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Established in 1997, IVC is the leading data source and business information company in Israel's high-tech industry.
We provide the most comprehensive, accurate, updated data, research and insights on Israel’s tech ecosystem, startups, Private Equity and Venture Capital.
IVC addresses organizations of any sort which have interest in the innovative and fast-growing Israeli high-tech ecosystem. Among our clients: strategic & financial investors, foreign and local VC funds, Family offices, Angels, CVC, PE funds, Fund of Funds, Incubators & Accelerators, service providers, NGO’s, government entities, multinational corporations, academy, technology transfer companies, start-ups, research institutions, entrepreneurs and more.
Vision & Mission: The Israeli high-tech ecosystem becomes bigger and mature, IVC’s mission is to continue collecting and analyzing relevant data in order to provide our clients with the most accurate and in-depth information which assists them to formulate their scouting efforts, strategy and position in the Israeli market.
Active startups
Investors
Key Executives
Multinational Corporates
Accelerators & Startups Communities
Population (12/2022): 9.656M
Area: 22,145 Sq/Km
GDP Growth (2022): 6.5%
GDP (Q4/2022): 1.4%
GDP/PER Capita: $52,170
Government Debt to GDP (Dec 2022): 60.9%
Investment in R&D (2021): 5.4% of GDP
Inflation Rate: 5.3%
Unemployment Rate (12/2022): 3.2%
Employees (12/2022): 4.2M
OECD: Full Membership since 2010
Credit Rating: Pitch A+
Tel Aviv is one of the greatest tech hubs in the world; it has the highest number of startups per capita in the globe and the highest investment of GDP in R&D
Haifa is an industrial zone and a tech hub. It hosts leading companies such as Microsoft, Intel and Google and academic institutes
In Herzliya high-tech park there are +360 startups and large companies, including Apple’s R&D center, and Microsoft
The city already has +400 active technology companies+
Foodtech, AgroTech, ii2020 – emphasize on periphery
Cyber Center - a joint venture of the Israeli National Cyber Bureau, Beer Sheva Municipality, Ben Gurion University and leading global companies in the cybersecurity industry
Tel Aviv is one of the greatest tech hubs in the world; it has the highest number of startups per capita in the globe and the highest investment of GDP in R&D
Haifa is an industrial zone and a tech hub. It hosts leading companies such as Microsoft, Intel and Google and academic institutes
In Herzliya high-tech park there are +360 startups and large companies, including Apple’s R&D center, and Microsoft
The city already has +400 active technology companies+
Foodtech, AgroTech, ii2020 – emphasize on periphery
Cyber Center - a joint venture of the Israeli National Cyber Bureau, Beer Sheva Municipality, Ben Gurion University and leading global companies in the cybersecurity industry
More than 7,619 Startups
$76,981m investments in Israeli tech companies
$25,433m were raised by 243 Israeli VC funds, mostly from foreign investors
Total Exits $6,097m (731 deals)
Total M&A’s $5,206m (614 deals)
Total IPOs $1,379m (117 deals)
66 listed in STOCK EXCHANGES
Israeli tech companies established between 2018-2022
Currently there are +9400 active tech companies on the IVC Database
looking at Israeli tech investments between 2018-2022, There is a significant increase in the amount of money raised by the companies with a peak marked by 2021, after which 2022 shows a decrease.
The number of funding rounds involving Mature Stage Companies (Companies with meaningful income) has increased in last years.
The amount of money invested in Revenue Growth companies in 2022 is more than 4 times higher than it was in 2016.
Israeli tech companies established between 2018-2022
Currently there are +9400 active tech companies on the IVC Database
looking at Israeli tech investments between 2018-2022, There is a significant increase in the amount of money raised by the companies with a peak marked by 2021, after which 2022 shows a decrease.
The number of funding rounds involving Mature Stage Companies (Companies with meaningful income) has increased in last years.
The amount of money invested in Revenue Growth companies in 2022 is more than 4 times higher than it was in 2016.
Challenging - question everything
Strong drive, must win attitude
Knock on every door
Solution driven approach to real problems
Cost effective use of limited resources
Going global from inception
Learn from mistakes, tolerate failures
Short history past is not a constraint
Rewarding financial, prestige, popular
Entrepreneurial Culture
High quality startups, serial entrepreneurs, technology clusters, close proximity
Educated Human Resources
Skilled engineers, military service, elite
units, immigration (1991 Russia)
Strong Cooperation
Academic institutions, Government, Industry, Defense, Silicon Valley
Quality Academic Institutions
Research, scientists, 12 Nobel prize winners, IP-patents, Weitzman Institute, Technion
Modern Infrastructure
Legal, banking, financial, accounting, IP protection
Proven Exit Avenues
M&A is the main avenue, improved performance
Smart Money, Mainly Foreign
Food chain: VC funds, CVCs, PE Firms, Angel Investors, Incubators, Accelerators
Strong Presence of Multinationals
All sectors, regions, strategic – product needs, clients, DD, capital, exits
Commercialization
Defense-developed innovative technologies, basic science, academic research
Government Support
Israel Innovation Authority special programs: grants, incubators, human resources; tax incentives
Israel is only second to Silicon Valley in MNC's presence
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