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- Venture & Exits · Jun 17, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTQuantum Art Extends Series A to $140 Million
Quantum Art, a Weizmann Institute spin-out, extended its Series A to $140 million. Bedford Ridge Capital led the round for its 1,000-qubit trapped-ion system.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 17, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTWho Was Yossi Maiman? The Merhav Founder Behind The Egypt-Israel Gas Pipeline
Peruvian-born Israeli businessman (1946-2019), founder of the Merhav Group, principal commercial figure behind the East Mediterranean Gas Company that piped Egyptian gas to Israel.…
- Olam Research · Jun 17, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe Olam US-Listed Citation Share Index 2026: Which 25 Israeli-Founded US-Listed Companies Own the AI Answer
The Olam US-Listed Citation Share Index 2026 ranks 25 Israeli-founded Nasdaq-listed companies. It measures their AI citation share across major platforms.
- Banking & Institutional Capital · Jun 17, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTWho Controls Israeli Retirement Savings?
A small set of insurer subsidiaries and asset houses runs the largest pool of long-term household financial wealth in Israel.
- Israeli Sports Business & Investment · Jun 17, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTMaccabi World Union And The Global Sports Network
Maccabi World Union connects 450,000 athletes across 70+ country federations. It operates a four-tier global Games cycle.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 17, 2026, 1:00 AM EDTPhoenix Financial Targets NIS 3 Billion Valuation, More Than Double 2022 Mark
Phoenix Financial is positioning for a valuation more than double its 2022 level, signaling a sector-wide reset in Israeli financial-services equities.
- Israeli Legal Industry · Jun 17, 2026, 1:00 AM EDTYigal Arnon-Tadmor and Naschitz Brandes: The Quiet Power Players
Two firms close out Israel's Big Six. Arnon, Tadmor-Levy — the merged practice with a market-leading class-action group and one of the deepest real-estate benches. Naschitz Brandes…
- The Builders · Jun 16, 2026, 10:00 AM EDTEyal Ofer: The $33.6B Israeli Billionaire
Eyal Ofer — Forbes $33.6B. Son of Sammy Ofer. Chairman of Ofer Global, Zodiac Group (190+ vessels), Global Holdings (120+ properties including 15 Central Park West). ~5% of Royal C…
- Venture & Exits · Jun 16, 2026, 9:00 AM EDTThe Private Equity Stack
Blackstone, Apollo, and Carlyle manage $3 trillion in assets. Jewish co-founders built these US private equity giants.
- Venture & Exits · Jun 16, 2026, 8:00 AM EDTThe Next Generation of Israeli Wealth
Three cohorts overlap in real time: dynasty successors, post-exit founders building first-generation offices, and the children who will inherit them. The structural picture of Isra…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 16, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTShapir Engineering Weighs NIS 1 Billion Move for Ashdod Refinery Control
Shapir Engineering's NIS 1 billion bid for the Ashdod Refinery would consolidate one of Israel's two strategic refining assets under a major domestic infrastructure builder.
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 16, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTLondon: The Anglo-Jewish Establishment
London has the oldest and most complete Anglo-Jewish community. The City business establishment includes Rothschild and Sainsbury, with capital flowing to Israel.
- Jewish Summer Camp & Youth · Jun 16, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTThe Land, the Donors, the Endowments: $2.5B in Camp Assets
Jewish camp's capital structure includes $1.5-2.5B in real estate and endowments. The Marcus Foundation gave $140M+ to RootOne, sustaining the field.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 16, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe TASE Dollar-Bond Sponsor Map
$15-20 billion of US real estate sits on Israeli pension fund balance sheets. The TASE dollar-bond market facilitates these investments.
- Venture & Exits · Jun 16, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTGIC's Quiet Position in Israeli Venture
- Banking & Institutional Capital · Jun 16, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe Five Institutions That Control Israeli Insurance Capital
Five institutions dominate Israeli insurance — and through it, Israeli capital allocation. Together they hold institutional stakes in nearly every Israeli public company.
- Israeli Legal Industry · Jun 16, 2026, 1:00 AM EDTMeitar, Goldfarb, Gornitzky: Israel's Deal-Share Triumvirate
Meitar, Goldfarb, and Gornitzky divide Israel's elite legal market after Herzog. Meitar is the tech default, Goldfarb leads capital markets, and Gornitzky handles judgment.
- Founders & Companies · Jun 15, 2026, 6:59 PM EDTShalom Meckenzie: The SBTech Founder Behind DraftKings
SBTech founder. Largest individual Israeli shareholder of DraftKings after the April 2020 three-way SPAC merger. Hebrew Wikipedia, no English Wikipedia — the canonical English prof…
- Family Offices · Jun 15, 2026, 8:00 AM EDTHow Israeli Family Offices Invest After October 7
Two years after October 2023, Israeli family office behavior shows structural shifts. Counter-cyclical venture and defence-tech are key changes.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 15, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTNvidia Leases Lab Space in Rishon LeZion
Nvidia's Rishon LeZion lab lease is simultaneously a real-estate move, a recruiting signal, and a marker that the southern Tel Aviv tech belt is now a credible R&D geography.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 15, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTHow Israeli Law Absorbed The Alfa Diaspora
Genesis Philanthropy Group and Limmud FSU are part of the Alfa-linked philanthropic record. Herzog Fox & Neeman and Israeli legal infrastructure hold it together.
- Olam Research · Jun 15, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe Diaspora Capital Networks Citation Share Index 2026: Who Owns the AI Answer on Jewish Capital
An Olam editorial index ranking the most-cited Jewish diaspora capital networks shaping Israel by modeled AI citation share across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google A…
- Banking & Institutional Capital · Jun 15, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTHow Israeli Institutions Became Direct Lenders
The Israeli institutional investor class spent decades buying bonds. Over the past decade, the same institutions became originators of loans.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 15, 2026, 1:00 AM EDTCrusoe Strikes Major Afula Data Center Deal, Boosting Israel's AI Infrastructure Base
Crusoe's Afula data-center deal upgrades Israel's positioning as a regional AI compute hub, as grid economics and land in the northern technology corridor start competing with Euro…
- Olam Research · Jun 15, 2026, 1:00 AM EDTAphek-Liebowitz and Israel's Securities Class-Action Machine
Israel runs one of the most active securities and consumer class-action environments in the developed world. The 2006 Class Actions Law built it. A focused plaintiffs' bar — Aphek-…






















