The Israeli tech ecosystem,
at a glance.

8,178 companies · 6,970 investors · refreshed continuously from Israeli tech news.

8,178
Companies
$574B
Total capital raised
488,115
People employed (est.)
2,266
Exits · $351B
▲ 4 30d ▲ 247 12mo
6,970
Investors

Israeli tech ecosystem statistics (updated 2026-08-17)

The Israeli tech ecosystem comprises 8,178 companies and 6,970 investors, having raised $574B in total and employing 488,115 people. There have been 2,266 exits (acquisitions and public offerings) worth $351B.

Recent momentum: in the last 30 days, companies raised $120B across 23 rounds with 4 exits. Year to date: $174B across 427 rounds. Last 12 months: $199B across 765 rounds and 247 exits.

By startup state: 5,922 Active, 5,466 Inactive, 1,942 Acquired, 331 Public.

Leading hubs by company count: Tel Aviv-Yafo (2,811 companies, $41B raised); Tel Aviv-Yafo (1,394 companies, $28B raised); Herzliya (409 companies, $105B raised); Jerusalem (404 companies, $2.3B raised); Ramat Gan (325 companies, $9.8B raised); Haifa (284 companies, $24B raised); Tel Aviv (275 companies, $14B raised); Herzliya (248 companies, $4.1B raised); Tel Aviv (235 companies, $2.3B raised); Jerusalem (220 companies, $5.2B raised); Petah Tikva (216 companies, $5.5B raised); Ramat Gan (210 companies, $4.2B raised).

By country: IL (7,970), ISR (5,162), US (254), XX (203), GB (17), USA (8), CA (4), CH (4).

How Israeli tech is capitalized

Publicly-disclosed amounts only (undisclosed rounds & deals excluded). Lifetime = cumulative, ~2001–today.

Private capital
$563B
Seed → late-stage venture, debt & grants
Public-market capital · $8.0B
  • PIPE$8.0B
  • Reverse Merger$48M
Secondary
$0
Existing shares sold to new buyers — no new capital to the company
Acquisitions
$333B
898 disclosed M&A deals
New · experimental

Signals — patterns worth a closer look

Ten automated flags across the ecosystem — serial-founder second acts, hiring inflections, grant-validated & undiluted, debt-before-equity, quiet compounders, revivals and more — each with its top current matches. Informational only, not investment advice.

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Did you know?

12.6 yrs
The average Israeli startup is about 12.6 years old.
54
54 Israeli companies have each raised over $1B.
2,483
2,483 companies in our data were founded in the last 5 years.
$32B
The largest acquisition on record is Wiz by Alphabet Inc. (Google Cloud) at $32B.
1906
The oldest still-active company, Elgo Irrigation, was founded in 1906.
4,210
Tel Aviv-Yafo is the densest hub, home to 4,210 companies.
7%
7% of Israeli companies in our data are in cyber security.
$72M
Companies that have raised report $72M on average.
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