Tag: JDA

In honor of Jerusalem Day, join us for a 3-part series of interviews with a few of Jerusalem’s movers and shakers, who work year-round on promoting and growing the city’s startup ecosystem. The following interview features the Jerusalem Development Authority‘s Director of Business & Industry Development, Itzik Ozer. Since it was established the Jerusalem Development Authority has accumulated much experience in promoting public projects in the capital and it serves today as the leading body in the planning and development of the city. The Jerusalem Development Authority acts as the body which generates, encourages and promotes the development of the city to increase its beauty and strengthen its economy. JLM Day Interview with the JDA’s Itzik Ozer Looking back just four years ago, nobody considered Jerusalem to be a tech hub. What changed? The Jerusalem tech success story is still a well kept secret. In fact, in the last four years we have seen an exponential increase in the number of companies established each year with only 25 new companies established in the city in 2012, and over 100 new companies established in 2015. The...