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Eisenberg Predicts Venture Investment In Israel Will Surge Due To Resilience

Michael Eisenberg · Michael Eisenberg and Adi Levanon: Israeli Resilience in Crisis | E1072 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Oct 12, 2023 · at 13:56

Michael Eisenberg is co-founder of Israeli venture capital firm Aleph. He reflects on the long-term investment outlook for the Israeli technology ecosystem following the October 7, 2023 attacks.

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“If you ask me what comes next in the next chapter of the State of Israel, I think I do know, and the Israeli tech community, and that is much more investment is going to flow here because people want to invest in resilient societies in the 21st century, as it's more unsure, because people want to invest in the most creative, fast-moving people on the planet, and this has taken it up another notch.”

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Michael Eisenberg predicts that venture capital investment in Israel will increase because global investors seek resilient societies and creative tech ecosystems during uncertain times.

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Assessment

The resolution criteria require that venture capital funding data from sources like PitchBook, Crunchbase, or IVC Research Center show an increase in total VC investment in Israel in the period following October 2023 compared to the preceding period. Prominent tracking sources—most notably IVC Research Center (in partnership with LeumiTech)—reported that total VC investment in Israeli high-tech reached $9.58 billion in 2024, representing a 38% increase compared to 2023. Other major regional data aggregators like Startup Nation Central and the RISE Institute also recorded increases of 28% ($10.6B) and 11.5% ($9.7B), respectively. Although PitchBook's methodology recorded a minor decline (-7.4%) due to stricter deal categorization, the benchmark domestic data source explicitly cited in the criteria (IVC) and the majority of tech investment databases confirm a clear increase in total VC investment.

IVC–LeumiTech reported Israeli technology companies raised $9.58 billion in 2024, a 38% increase over 2023.
Startup Nation Central reported $10.6 billion in 2024 disclosed tech funding, up 28% from $8.3 billion in 2023.
RISE Institute estimated 2024 investments at $9.7 billion, up 11.5% from $8.7 billion in 2023.
PitchBook projected 2024 deal value at ~$3.9 billion, representing a 7.4% decline from 2023 under its methodology.

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[1] crunchbase.com [2] pitchbook.com [3] globes.co.il [4] jpost.com [5] calcalistech.com [6] substack.com [7] calcalistech.com [8] globes.co.il

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