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The Leading Data Source on Israel's High-Tech Industry since 1997
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| Active Multinationals |
Active Investors |
Active High-Tech Companies |
| 403 |
2,618 |
9,530 |
| Number of Unicorns |
Capital Raised in 2021 by Private Companies ($m) |
| 63 |
13,324 |
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New Israeli Unicorns (June-July 2021)
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Tech employees earned $2.2b in secondary deals in H1 2021
The State of Israel will enjoy a tax windfall of $700 million from the share options of startup employees and entrepreneurs.
(Source: Globes, July 15, 2021)
Content marketing platform Outbrain sets terms for $200 million IPO
Outbrain, which provides an online content marketing platform, announced terms for its IPO on Wednesday.
(Source: NASDAQ, July 14, 2021)
Cybereason raises $275 million led by Steven Mnuchin's VC fund
The Israeli cybersecurity company didn't state at what valuation it raised the funds, but it is estimated to be in the region of $3 billion.
(Source: CTech, July 14, 2021)
Israeli startups develop appetite for acquisitions
More and more of the capital raised by Israel's startups is being invested in M&As. But can Israel's young entrepreneurs succeed where so many tech giants fail?
(Source: Globes, July 14, 2021)
Israel startups raised a record $11.9 billion from Jan-June
The majority of capital flowed towards companies in the fintech and cybersecurity verticals.
(Source: The Jerusalem Post, July 14, 2021)
9 Israeli startups selected for special program to revolutionize healthcare
Companies will be awarded fast-track assistance, focusing on commercialization agreements, implementation, and investments from the program's partners: JVP Fund, global pharma giant AstraZeneca, international consulting firm Accenture, Margalit Startup City community, AWS, and the Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
(Source: Israel Hayom, July 13, 2021)
ZoomInfo to Acquire Conversation Intelligence Leader Chorus.ai to Enable Insight-Driven Targeting, Coaching, and Decision-Making for Go-to-Market Teams
Combines ZoomInfo’s Business-to-Business Intelligence, Workflows, and Engagement Software with Conversation Insights from Chorus to Transform Go-to-Market Execution.
(Source: Business Wire, July 13, 2021)
The state of Israel's B2C (business-to-consumer) ecosystem - opinion
For the past 15 years, the Israel B2C landscape has gone from very few gaming companies and the likes of Wix and Waze, to the growth engine of the start-up nation.
(Source: The Jerusalem Post, July 12, 2021)
A Better Cocoa Bean? Israel Launches Accelerator to Give Ghana’s Farming Startups a High-Tech Boost
The pilot accelerator program — managed by the Israeli Embassy in Ghana, the Pears Program for Global Innovation in Israel and Innohub Limited — seeks to help promising Ghanaian startups bring their ideas to the next level with the help of Israeli tech experts, and to support Ghana’s desire to expand productivity in the agricultural sector.
(Source: The Algemeiner, July 12, 2021)
Driving safety co GreenRoad Insights plans TASE IPO
The company has filed a draft prospectus for an offering at a valuation of NIS 500 million.
(Source: Globes, July 12, 2021)
SoftBank to open Israel VC office led by former Mossad head Yossi Cohen
SoftBank's Vision Fund has more than $100 billion in committed capital, and has backed such global powerhouses as Alibaba, TikTok and Uber.
(Source: The Jerusalem Post, July 11, 2021)
SpaceIL raises $70 million for next lunar mission
The space tech startup, renowned for its first lunar attempt, raised the funds for its Beresheet 2 mission to be launched in 2024.
(Source: CTech, July 11, 2021)
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IVC Research on Global Media (July 2021)
IVC-Meitar: Israeli startups raised $11.9b in H1 2021
Startups have already beaten the annual record set in all of 2020, while Israeli tech companies raised an additional $8.4 billion in IPOs in the first half of the year.
(Source: Globes, July 14, 2021)
Israeli high-tech raises record $11.9 billion in first half of 2021
Israeli high-tech companies raised a record $11.9 billion in the first half of 2021, with an unprecedented number of firms going public, the IVC Research Center and Meitar law firm said in a report on Wednesday.
(Source: Reuters, July 14, 2021)
Israeli tech sets yet another record, raising $11.9 billion in H1 of 2021
According to the IVC-Meitar Tech Review, Israeli companies surpassed the total amount raised in 2020 ($10.3 billion) in the first six months of 2021.
(Source: CTech, July 14, 2021)
SoftBank joins battle to attract Israeli unicorns
SoftBank has recruited former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen as the world's biggest funds court Israeli growth companies. "Globes" surveys the field.
(Source: Globes, July 12, 2021)
Nearly half of Israeli tech investment is in Tel Aviv - report
Tel Aviv tech company exits reached a record $4.43 billion in 2020, a 20% increase compared to 2019 and 46% of all exits by value.
(Source: The Jerusalem Post, July 8, 2021)
2020 – A very good year? For Tel Aviv tech and startups, it was
The year of the pandemic saw a record $6.8 billion invested in 416 Tel Aviv-based companies, with AI, with bigger rounds. 14 Tel Aviv-based companies reached "unicorn" status, and exits hit a record $4.43 billion.
(Source: Israel Hayom, July 7, 2021)
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Israel Tech Related New Appointments/Positions (July 2021)
Start-Up Nation Central appoints Avi Hasson as new CEO
(Source: CTech, July 14, 2021)
Former Learfield IMG College CEO Greg Brown Joins Pixellot Board
(Source: Sports Video Group, July 12, 2021)
Taboola Adds Gilad Shany, Chief Executive Officer at ION Acquisition Corporation, to its Board of Directors
(Source: GlobeNewswire, July 12, 2021)
SoftBank taps ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen to head Israel office
(Source: Globes, July 9, 2021)
Shlomit Weiss moves back to Intel
(Source: Globes, July 7, 2021)
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IVC-Meitar Tech Review for the first half of 2021 is out !
All-time record of amount raised in the first half of 2021 - $11.9 billion, more than the total amount raised in 2020 ($10.3 B).
Another strong quarter for the Israeli high-tech industry - $6.52 billion were invested in 230 deals.
38 investments of over $100 million each were responsible for approximately 50% of the total amount raised in the first half of the year.
For the full report click here
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IVC and Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality are proud to present Tel Aviv Innovation Ecosystem Report 2020, covering Tech Companies, Investors, Accelerators, Multinational Corporations, Financial Institution and more, operating with resilience through a challenging year!
For the full report click here
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Recently Published Insights & Reports by IVC (2020-July 2021)
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