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The Leading Data Source on Israel's High-Tech Industry since 1997
Active Multinationals Active Investors Active High-Tech Companies
404 2,608 9,634
 
Number of Unicorns Capital Raised in 2021 ($m)
65  10,919

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New Israeli Unicorns (May-June 2021)

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Israeli tech startups enjoy booming IPO market
These are all in addition to a bevy of new stock offerings on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and foreign exchanges since the beginning of 2021.
(Source: The Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2021)

Claroty secures unicorn status with $140 million funding round
The Israeli industrial cybersecurity company reached a valuation of $1 billion thanks to 133% year-over-year growth in new annual recurring revenue.
(Source: CTech, June 17, 2021)

WalkMe prices Nasdaq IPO at $2.6b valuation
The Israeli digital adoption SaaS company has raised $287 million and will begin trading on Nasdaq today.
(Source: Globes, June 16, 2021)

Israel’s high-tech industry flourishes, but new startups fall
High-tech employees have helped rehabilitate Israel's economy after the economic, social, and health crises of 2020, according to the 2021 Israel Innovation Authority Report.
(Source: ISRAEL21c, June 16, 2021)

The Ten Commandments for a successful startup - 2021 Retake
"There is no one-size-fits all model for building a successful business, but rather ten strong foundational pillars that help elevate the ideas and business models that are shaping our modern technological world," writes Kobi Samboursky of Glilot Capital Partners.
(Source: CTech, June 16, 2021)

How can Israel grow its hi-tech workforce? - analysis
Filling positions isn't easy, and hi-tech executives regularly complain that there are not enough qualified programmers and engineers available in Israel.
(Source: The Jerusalem Post, June 15, 2021)

Five Israeli startups make World Economic Forum tech pioneers list
Global list highlights early growth-stage companies ‘poised to have a significant impact on business and society’; previous cohorts included Google, Twitter, Airbnb, Spotify.
(Source: The Times of Israel, June 15, 2021)

Wave of IPOs creates new Israeli tech tycoons
The wealthiest of Israel's new tech multi-millionaires is monday.com co-CEO Roy Mann, who holds shares worth $1.1 billion.
(Source: Globes, June 14, 2021)

Meron Capital closes $50m second Israel VC fund
Meron Capital closed its first fund in 2017 and has since invested in 16 startups, four of which have already made successful exits.
(Source: Globes, June 14, 2021)

Chip startup NextSilicon announces its arrival with over $200 million in funding and an estimated $1.5 billion valuation
The Israeli company, founded just three years ago, has developed an innovative solution to increase the processing power of supercomputers.
(Source: CTech, June 14, 2021)

"We're concerned at the decline in early-stage startups"
Dr. Yaron Daniely of healthcare VC firm aMoon intends to take an active approach to turning academic research into viable companies.
(Source: Globes, June 13, 2021)

Israel’s first unicorn generation is becoming an unstoppable herd
monday.com’s record-breaking IPO represents a shift in how Israeli companies are viewed and treated. Now, they need to prove they can manage the high expectations.
(Source: CTech, June 13, 2021)

TECH Israel bet banks billions for venture firm Insight as Monday.com and WalkMe go public
Insight Partners, a New York-based venture firm, opened its first international office in Tel Aviv less than two years ago. The firm is notching big returns from its Israeli investments, most notably from its 43% stake in Monday.com, which went public last week. WalkMe is slated to debut on the Nasdaq this week and counts Insight as its biggest investor.
(Source: CNBC, June 13, 2021)

Amazon Web Services to open data centers in Israel in 2023
Tech firm announces plan a few weeks after Jewish state signs billion-dollar cloud-based services deal with the company and Google.
(Source: The Times of Israel, June 12, 2021)
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IVC Research on Global Media (May-June 2021)

Israeli unicorns being 'born' faster than ever, report finds
New report from Catalyst Investments indicates that companies established since 2008 that reach $1b valuations do so in less than half the time of companies founded prior to 2008. IPOs and mergers and acquisitions reflect the same trends.
(Source: Israel Hayom, June 7, 2021)

Workplace collaboration firm monday.com eyes $6 billion valuation in Nasdaq IPO Valuation would be second-highest ever for IPO of Israeli tech firm, after Playtika, which listed shares on Nasdaq this year at $13 billion valuation, according to IVC data.
(Source: The Times of Israel, June 1, 2021)

Israeli startups raised nearly $2b in May
Israeli tech companies raised $8.6 billion in the first five months of 2021, fast approaching the record $10 billion raised in all of 2020.
(Source: Globes, June 1)

What the heck is a SPAC and why are Israeli companies so keen on them?
SPACs took off during the pandemic and created a major buzz in the Israeli ecosystem and on Wall Street as popular alternatives to IPOs.
(Source: ISRAEL21c, May 31)

Israeli tech surges with investors jumping in as COVID spurs digitalization
Israel created unicorns at the astounding rate of one a week in Q1 this year; experts say corrections may come, but tech is on a long-term upward trend.
(Source: The Times of Israel, May 26, 2021)
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Israel Tech Related New Appointments/Positions (June 2021)
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The Israeli Tech Review Q1/2021

The quarterly capital amount soared to $5.37 billion in 172 deals.
The quarterly amount mounted 89% over Q4/2020 results and twofold compared to Q1/2020.
 
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Israeli VC Funds Capital Raising Special Report

$3.51 billion raised by 35 Israel VCs in 2020 – the best year ever for VC fundraising.
According to a new report by IVC in cooperation with SWEETWOOD VENTURES, an Israel-focused VC fund-of-funds, Israeli VC funds raised $12.7 billion by 124 funds in 2017-Q1/2021.
 
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