Tag: israel’s startup ecosystem

As Israel’s startup ecosystem matures, one of the key components of future growth will be sources of capital. Capital helps grease the wheels of commerce and is a lynchpin in Israel’s success with its startips. But those sources of capital are changing… Israel VC 2.0 Israel’s VC industry has experienced fantastic growth over the past decade. As the nature of startup investing has changed — smaller, quicker rounds with smaller exits — Israel’s venture capital industry has had a hard time adapting. The emergence of companies like OurCrowd, a crowdfunding platform to invest in Israeli startups are arising to fill the gaps left behind by traditional funding sources, some of whom are shuttering funds and struggling to raise new ones. VCs are just part of the picture If you look at financing business as part of a greater cycle, VCs and their funds address the early-stage growth companies. That’s just part of the financial picture. But what happens when these firms grow up and require different sources of capital? Israeli hedge funds are starting to emerge. Israeli hedge funds by the...