VC In Israel - today
Source IVC Research Center
Today, 15 years later, there are about 80 venture capital funds operating in Israel, with the total capital raised at $10.6B and investments made in more than 1000 Israeli start-up companies. Many of these start-ups went through successful IPO's, and there are presently 70 Israeli companies traded on NASDAQ and around 30 traded on various European exchanges. Israel is ranked second, after Canada, in terms of number of non-US companies traded on NASDAQ.
Since 1993, the average size of the leading Israeli VCs fund, jumped from $20M in 1993 to more than $250 M today.
Israeli VCs invest exclusively in start-up companies engaged in the development of technological innovation with global application in areas of:
- Communication
- Computer Software
- IT
- Semiconductors
- Life Sciences - Medical Devices and Biotechnology
- Homeland Security
