Zachy Hennessey

20 stories about Zachy Hennessey
Tali Freeman Shalev, CEO of CreaTech-Labs.

Meet the woman trying to build Israel’s AAA gaming industry

05.03.26|Zachy Hennessey
Tali Freeman Shalev's CreaTech is setting out to answer one question: can Israel build a real AAA gaming industry?
An electric car at a charging station.

“The automotive industry will eventually wake up to cyber attacks. It's a pandemic that's just waiting for an outbreak.”

22.02.26|Zachy Hennessey
A new report finds ransomware rising in connected vehicles, as experts warn that shared digital infrastructure could amplify future risks. 
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. 
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. 
Chaim Schiff, CEO of Elephant Secondary Market Platform.

“The UAV sector holds the highest potential for civilian adaptation and ultimately, the future of autonomous transportation”

05.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Chaim Schiff, CEO of Elephant Secondary Market Platform, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
A stick-figure worker at a desk, split between a muted corporate environment with a subtle surveillance eye on the left and a colorful, glowing AI interface on the right, representing the tension between workplace monitoring and the appeal of public AI tools.

Inside the struggle to control employees' AI use

04.02.26|Zachy Hennessey
The rise of Shadow AI pits corporate security against workplace reality.
Eyal Bino 97212

“Israeli tech post-October 7th could not be in a better position”

04.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Eyal Bino, Founding Partner at 97212 Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
(From left): Frederic Landau, Aaron Applbaum and  Yoav Knoll.

“It may feel uneasy, but letting software act independently isn’t optional, it’s necessary for survival today”

04.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Frederic Landau, general partner at Kinetica, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Lior Segal (left) and Yaniv Jacobi, Managing partners at Horizon Capital.

“Almost anything proven under battlefield conditions can become a commercial product once it’s translated into civilian workflows”

03.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Yaniv Jacobi and Lior Segal, Managing Partners at Horizon Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
Daniel Roditi, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Meron Capital.

“Global LPs now assume Israeli founders can operate through geopolitical shocks, volatility, operational chaos, and even war”

02.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Daniel Roditi, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Meron Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey. 
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. 
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.