Entrepreneurship in israel

Inside the BGU fund where students invest real venture capital

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.

Roy Kimchi, Cactus Capital’s founding CEO
View of the Malha Technological Centre, which houses the Israel Innovation Authority, in Jerusalem.

'Dollar-shekel exchange, more local production': Next Innovation Authority CEO has challenges ahead

A group of diverse people are queueing up in a movie theater to watch a movie.

This Israeli startup is using AI to transform cinemas into more than just a place to watch movies

Roi Danino, Entrepreneur & Business Mentor

From Gaza frontlines to corporate recovery


1point8 initiative encourages and aims high-tech workers’ donations

The 1point8 project is an accelerator program that encourages Israeli high-tech workers to donate 1.8% of their shares to social organizations.

1point8 logo

Liberman announces new business aid measures: easier bureaucracy, state-guaranteed loans

As part of the plan, financial relief worth more than NIS 1.3 billion will be granted.

Avigdor Lieberman, former Israeli Defence Minister and head of Yisrael Beytenu party speaks during a news conference in Tel Aviv, Israel May 30, 2019

Don't let Elizabeth Holmes make bad blood for entrepreneurs

Elizabeth Holmes set out to think different about medicine. Despite her crimes, her vision to detect diseases when they are still preventable remains inspiring. 

 REFILE - ADDING COUNTRY Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves after a hearing at a federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., July 17, 2019.

Everyone wants to be successful until they learn what it actually takes

Opinion: The emotional struggles of being an entrepreneur

 Portrait of successful businesswoman (illustrative)

Female activists present alternative to Miss Universe pageant

The event, attended by women from areas of real estate, food or hi-tech, and was designed to show Israelis the real beauty of the state through women's rights activism.

 Hundreds of women gathering in Tel Aviv to protest rape culture, October 15, 2021

Tracking device wins first place at JCT's student hackathon

The winning team, Wi-Find, developed an easy-to-use solution using inexpensive components that can pick up data from the signals around it.

 (from left to right): Eran Yomtovyan, Director of the LevTech Entrepreneurship Center; Shalom Iyhe, Program Coordinator of LevTech; Yosef Mizrahi; Ariel Szmerla; Amitai Salomon; Andrew Goldman (judge); Vice President of JCT Stuart Hershkowitz; Dr. Dov Rubin (judge)

Technion student entrepreneurs win BizTEC 2021 for compact defibrillator

Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan opened the event and said: "Entrepreneurship is a state of mind that can be applied in every sphere of the lives of us all and is tightly connected with leadership.

First prize winners. Right to left: Ohad Yaniv, Eyal Kellner, Yaron Arbel, Alon Gilad, Idan Shenfeld, Ravit Abel and Prof. Ezri Tarazi

Techstars Tel Aviv launches its second Accelerator Program of 2021

The international network plans to hold two cohorts in Israel annually from now on, doubling their number of participants.

A group photo of the Techstars team

Hi-tech in Israel: Entrepreneurs found school in periphery

A new academy will begin operation in Sderot in September 2021 and will teach 200 young people English so that they can work in Israel's hi-tech sector.

Israeli national flags flutter in front of an office tower at a business park housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva.

Business owners protest in front of Prime Minister Bennett's house

The independent business owners came from all areas of the Israeli economy, including tourism, culture, trade, and entertainment.

 Business owners protest in front of Prime Minister Bennett's house