Startup
Investors turn to Israel’s battle-tested defense-tech start-ups as funding hits record $40.8b.
Investments are pouring into military and dual-use technologies at unprecedented levels due to rising military spending and demand for autonomous systems and deployable battlefield technologies.
Ex-unit 8200 alumni sell Elementary Data for Some $45 million
Inside the US defense giant: CET Sandbox helps Israeli founders find their way in America
Huge exit: The Israeli company sold for $6.3b.
Israeli startup Qedma helps IBM outperform top supercomputer using quantum technology
Qedma’s algorithms enabled IBM’s quantum computer to overcome noise and achieve a scientific computing advantage with potential commercial applications.
Oxygen of NIS 1B for hi-tech: Who will receive state aid and who will be left out?
The government is expanding its coffers and injecting NIS 1 billion into start-ups whose operating horizon shrank due to the strengthening of the shekel against the dollar.
Innovation Authority launches NIS 1 billion solution for companies hit by shekel-dollar crisis
The fund aims to provide a financial hand for technology startups and early-stage projects whose runway to operate the company has been hit because of the strong shekel.
From soldiering to start-ups: Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem
“Our young people are our future,” says Koftan Halabi, Druze hi-tech entrepreneur and founder of the Druze tech center in Isfiya.
Israeli AI cyber startup Glow launches with $180m funding at $1.2b valuation
Founded by veterans of Meta, Snowflake and Claroty, Glow says its AI agents continuously map workplace devices, remove risky software, and enforce security policies.
monday.com to cut 20% of global workforce, more than 600 employees to be laid off
Israeli tech giant monday.com announced a major organizational restructuring that will see 620 employees leave the company worldwide as it shifts focus toward an AI-based work platform.
Israel on track to record year in public deals with 30 IPOs, $4.1 billion raised, report reveals
In total, 325 deals were made between public and private offerings, making 2026 the third-best year in the last decade, behind 2021 and 2022, according to a report by Grant Thornton Israel.
What investors are looking for in Israel's next generation of startups
Gil Ben-Artzi discusses how AI is changing startup investing, where Israel's competitive advantage lies, and why founders need more than a strong product to succeed in the US
'Deals happen outside meetings': Hakibbutz unveils first Israeli startup home in New York City
"We didn't want to build just another office space. We wanted to create a place that people and companies genuinely want to be part of," said Amir Wolner, Founder and CEO of Hakibbutz.
Ben-Gurion third in the world for graduates' odds of founding a unicorn
Stanford University study: Ben-Gurion University graduates have the highest chance in Israel of founding a unicorn company, and rank third among institutions worldwide.
