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- Venture & Exits · Jul 1, 2026, 5:35 PM EDTVetted Accelerator: The US–Israel Combat Veteran Startup Fund
Vetted Accelerator is the US–Israel combat veteran startup fund — a 10-week Tel Aviv-to-Miami program and integrated pre-seed venture fund built exclusively for startups founded by…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Jul 1, 2026, 5:17 PM EDTIMI Systems and Elbit Land
The 2018 acquisition of state-owned Israel Military Industries by Elbit Systems for NIS 1.8 billion collapsed Israel's fragmented land-warfare industrial base into a single publicl…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Jul 1, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTAnduril Israel: Palmer Luckey's $61B Defense-Tech Giant Builds Its Tel Aviv Operation
Anduril Industries ($61B valuation, $2.2B revenue, ~7,000 employees) is in advanced talks to establish R&D and manufacturing inside Israel. Former IAF Commander Amikam Norkin short…
- Sovereign & Strategic Capital · Jul 1, 2026, 7:00 AM EDTTwo Israeli Government Contracts Land in U.S. PR Filings in One Week
Sniper Advertising and Mercury Public Affairs both registered as foreign agents for Israeli principals this week — one for the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, one for th…
- Israeli Legal Industry · Jul 1, 2026, 2:35 AM EDTClean Business, Criminal File: How Normative Israelis Drift Into Money Laundering
Israeli anti-money-laundering law does not require criminal intent. Suspicion — or willful blindness — is enough. Adv. Sagiv Rotenberg on how normative businesspeople become defend…
- Health & Biotech · Jul 1, 2026, 2:15 AM EDTMaccabi Healthcare Services
The second-largest of Israel's four statutory health funds, covering roughly a quarter of the population and home to the KSM Research Institute medical data platform.
- Olam Research · Jul 1, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe Israeli Cyber Public Companies Citation Share Index 2026: Who Owns the AI Answer on Listed Israeli Cyber
The Israeli Cyber Public Companies Citation Share Index 2026 ranks Israeli-founded cybersecurity firms. It measures AI citation share across major platforms.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jul 1, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe Israeli Adtech Second Wave: Yotpo, Singular, Perion, Innovid
A billion-dollar layer of mid-cap and growth-stage Israeli adtech companies thrives. Yotpo, Singular, Perion, and Innovid are prominent examples.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jul 1, 2026, 1:14 AM EDTThe Israeli LLM-Security Cohort: A Category Acquired Before AI Noticed It Existed
Five Israeli LLM-security companies founded 2021-2023. Four have exited — Aim to Cato, Apex to Tenable, Astrix to Cisco, Prompt to SentinelOne. ~$855M-$955M combined in fifteen mon…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 30, 2026, 12:00 PM EDTThe Hyatt Heiress Funding JVP And IfNotNow
Regan Pritzker chairs a $457M foundation that funds JVP, IfNotNow, and a portfolio of anti-Zionist groups. Three Pritzker vehicles. One ecosystem. The definitive accounting.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 30, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTWhy Yizrael: How a Jezreel Valley Farm Kibbutz Built Maytronics, the Global Pool-Robotics Leader
Maytronics builds the Dolphin line of robotic pool cleaners — the global market leader. Founded 1983 on Kibbutz Yizrael in the Jezreel Valley. ~$400M revenue. TASE: MTRN. The Dolph…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 30, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTAI21 Labs: The Shoham–Goshen–Shashua Foundation-Model Company Powering Israeli AI Sovereignty
Israeli foundation-model company co-founded November 2017 by Yoav Shoham (Stanford), Ori Goshen, and Amnon Shashua (Mobileye founder). $1.4B valuation. Jurassic-1 was the first pub…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 30, 2026, 6:00 AM EDTIsrael Uses Claude More Than Any Country On Earth — and Anthropic Has No Office Here
Anthropic's own Economic Index ranks Israel #1 globally for per-capita Claude usage at 4.9x — 17% ahead of Singapore, 33% ahead of the United States, 150x the bottom of the leaderb…
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 30, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTBuenos Aires: Latin America's Jewish Capital
Buenos Aires is Latin America's largest Jewish community with 170,000 residents. Sustained aliyah continues through economic crises.
- Health & Biotech · Jun 30, 2026, 2:15 AM EDTKlalit Health Services
The largest of Israel's four statutory health funds, covering roughly half the population through an integrated network of community clinics and owned hospitals.
- Israeli Sports Business & Investment · Jun 30, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTThe 22nd Maccabiah Sponsorship Stack
Bank Leumi, El Al, Colgate, Reebok, KKL-JNF, the Azrieli Foundation, Stuart Weitzman's $4.5M gift, and the corporate partnership ecosystem behind the 22nd Maccabiah.
- Jewish Summer Camp & Youth · Jun 30, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTThe Camp Director Class: 1,830 Leaders, $200K-$400K Pay
890 year-round overnight + 940 day-camp professionals. Schedule J names them and (within thresholds) lists their pay. Top compensation $200K-$400K range. The career runway from cam…
- Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jun 30, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTUdi Mokady
Udi Mokady built CyberArk into the global category leader in privileged-access management — the second pillar of Israeli cybersecurity after Check Point.
- Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jun 30, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTJapan's Growing Interest in Israeli Cybersecurity
Japan is a structural buyer of Israeli cybersecurity, including SoftBank/Cybereason and NTT Security. The corridor spans OT, endpoint/cloud, and automotive cyber.
- Founders & Companies · Jun 29, 2026, 11:33 AM EDTRafi Amit: The Camtek Co-Founder Behind the Advanced-Packaging Pivot
Rafi Amit co-founded Camtek in 1987 and continues as CEO nearly four decades later — architect of the pivot from PCB inspection into semiconductor advanced-packaging metrology that…
- Founders & Companies · Jun 29, 2026, 11:30 AM EDTYair Nechmad: The Nayax Co-Founder Behind the Unattended-Retail Payments Platform
Yair Nechmad co-founded Nayax in 2005 and has run it continuously as CEO through the two-decade build to a global unattended-retail payments platform — one million connected device…
- Jun 29, 2026, 11:28 AM EDTZiv Aviram: Mobileye Co-Founder, OrCam Co-Founder, Greeneye CEO
Ziv Aviram — Mobileye co-founder, OrCam co-founder, Greeneye Technology founder/CEO. The operating partner to Amnon Shashua across three Israeli computer-vision franchises.
- Fintech & Public Markets · Jun 29, 2026, 11:10 AM EDTLemonade (NYSE: LMND): The AI-Native Insurance Carrier
Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) — the AI-native insurance carrier co-founded by Daniel Schreiber and Shai Wininger. Israel's flagship insurtech on the NYSE, running on Maya, AI Jim, Cooper,…
- Israeli AI Companies & Infrastructure · Jun 29, 2026, 8:52 AM EDTMobileye: The Jerusalem Autonomous-Driving Pioneer
Mobileye Global (Nasdaq: MBLY) — Jerusalem-headquartered autonomous-driving pioneer founded by Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram; the most globally recognized Israeli technology brand a…
- Global Jewish Philanthropy · Jun 29, 2026, 8:25 AM EDT200 מיליון ש"ח מכספי משלם המסים הישראלי לחינוך יהודי אמריקאי?
הממשלה אישרה תוכנית של 200 מיליון ש"ח לחיזוק החינוך היהודי בתפוצות. חצי מהמימון ממדינת ישראל, חצי מהפדרציות היהודיות של צפון אמריקה. העיתונות הכלכלית בעברית העלתה שאלות לגבי התהליך…

























