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From crisis to capital: Iron Nation launches $60 million to help Israeli startups expand to US

This is the firm's second fund, established following the October 7 attacks to bolster Israeli entrepreneurship during the conflict.

Chen Linchevsky (Left), Jason Wolf (Middle), and Gil Friedlander (Right).
A detail of ammunition at a production line as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visit the future site of an arms factory where weapons maker Rheinmetall plans to produce artilleries from 2025, in Unterluess, Germany

The real constraint in defense tech isn’t innovation, it’s execution at scale- opinion

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So, you want to build a defense tech start-up? - opinion

The XTEND Team

TAU Ventures portfolio company XTEND heads to NASDAQ at $1.5B valuation


Awz to build NIS 5b chip fab in Ashkelon for defense and civilian sectors

Facility, part of The RISE national deep-tech hub, will focus on III-V semiconductors and advanced packaging under a hybrid “open fab” model

Awz to build NIS 5b chip fab in Ashkelon. Ashkelon Mayor Tomer Glam (L), Industry Minister Nir Barkat (C) and Yaron Ashkenazi (R)

OurCrowd founder Medved becomes chairman as Chill takes acting CEO role

OurCrowd, one of the world’s leading venture investment platforms, announced that founder Jon Medved is stepping down as CEO, with Cali Chill taking over.

New acting CEO and Chief Operating Officer of OurCrowd Cali Chill (L) takes over from Jon Medved

Amid war and investor pullback, US fund manager Ezra Gardner keeps faith in Israeli tech

Ezra Gardner, who co-founded the most active foreign VC fund in Israel, warns that overseas investors are shunning the country, but still says he’s “never been more optimistic” about it.

Ezra Gardner

Europe's Defense Tech scene continues to surge amid rising threats

Venture capital is betting big on Europe's defensive future, with quantum and AI reshaping the continent's military edge

Defense Tech saves lives

Israel VC funding reaches new low - report

Data for the first half of 2025 indicate a sharp decline in the amount of fundraising by venture capital funds in Israel, from $2.2 billion in 2023 to about $260 million this year

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The strength of women in the capital market - opinion

Excluding women holds back innovation and costs the economy

THE WRITER addresses a Maof-Tech gathering at the Technion in Haifa.

Adva Growth invests in small and medium sized businesses in Northern and Southern Israel

Investment company Adva Growth will invest in SME's in the south and north of Israel with an enterprise value of up to 50 million shekels and will provide professional guidance.

Edward Misrahi, 'Adva Growth' founder, chairman and chief investment officer

New Era Bets Big on Israel’s Startup Resilience

Despite geopolitical challenges, the VC firm raises $120M for a third fund focused on early-stage Israeli tech ventures

Left to right: Gideon Argov, Shira Gershon, Eugenio Sabbadini, Ayelet Frish, Ran Simha, Danny Mann, Ziv Conen.

Sarit Firon on AI, leadership, Israeli Resilience, and the TAU ties that still matter

WATCH: Sarit Firon, managing partner at Team8, in conversation with Jake Laznik, Senior Breaking News Desk Manager, The Jerusalem Post.

 Sarit Firon, managing partner at Team8 and Managing Partner of Team8 Capital

Arielle Zuckerberg’s firm raises $181,818,181.80 to back ‘magically weird’ tech founders

Lee Jacobs said the new fund, announced Wednesday, is inspired in part by his reaction to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

 Cyan Banister and Arielle Zuckerberg, two of the venture capitalists behind the new fund, pictured in 2024.