Israeli startups are on track to raise $1 billion in September alone. According to the latest Israel fact book published by Pitchbook (get your free copy), not only has deal volume risen, but other interesting trends have emerged:
- A surge of investor participation from Bay Area-based firms, which notched a cumulative $1.4 billion in associated deal value last year
- 2019 has already seen close to $2.3 billion invested across 153 deals, signifying a rise in median and average financing sizes. Pitchbook indicates that in 2018 Israeli startups raised $3 billion across 331 deals.
- Israeli VC activity with European investor participation hit a high of 86 transactions for over $900 million in deal value last year, while $820.4 million has already been closed in the first half of this year. With that said, US-based firms still participate in many more transactions, notching 167 for over $2 billion in 2018 and already reaching $1.8 billion over 81 deals in 2019 to date
September has been particularly active in Israeli deals. Select Israeli venture deals announced in September across categories:
- Fundbox – $176 million in equity (another $150M in debt) – fintech
- Tipalti – $76 million – fintech/payments
- Snyk – $70 million – security/open source
- Healthy.io – $60 million – digital health
- Syte.ai – $21.5 million (disclosure: I’m an investor via Remagine -Ventures) – AI, mobile, retail tech
- D-Fend – $28 million – security, drones
- Tipa Corporation – $25 million – packaging
- VIM – $24 million – health
- Trigo Vision – $22 million – AI, retail tech
- Explorium – $15.5 million – AI, data enrichment
- Neura – $16 million – AI, smart notifications
- PerimeterX – $14 million – cybersecurity
- FieldIn -$12 million – agritech
- Scylla DB – $10 million – cloud database
- Lumen – $8.5 million – IOT, health
Co Founder and Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures
Eze is managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of tech, entertainment, gaming and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.
I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups.
I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.
I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups.
I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.
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