Start-up

How Israel’s start-up ecosystem continues to attract global investment

Discover how Israel’s startup ecosystem evolves in 2026, attracting global investors through innovation, resilience, and cutting-edge technology despite market challenges.

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ViVac Pharma celebrates winning the 2026 Asper Prize at Hebrew University. From left: Prof. Tamir Sheafer, Dr. Lior Nissim, Keren Leshem, Gail Asper and Dr. Amnon Dekel.

Hebrew University start-up wins Asper Prize for approach to cancer treatment

Victoria’s cognitive activity during sleep.

Inside SentX, the UAE AI start-up pursuing Superintelligence

First place: Oak.

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The desert's ripple effect: The Western Negev is quietly reshaping Israel-Africa ties - opinion

A high-level strategic delegation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo arrived at SouthUp, the non-profit technology incubator rooted in the Shaar Hanegev region.

Israel's President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with DRC President Félix Tshisekedi at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on October 27, 2021.

From start-up nation to scale-up nation: A blueprint for Israel’s $1 trillion economy - opinion

Israel does not primarily have an innovation problem. It has an institutional problem. The country is exceptionally good at producing start-ups, but far less effective at financing and retaining them

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Oxygen of NIS 1B for hi-tech: Who will receive state aid and who will be left out?

The government is expanding its coffers and injecting NIS 1 billion into start-ups whose operating horizon shrank due to the strengthening of the shekel against the dollar.

Illustration: High tech office

From soldiering to start-ups: Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem

“Our young people are our future,” says Koftan Halabi, Druze hi-tech entrepreneur and founder of the Druze tech center in Isfiya.

Koftan Halabi (L), founder of Isfiya's D-TEC, and Nechemia Peres, co-founder of Pitango Venture Capital, at the D-TEC Druze Tech-Fest.

Why start-ups are turning to localized social strategies to reach global customers in 2026

"Start-ups are using localized digital strategies to build stronger connections with audiences around the world."

'Deals happen outside meetings': Hakibbutz unveils first Israeli startup home in New York City

"We didn't want to build just another office space. We wanted to create a place that people and companies genuinely want to be part of," said Amir Wolner, Founder and CEO of Hakibbutz.

The New York City skyline and the Empire State Building, as wildfire smoke impacts air quality in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.

Ben-Gurion third in the world for graduates' odds of founding a unicorn

Stanford University study: Ben-Gurion University graduates have the highest chance in Israel of founding a unicorn company, and rank third among institutions worldwide.

Climate change conference in the Negev

Israel isn’t losing to Europe. It’s simply not showing up - opinion

The question is no longer whether Israel has something to offer. In a global economy, what never meets a market never becomes impactful.

A European Union flag flies outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2019.

The strategy blind spot costing Israeli start-ups the US market - opinion

The very characteristic that gets a start-up off the ground, the preference for immediate tactical execution over long-term strategic planning, is a likely pitfall when moving to scale in the US...

Startup Nation Central's headquarters in Tel Aviv

Jewish success in AI is fueling an old debate about antisemitism - opinion

The poem asks God to choose another people, saying that the Jews have no more blood to sacrifice. They have run out of prayers and “have paid for every letter of the Ten Commandments..."

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