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The Venture Capital Scene in Israel

 In the VC world, Israel is referred to as ‘the startup nation’ because of just how big a contribution Israeli VC firms make to the economy.  These VC firms have been responsible for the ever-growing entrepreneurial startup ecosystem. 

They provide three things to upcoming entrepreneurs: advice, support and most important of all, venture capital. The contribution has been to the tune of 10 billion dollars in 2021, which is impressive—to say the least. 

The list of seed stage venture capital firms can be broken down into 4 broad categories: first generation, second generation, crowdfunding, and international VC. International VC firms have their origins outside Israel but have offices in Israel.

The Most Lucrative Industries for VC Firms

With industry 4.0 constantly on the rise, there is the ever-growing use and demand for technology. As such, it stands to reason that investing in software or technology is a great idea.

That said, some of the most lucrative industries for investment include software, biotechnology, media, and entertainment. Look closer at the periphery and industries like medical equipment and I.T services will begin to come up. 

Let’s throw in some optics: with the COVID 19 pandemic, there was a global push towards a digital world. With that came along more and more cybersecurity threats that were rather unprecedented, so much so that it affected entire parts of the economy. Through the pandemic, cybersecurity investments shot up 70%. Israeli cybersecurity startups managed to raise an astonishing near-3 billion dollars.

Why the Astronomical Numbers?

The impact of Israeli VC firms is immense—to say the least, mainly because of the availability of a highly skilled workforce and impressive research and development capabilities. Let’s get into the specifics:

There is lots of venture capital available. 

When it comes to the highest amount of VC dollars invested per capita, no country comes close to Israel. Israel also comes out on top with the highest dollar value of exits per capita. 

Securing venture capital sounds as easy as just going through a list of seed stage venture capital firms and picking one. Be that as it may, founders are very selective when choosing investors. They however, are willing to give up large equity for the right VC firm.

Israeli Startups Are Mostly International

On matters demographics, Israel has a population of about 9 and a half million people. Compare that against a GDP of just over 400 billion dollars and it’s clear to see they have a limited domestic market. As such, most startups internationalize almost as soon as the product is home tested. 

Some Israeli VC firms are international ergo they have offices abroad. That said, they have a strong network already laid out in other countries and it is these networks that help startups in internationalizing.

Some international VC firms take advantage of the going-global-tradition and invest in Israeli entrepreneurs with the promise of helping them expand abroad.

Well Educated Workforce

The Israeli government has been very pragmatic in supporting a tech ecosystem with incentives like subsidies. All this does is support motivated and very well trained entrepreneurial talent waiting to be tapped. Throw them in VC events with VC investors and their million dollar ideas can be actualized. 

Technological Advancements

Israel boasts of more than being a Holy land for multiple religions. Israel has been heavily involved in the development of deep technology – in the past and now. This has been the source of so many tech-related companies, software and tech having great potential for growth.

This can be attributed to the presence of R&D facilities of large tech companies and lots of tech-oriented higher learning institutions. The icing on the cake? The sheer amount of scientists and engineers. In fact, Israel boasts of the highest proportional share of the aforementioned scientists and engineers in the world. Putting these great minds to work means great ideas and after a couple of VC events, startups are up and running.
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