Venture capital firm

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

Gil Ben-Artzi
Roy Kimchi, Cactus Capital’s founding CEO

Inside the BGU fund where students invest real venture capital

Stratos Ventures

Stratos Ventures debuts as US-Israeli defense‑tech fund with $50m. raised

A’s co-founders, Omer Gull and Yuval Itzchakov.

Israeli-founded cyber firm A Security emerges from stealth with $37m. to fight weaponized AI


From crisis to capital: Iron Nation launches $60 million to help Israeli startups expand to US

This is the firm's second fund, established following the October 7 attacks to bolster Israeli entrepreneurship during the conflict.

Chen Linchevsky (Left), Jason Wolf (Middle), and Gil Friedlander (Right).

The real constraint in defense tech isn’t innovation, it’s execution at scale- opinion

the critical question is no longer who can invent the next breakthrough system. It's who can build, deploy, and sustain it at an industrial scale?

A detail of ammunition at a production line as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visit the future site of an arms factory where weapons maker Rheinmetall plans to produce artilleries from 2025, in Unterluess, Germany

So, you want to build a defense tech start-up? - opinion

A founder’s guide to entering one of the hardest, and most important, arenas in tech

AI laptop

TAU Ventures portfolio company XTEND heads to NASDAQ at $1.5B valuation

With a projected 10x return from XTEND’s listing, TAU Ventures positions itself for a third fund and continued AI-driven growth.

The XTEND Team

Preparing for the inevitable: The venture fund built on crisis and chaos - interview

“The world is changing faster than our systems can adapt. So I started mapping the challenges and the meeting points between them,” said Shani Zanescu.

Silhouette of a handshake

Dr. Dan Marom: Shaping Israel’s Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

At the HUJI Business School, the Asper Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation equips students with practical tools, real-world experience, and strategic guidance to turn ideas into ventures.

DR. DAN MAROM, academic director of the Asper Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Business School of the Hebrew University.

From generalist to deep: Why venture is being forced to specialize

Over the past few years, it has become increasingly clear that the ground beneath venture capital is shifting

Lior Prosor, General Partner at Deep33 Ventures, an early-stage fund investing in deep-tech infrastructure across computer, energy, quantum, and robotics in Israel and the US

Deep33 Ventures launches $150 million fund for deep‑tech infrastructure

With offices in Tel Aviv, New York, and Los Angeles, the firm aims to create what it calls an “allied infrastructure corridor” connecting the two countries’ technological strengths

Defense Tech saves lives

Israeli AI startup founded by women entrepreneurs announces $7 million investment round

Legato, founded by female entrepreneurs Dana Rochman and Shlomit Tennenbaum in 2025, focuses on providing AI embeds for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms.

Legato founders Dana Rochman and Shlomit Tennenbaum.

Ezra Gardner: Insights on deep innovation

Anna Ahronheim interviews Ezra Gardner, co-founder at Varana Capital, for a closer look into the evolving world of venture capital.

Ezra Gardner sits down with The Jerusalem Post.