלי שרונה תל אביב

Israeli VC fundraising hits 10-year low after 73% plunge in 2023

20.03.24|Sophie Shulman
Despite the fundraising slowdown and reduced investments in new companies, Israeli funds still sit on a substantial $10 billion, with $2.38 billion earmarked for new investments and $7.7 billion reserved for existing portfolio companies
Moran Massad Hadar

Despite challenges, majority of VC funds are against Delaware flip for Israeli startups

17.03.24|Moran Massad Hadar
Only 13% of investors recommend their portfolio companies to perform a Delaware Flip in order to mitigate the current situation in Israel
Team8

Team8 raises $500 million in new funds, taking AUM to over $1 billion

05.03.24|Meir Orbach
Ten years since its inception, Team8 has achieved close to $2 billion in exits
Raviv Sapir

New VC fund Vinthera to invest tens of millions of dollars in Israeli tech

22.02.24|CTech
The Europe-based fund is anticipated to invest tens of millions of dollars in Israeli funds and startups in growth stages through collaborative investments with other funds
צוות אייבקס IBEX

“Israeli tech will export the innovations created as a result of the war and that will be a game-changer”

21.02.24|Sophie Shulman
“The current situation in Israel is the best in the 12 years I have been working here,” added Justin Borus, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ibex Investors, which announced a new $106 million fund to invest in Israeli startups
Ibex team

Ibex Investors closes $106 million fund to invest in early-stage Israeli startups

21.02.24|CTech
Since launching its first Israel fund in 2012, Ibex has made 40 early and growth stage investments in Israel. Among the current investments in Ibex’s portfolio are BeamUp, Appwrite, Honeycomb, Visionary.ai, and Weka
Shelly Hod Moyal and Mor Assia Co CEOs and founding partners at iAngles

Mor Assia and Shelly Hod Moyal raise $70 million for second iAngels fund

19.02.24|Sophie Shulman
The fund will invest in early-stage startups, with investments ranging between $2-4 million for Seed rounds
ג'ון אווירט שותף ב StepStone VC

"There is currently a trillion dollars trapped in VC funds and investors are desperate for liquidity”

29.01.24|Meir Orbach
"The current market situation is the perfect storm for us. Investors, who may have initially expected 7x or 5x returns in venture capital, are now willing to liquidate even for a 2x return,” explained John Avirett, a Partner at StepStone VC, who is in Israel raising money from institutional investors for a new $3 billion secondary fund
Red Dot Capital Partners

Red Dot Capital Partners completes first close of $250 million early growth fund

22.01.24|Meir Orbach
The fund leads investments in Israeli companies that show first signs of product market fit and have reached revenues of $1-5 million, usually in A-C rounds
צוות קרן ההשקעות הישראלית-אירופית Cardumen Capital

Cardumen Capital raises $120 million for early-stage deep tech fund

17.01.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli-European VC will invest in pre-Seed and Seed stage companies in fields such as AI, cybersecurity, big data, and information technologies
אמיר שבט וידאו

Former Twitter exec Amir Shevat launches new early-stage VC

16.01.24|Meir Orbach
The former head of Twitter’s developer platform said that Darkmode Ventures, which has raised $5 million, has invested in 12 companies to date, ten of which include Israeli entrepreneurs
שותפים בקרן השקעות וינטג' Vintage Investment Partners

Vintage Investment Partners raises $200 million for its 4th growth-stage fund

11.01.24|Meir Orbach
Growth IV will invest in 15-20 leading Israeli, European, and U.S. growth-stage technology startups. The new fund brings Vintage’s total assets under management to roughly $4 billion
משתתפי פאנל תעשיית ההון סיכון מימין דניאל שנער יפעת אורון חמוטל מרידור ליעד אגמון גיגי לוי

Gigi Levy-Weiss: "I have never seen so few new startups in Israel and such difficulty in raising Seed"

28.12.23|Sophie Shulman
The General Partner of NFX, speaking on a panel with Yifat Oron of Blackstone, Hamutal Meridor from Vintage Investment Partners, and Liad Agmon from Insight Partners, does nevertheless see some long-term positives: “I’ve been talking to some very powerful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley who want to come here after the war and start their next company here”
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