Israeli Exits Exceed $5.5B In 2012
The startup nation has hit another peak, with 2012 being a record year for startup exists. Accounting firm PwC reports that over the year, Israeli companies have made exits totaling at over $5.5...
View ArticleRakuten Launches $100M Global Investment Fund
June 30, 2014 | The Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten announced the launch of its new $100 million global investment fund in startups and companies in Israel, the United States and the Asia Pacific...
View ArticleDelegation Of Israeli Gaming Startups Heads To US And Canada
July 21, 2014 | A delegation of Israeli gaming startups will head for the United States and Canada in cooperation with the Ministry of the Economy. The startups hope to pitch their technologies and...
View ArticleUK Fund Taurus To Invest In Israeli Startups
March 22, 2015 | UK-based financier Taurus Asset Finance will invest in Israeli startup companies through its fund Wekix II, according to a Reuters report. The fund specializes in cloud, internet,...
View ArticleTech Mahindra To Invest $20M In Israeli Startups
March 31, 2015 | Indian IT services giant Tech Mahindra will invest $20 million in Israeli startup companies, according to a TheMarker report. Tech Mahindra, which acquired Israeli company Leadcom last...
View ArticleBillionaire Mukesh Ambani To Invest In Israeli Startups
March 31, 2015 | Billionaire Mukesh Ambani, India’s wealthiest person, will invest in Israeli startup companies, according to a Bloomberg report. His conglomerate Reliance Industries is currently...
View ArticleGoing Public Is The New Exit: Six Israeli IPOs To Watch
When it comes to winning in the Startup Nation, the homerun is to go public on NASDAQ, the stock exchange which currently lists 90 Israeli companies valued at a whopping $40 billion. And this year, or...
View ArticleIsraeli Startups Raise Impressive $994 Million In First Quarter Of 2015
According to a report released today by IVC Research Center, 166 Israeli startup companies raised a whopping $994 million from venture capital firms in the first quarter of 2015, the second-best result...
View ArticleA Look Inside The Booming Startup Nation: Is Everyone Getting A Piece Of The...
For Israel’s startup scene, 2014 was in many ways the year of the golden egg, with exits and IPOs totaling $15 billion, a new record for the Startup Nation. And it looks like 2015 is shaping up pretty...
View ArticleWhat Will It Take To Breed More Billion Dollar Israeli ‘Unicorn’ Companies?
With many Israeli startup founders racing to sell their companies, the question is: Can the Startup Nation breed ‘unicorns’ – large, multinational companies worth $1 billion or more? SEE ALSO: Top 10...
View ArticleWorld Economic Forum: Israel Is 2nd Most Innovative Country In The World
Israel is the second most innovative nation in the world, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, which ranks countries’ competitiveness based on 12 categories,...
View ArticleTel Aviv’s Startup Ecosystem Ranked No. 3 In The World
Tel Aviv’s startup ecosystem has been ranked No. 3 in the world this year by venture capital firm SparkLabs Global Ventures, following Silicon Valley and Stockholm. New York City and Los Angeles round...
View ArticleThree Israeli Startups Raise A Total Of $37M
November 17, 2016 | Three Israeli companies, Logz.io, SeaLights, and Siemplify, announced major funding rounds this week, raising an aggregate total of $37 million. Logz.io, which combines machine...
View ArticleF2 Capital Opens, Launches $50M Fund To Back Israeli Startups
| December 1, 2016 | Three members of the senior investing team at major Israeli venture firm Genesis Partners, Eddy Shalev, Jonathan “Jonny” Saacks and Barak Rabinowitz, announced today the the...
View ArticleMeet The Winners: Our Pick For 2016’s Coolest Israeli Startups
2016 was another remarkable year for Israeli innovation, with the Startup Nation showing no signs of slowing its breakneck pace. The startup ecosystem has made global headlines with a host of new...
View ArticleBloomberg Ranks Most Innovative Countries; Israel In Top 10
Israel, also known as the Startup Nation, is the tenth most innovative nation in the world, according to Bloomberg News, which yesterday released its Bloomberg Innovation Index for 2017. Ranking 50...
View ArticleUnicorn Dreams: Who Will Be The Next Billion Dollar Israeli Startup
A popular new pastime in Israel’s tech scene is hunting unicorns. No, not the mythical horse-like creatures with one horn, but startups valued at $1 billion or more. The unicorn craze started in 2013,...
View ArticleInnovation Nation: Twelve Israeli Inventions That Are Changing The World
As the country with the highest number of startups per capita in the world, Israel has truly earned its nickname, “The Startup Nation”. In just a few decades, thousands of Israeli startups have given...
View ArticleDLD Tel Aviv 2017: Ten Innovation Festival Events Not To Miss
DLD Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest annual startup conference, will once again open its doors next week. With thousands of guests from around the world, and hundreds of startup and high-tech executives, the...
View ArticleIsraeli Startups Raise Over $1 Billion In Q3 2017
November 2, 2017 | The Israeli startup ecosystem raised over $1 billion in just over 100 funding rounds in Q3 2017, according to a new study released by Start-Up Nation Central, an Israel-based...
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