MEET THE ECOSYSTEM

SimilarWeb

The only thing we love more than our data is our team.

We're a group of developers, designers, mathematicians, data scientists, researchers, and marketeers that work relentlessly to measure online behavior worldwide and to generate marketing insights. Together, we are shaping the future of web measurement and competitive intelligence.

Israel Innovation Authority [IVA]

The Israel Innovation Authority, formerly known as the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy (& MATIMOP), which is responsible for the country’s innovation policy, is an independent and impartial public entity that operates for the benefit of the Israeli innovation ecosystem and Israeli economy as a whole. Its role is to nurture and develop Israeli innovation resources, while creating and strengthening the infrastructure and framework needed to support the entire knowledge industry.

IBM Alpha Zone

IBM Alpha Zone accelerator offers a 20 week professional and deep immersion program with the purposes of developing solutions for the enterprise market. The program focuses on post Seed & Round A funded companies with the aim to create long term Technology and Business partnership with IBM worldwide.

The Junction

The Junction was founded by Genesis Partners, a leading Israeli early stage venture capital firm, as part of our partnership and collaboration with the entrepreneur community and as part of our efforts to encourage and be a part of Israeli innovation.

SOSA

SOSA (South of Salame) is a community comprised of leaders from all walks of the entrepreneurial ecosystem who believe in propelling innovation through constant personal interactions. Founded by a diverse team of industry enthusiasts, SOSA occupies four stories of a vintage industrial building in South Tel Aviv. It offers its members a uniquely crafted space, designed to promote interaction, creativity and collaboration, constituting a vibrant environment to meet, work, and socialize.

The Library

The Library is the home of the startup community in Tel Aviv Yafo. It opened in October 2011 by Tel Aviv's municipality, and is located in the heart of Tel Aviv's business center. It offers coworking office facilities, hosts networking events, and provides professional infrastructure for young technological visionaries.

PlayBuzz

If you want to grow your audience, expand your network reach and stay on top of the competition with the latest viral phenomenon, you’ve come to the right place.

PlayBuzz provides an exceptional experience to publishers and brands, allowing them to leverage user-generated content, or create original content and embed it on their site / app for maximum results at $0 cost.

Magma VC

Magma Venture Partners is a leading Israeli venture capital firm, dedicated to investing in Israel's Information, Communications and Technology space ('ICT'), including the software, semiconducto and new media spheres. We seek bright ideas at their earliest stages, and serve as a springboard for our entrepreneurs, as they develop and evolve into industry leaders. Our goal is to enable a flow of innovation from the earliest stage all the way through until a company realizes its potential reach.

Krypton VC

We believe that the new BtoC (Business to Consumer) startup world and its potential cannot be investigated by well-dressed investment bankers as it used to be in the traditional VC world; but rather only the real world can determine start ups’ potential and success. Krypton specializes in smart investments in BtoC PC – Business to consumer – personal computer products. The sole purpose of the fund is to quickly launch the startup to the outside world without wasting precious time and capital on unproven and costly due diligence processes. Like many funds we use our capital to help startups finance and build a healthy profitable business in the long run.

The Time Incubator

The Technological Incubators Program was established in 1991 and is administrated by the Office of the Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy. The primary goal of the program is to transform
innovative technological ideas that are too risky for private investments, into viable startup companies that after the incubator term should be able to raise money from the private sector and operate on their own. They focus on startups in the areas of Telecom, Internet, Media and Entertainment (T.I.M.E.) and invest in a new generation of companies, developing digital products or services that can be distributed through digital channels or over the web.

Pitango

Pitango invests in seed, expansion, and late stage companies in core technologies, consumer, and Life Sciences. As Israel’s largest venture capital fund, our team has the experience needed to partner with entrepreneurs for expansion growth.

Blumberg Capital

Blumberg Capital is an earlystage venture capital firm that partners with passionate entrepreneurs to innovate and build successful technology companies. They specialize in leading Seed and Series A rounds collaborating with angel investors, other venture capital firms and strategic partners. We are active investors and board members – operating as an extension of the entrepreneurs’ network. We invest in the best teams, solving the biggest problems in technology hot spots around the world.

Fairfly

FairFly was established to bridge this gap and solve the problem of volatility in ticket prices. FairFly uses innovative technology that continuously and automatically monitors ticket prices. When the price of the customer’s flight declines, FairFly notifies the customer right away. At FairFly, we
pride ourselves on making sure our customers get the fairest price for their flight.

Fiverr

Fiverr is a global online marketplace offering tasks and services, beginning at a cost of $5 per job performed, from which it gets its name. The site is primarily used by freelancers who use Fiverr to offer a variety of different services to customers worldwide.

The Jerusalem Development Authority

The Jerusalem Development Authority is a statutory corporation which was established by law in 1988. Its functions are to promote, plan and encourage the economic development of Jerusalem; to coordinate between government offices, authorities and bodies involved in the development of Jerusalem; to advise and supply information connected to entrepreneurial initiatives, plans and commercial ventures in Jerusalem.

OurCrowd

OurCrowd is a venture capital crowd funding hybrid platform for accredited investors to invest in Israeli and global startups. OurCrowd launched its platform in February 2013 with its team based in the capital of the "Startup Nation". Jerusalem remains OurCrowd's flagship office and the center of its dealflow, investor relations, and operations team.

Siftech

Siftech was founded in early 2012 as grassroots initiative of the Hebrew University Students Union, led by two extraordinary women, Stav Erez and Inbar Ziv. The idea was to create a vibrant ecosystem and environment for entrepreneurs and early stage startups to flourish in Jerusalem.

JVP

The foundations for Jerusalem Venture Partner's (JVP) was established in 1993 by Erel Margalit. Its track record derive from the firm’s entrepreneurial spirit, experienced team and agile investment strategy. JVP now has over $900 million under management. The majority of the Fund's activities are led out of its International Media Quarter in Jerusalem with industry advisors in New York and Paris.

NBIC - Nazareth Bussines Incubator Center

Nazareth Business Incubator Center offers a soft entrance to the world of entrepreneurship and a unique benefit package. NBIC was established by Mati Nazareth (Small Medium Businesses
Development Center subsidized by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor) and the Authority for the Economic Development of the Arab, Druze and Circassian Sectors. The model, like many business incubators around the world, serves as a field growth by assisting entrepreneurs to start their business.

Microsoft Accelerator

Microsoft Accelerator is a global initiative built to empower entrepreneurs around the world on their journey to build great companies. Microsoft Accelerator works with later-stage startups to provide the tools, resources, connections, knowledge and expertise they need to become successful companies.

Nazareth Industrial Park

The industrial parks are centers of industrial development based on the principles of excellence and a quality work environment. Established by the industrialist Stef Wertheimer, the six parks built in Israel have attracted over 200 companies, providing over 4,000 highquality jobs. The Parks have been exceptionally successful in attracting highly productive export industries. Average sales per worker at the parks are $220,000, well above the national average, of which 80% are for export.

Rise by Barclays:

Rise brings together the world’s best and brightest start-ups and experts to create the future of financial services.

TAU Ventures:

Tel Aviv University has played a key role in Israel’s rise as a world leader in research and as a tech hotbed. Approximately fifty percent of all Israeli entrepreneurs are alumni of TAU and the university is ranked ninth globally for producing the most venture capital-backed entrepreneurs.

With this in mind, TAU created TAU Ventures, a new venture fund focusing on early stage ideas from students, alumni and the wider Tel Aviv ecosystem.