The Jerusalem Post Group has made a strategic investment in Tondo Smart, a Tel Aviv Stock Exchange-listed company that develops technology for managing, protecting, and optimizing public infrastructure and urban systems. Tondo says it operates in Israel and North America and focuses on turning existing infrastructure into a real-time digital management layer for municipalities, public bodies, and infrastructure operators.
The investment comes as Tondo broadens both its business and technological activity, with particular emphasis on infrastructure intelligence, advanced sensing, and large-scale control systems. According to the company, its platform combines smart managed-edge units installed on existing infrastructure with a central artificial intelligence-based core that analyzes incoming field data in real time.
Tondo says this model allows already-deployed systems, including lighting and electricity networks, to become active infrastructure layers capable of generating operational insights. On its website, the company describes its offering as spanning roadway and area-lighting safety, public infrastructure protection, energy infrastructure protection, theft deterrence, and urban airspace defense.
Among the company’s higher-profile growth areas is the use of existing urban infrastructure for broader sensing and control capabilities. Tondo has publicly described systems that combine embedded field sensors and AI to detect anomalous events, including drones and other public-space threats, while relying on infrastructure that municipalities already operate. Recent company statements also described prototype deliveries in a development project with Israel’s Defense Ministry.
Alongside its civilian activity, Tondo has increasingly highlighted defense-related work. Public company and corporate materials indicate growing activity tied to public-space protection, critical infrastructure, and cooperation with Israeli defense bodies. The company has also presented itself as active in large-scale national infrastructure projects, including deployments connected to Israel’s highway system.
From smart-lights to AI powered management
Tondo says it manages smart infrastructure across dozens of municipalities and has expanded well beyond its earlier smart-lighting roots. Its public materials describe an AI-powered management system designed to unify lighting controls, energy analytics, sensors, and operational alerts into one network.
The company’s recent momentum has also been reflected in the market. Tondo Smart shares have climbed sharply in 2026, and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange data shows the company’s market capitalization stood at about NIS 199.4 million as of March 20. Third-party market data likewise showed the stock reaching fresh highs in March.
Guy Saadi, Tondo’s chief executive officer, said the new investor’s entry represented confidence in the company’s direction.
“We started out as an IoT company managing urban lighting infrastructure, but over time we realized that this infrastructure could become a much broader platform for managing and protecting public space,” Saadi said. “Today, that same infrastructure can do more than manage energy and lighting; it can also identify unusual events in real time. When field-deployed infrastructure is able to generate insights about unusual events, a new layer of situational awareness is created. This enables municipalities and security bodies to respond faster and protect more effectively.”