Venture capital firm

Firm led by first Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi opens new $250 million fund for high-tech startups

The announcement made by Casspi's firm, Swish Ventures, says that the funding will focus on 12 high-tech startups with an average value of $20 million each.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Omri Casspi #18 of the Memphis Grizzlies dunks the ball during a game against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on January 18, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Robotic arm lifting vegetable pot with digital display, Automated farming. 3D illustration

Australian investors eye Israel’s agritech innovation boom

David Solsky, operating partner at Bandera, “Agritech has a big role in biofuels and the emerging low-carbon liquid fuel sector. I think those kinds of companies would be interesting for Australia."

|ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Gil Ben-Artzi

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

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cactus Capital Winners

Inside the student fund backing tomorrow's entrepreneurs

Some are barely into their twenties, yet they decide which startups receive funding. Inside Ben-Gurion University's Cactus Capital, students aren't preparing to become investors. They already are.

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN

Viola Ventures surpasses $1.25b. assets under management following close of new fund

Viola Ventures intends to continue investing in fintech, AI and deep tech, and to give attention to digital health, SaaS 3.0, cybersecurity, and Web 3.0.

JANUARY 20, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
The Viola Ventures team

Pioneering Israeli venture capital firm hosts its first virtual job fair next week

The OurCrowd Virtual Job Fair will make thousands of job vacancies from OurCrowd’s portfolio companies accessible to its participants.

JANUARY 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli VC fund StageOne Ventures closes $235m fund

This new fund will invest in the earliest-stage Israeli companies with a technological edge, and which are developing groundbreaking products for the enterprise market.

JANUARY 5, 2022ByGLOBES/TNS
Israeli Tech