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דובי פרנסס Group 11

Group 11 strikes $20 million deal for second fund holdings, including Tipalti, Navan, and Sunbit

07.12.23|Sophie Shulman

Investment firms StepStone Group and Industry Ventures are acquiring a 12% stake in Group 11’s second fund

מרסיו למפרט שותף ב SYN Ventures

SYN Ventures raises new $75 million fund to double down on Israeli cyber

30.10.23|Meir Orbach

“In all our conversations with both existing and new investors, we have made it clear that a substantial portion of the new fund will be invested in Israel. No one has indicated any intention of withdrawing or giving up on their investments,” said Marcio Lempert, SYN Ventures’ Israeli partner

מלחמת עזה קיבוץ בארי בית הרוס 12.10.2023

Over 220 VCs come out in support of Israel

“Israel has shown up time and time again for the world in times of need, it is now our time to step up to the plate and to support Israel and the Jewish people,” read the letter signed by the venture capital funds

איסוף תרומות ו ציוד ל תושבי עוטף עזה ב תל אביב

Global tech giants stand with Israel: Companies and funds offer support and donations

10.10.23|Omer Kabir, Meir Orbach, Lital Samet

Foreign tech giants and venture capital funds have expressed solidarity with Israel following murderous Hamas attack

Cyberstarts founders

Cyberstarts secures $480 million for opportunity fund

24.09.23|Meir Orbach

The new opportunity fund, named Cyberstarts Scale, comes on the back of a $200 million opportunity fund raised in March 2022. It brings Cyberstarts’ total assets under management to $663 million

צוות פיטנגו הלת'טק מימין יואל שופיג מנהל השקעות בכיר הילה קארח שותפה מנהלת איתי הראל שותף מנהל ד"ר יהונתן גלזר שותף

Pitango HealthTech announces first closing of new $175 million fund

06.09.23|Meir Orbach

The new fund has already made several investments, including in QuantHealth.ai, an AI company focused on clinical trial simulations to accelerate and de-risk drug development, and Nevia Bio, a FemTech company developing an AI-based biomarker platform for early detection of women’s health diseases

"If in 2021 every second company could raise money, now the standard is much higher"

31.08.23|Elihay Vidal

Lee Moser, Managing Partner of AnD ventures, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector

Amiti Ventures appoints Zoe Ofer as Senior Associate

Ofer will be responsible for the relationship with the fund's investors (LP), alongside accompanying the fund's investments in startups from the first stages

Yonatan Mandelbaum

"The state of fintech in Israel is depressing - All the entrepreneurs have switched their risk tolerance to 'OFF'”

24.08.23|Elihay Vidal

Yonatan Mandelbaum, a Principal at TLV Partners, noted that even within the limited number of fintech startups that emerged in 2023, "I haven't seen anything that's genuinely new, interesting, or groundbreaking. Mostly, what we are seeing are companies that are essentially copycatting existing ones"

Minimizing risk in venture capital in a complex geopolitical world

22.08.23|Raviv Sapir

“By analyzing geopolitical risks, building strategic collaborations, and embracing diversification strategies, you can steer through uncertainty, unlocking opportunities for growth, resilience, and success,” writes Raviv Sapir

מימין גל גיטר ו ניקול פריאל שותפים מנהלים ב קרן ה השקעות אייבקס ibex

“We don't expect to see a meaningful recovery in the venture industry before the second quarter of 2024”

15.08.23|Elihay Vidal

Nicole Priel and Gal Gitter of Ibex Investors spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector

Entrepreneur and investor Yuval Ariav closes $50 million debut fund Symbol

The new VC fund will be making first-check, $0.5-$3.5 million investments focusing on what it calls ‘pre consensus’ entrepreneurs and startups

Fiona Darmon Merav Weinryb

Seasoned VCs Fiona Darmon and Merav Weinryb launching new fund focused on secondary opportunities

03.08.23|Meir Orbach

Based on a recent SEC filing, Darmon and Weinryb intend to raise $100 million

מימין ערן סנדהאוס עודד חרמוני קרן J Ventures

J-Impact raises $22 million for sustainable investments

23.07.23|Meir Orbach

The new fund will be managed by Eran Sandhaus, a senior figure in the high-tech industry, alongside Oded Hermoni, the founder of J-Ventures, which was established in 2018

גיל הורסקי ואסתר ברק לנדס, מייסדי פלורה ונצ'רס

FLORA Ventures raises $50 million to invest in sustainable agrifood tech

19.07.23|Meir Orbach

Gil Horsky and Esther Barak-Landes completed the initial raise with strategic partners including Haifa Group, Harel Group, and Sadot Kibbutzim, a co-op bringing together more than 185 Kibbutzim

Shahar Tzafrir Adi Yarel Toledano Eitan Bek Rona Segev

TLV Partners raises $250 million to invest in early-stage Israeli startups

17.07.23|Meir Orbach

The VC firm, which has previously invested in the likes of Aqua Security, Next Insurance, Aidoc, Quantum Machines, and Zencity, has reached $1 billion in assets under management. "The subject of the judicial overhaul came up in every conversation with the investors," said Managing Partner Rona Segev. "The government of Israel has declared war on the high-tech sector"

"The Israeli entrepreneur will fight to get this train back on track, but at what price?"

12.07.23|Elihay Vidal

Itay Rand, General Partner at 10D, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector

כנס לונדון כלכליסט חדשנות טכנולוגית - איזבל עמיאל אזולאי Sienna Venture Capital

Sienna VC raising $250 million to invest in Israeli startups

06.07.23|Meir Orbach

The European fund plans to invest between $5-15 million in each funding round, with varied areas of focus including AI, cybersecurity, fintech, digital health, foodtech, agritech, and more

Avichay Nissenbaum Roy Katzenelson lool Ventures

“The decline in new startups and the loss of trust from global investors will take several years to recover from”

05.07.23|Elihay Vidal

Avichay Nissenbaum and Roy Katzenelson of lool Ventures spoke with CTech as part of the series “Where do we go from here?”, aiming to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector

סופי שולמן מנחה כלכליסט אדם פישר שותף בכיר BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS ליאור סימון שותפה CYBERSTARTS איתן בק שותף מנהל TLV PARTNERS כנס כלכליסט TECH ON STAGE וידאו

“The fear of f**king up (FOFU) has replaced the fear of missing out (FOMO)”

04.07.23|Irad Atzmon Schmayer

Adam Fisher, Partner at VC firm Bessemer Venture Partners, added that he is looking for "entrepreneurs who look a little further ahead. If it's too easy to raise at the beginning, it'll probably be harder later. The chance that you come up with an idea that no one else has at that moment is slim"