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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
Stratos Ventures

Stratos Ventures debuts as US-Israeli defense‑tech fund with $50m. raised

A’s co-founders, Omer Gull and Yuval Itzchakov.

Israeli-founded cyber firm A Security emerges from stealth with $37m. to fight weaponized AI

Chen Linchevsky (Left), Jason Wolf (Middle), and Gil Friedlander (Right).

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


Israel's cyber industry funding hit new records in 2025

The funding has reached $4.4 billion across 130 funding rounds, with American venture capitalists leading the way

 Israeli cyber security; illustration.

Two women break barriers with $150 million Israeli defense fund

Protego Ventures is the only venture capital fund investing in Israeli defense tech that is led by two women.

Lital Leshem and Lee Moser founded Protego, Israel’s first and largest defense-tech venture capital firms after October 7 to support a growing number of start-ups in the field.

Kinetica Venture Capital signs strategic agreement with 8VC

Partnership will advance defense innovation in Israel and the United States

Kinetica VC with 8VC's Alex Moore

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

 Money and a calculator

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