Israel Start-Up Nation

Tech Talk: Do startup competitions matter for founders? New research says yes, if done correctly

A new Tel Aviv University analysis examines whether startup competitions improve survival, access to funding, and growth, or reward teams already positioned to win.

Dr. Eyal Benjamin, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University.
Workers repair Israeli Railway tracks after a shutdown caused by a technical problem in Tel Aviv, August 15, 2025

Israel Railways showcases AI-powered mapping breakthrough on global stage

Israeli shekel

What are tech exits doing to Israel's economy?

DELIVERED TO the IDF late last year, the Iron Beam system marks a historic milestone – the world’s first operational laser defense platform capable of neutralizing rockets, drones, and mortars at a fraction of the cost of traditional interceptors.

How Israel's defense-tech ecosystem reshapes the battlefield - and the Start-Up Nation


Untold story of Start-Up Nation: High-impact, low-tech, and undoubtedly female - opinion

Women addressing challenges in ways that differ from their male counterparts is well documented.

 THE WRITER with her mom in her childhood home, 1978.

Terry Kassel: Promoting Israel through tech and culture

No. 41 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Start-Up Nation Central chair Terry Kassel.

 Terry Kassel, chairman of the board of Start-Up Nation Central.

Sylvan Adams: Using unconventional diplomacy to promote Israel

No. 14 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Canadian-Israeli businessman, philanthropist and self-appointed ambassador-at-large Sylvan Adams.

 Canadian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist Sylvan Adams, Israel's self-appointed ambassador-at-large.

Reboot Start-Up Nation helps displaced Ukrainians join Israeli hi-tech

Five volunteers co-founded the organization to welcome displaced professionals and Russian-speaking olim into hi-tech in Israel.

 THE REBOOT’S Hebrew Conversation Club, a free professional meetup for displaced professionals and olim in partnership with Pearl Cohen and Yad L’Olim, in July.

Waze co-founder on the secret sauce for start-ups

Companies should "engage people with the problem rather than the solution," Uri Levine said at the annual Jerusalem Post Conference in New York.

 Uri Levine, founder of Waze  at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

This material made of garbage could reduce big events’ carbon footprints

The material in question is UBQ, a thermoplastic made from unsorted waste; and it’ll be used at PLANETech World 2022.

 UBQ thermoplastic in its raw form; UBQ can be used in a wide array of products, from coat hangers to frisbees to flower pots and more

Israeli company gets FDA approval for seizure-treating injector

Manufactured in Jerusalem, the EpiPen-style autoinjector is meant to treat prolonged seizures in adults exposed to nerve agents. 

 Rafa factory in Jerusalem

Israeli agrotech company acquires the Chilean company ‘Hidrotop’ for $3.5 million

Hidtrotop aims to optimize water usage, implement irrigation in rainfed areas and implement high-end technologies in rural areas in South America.

 Water Ways CEO Ohad Haber

Meet the Israeli startup using avocado to combat wrinkles

Israeli start-up company AvoMed will develop a technology to produce a unique and natural compound from avocado seeds for the treatment of skin damage and inflammatory disorders.

 Illustrative image of an avocado.

Website accessibility start-up accessiBe raises $58m. in Series A funding

Company intends to use the funds to broaden its reach and provide accessibility features to Web developers around the world.

accessiBe