The Israeli tech ecosystem,
at a glance.

10,616 companies · 6,895 investors · refreshed continuously from Israeli tech news.

10,616
Companies
$893B
Total capital raised
489,465
People employed (est.)
2,392
Exits · $373B
▲ 247 12mo
6,895
Investors

Israeli tech ecosystem statistics (updated 2026-09-02)

The Israeli tech ecosystem comprises 10,616 companies and 6,895 investors, having raised $893B in total and employing 489,465 people. There have been 2,392 exits (acquisitions and public offerings) worth $373B.

Recent momentum: in the last 30 days, companies raised $306M across 4 rounds with 0 exits. Year to date: $252B across 803 rounds. Last 12 months: $277B across 1,141 rounds and 247 exits.

By startup state: 8,134 Active, 5,476 Inactive, 2,151 Acquired, 350 Public.

Leading hubs by company count: Tel Aviv-Yafo (2,824 companies, $45B raised); Tel Aviv-Yafo (1,409 companies, $28B raised); Tel Aviv (659 companies, $74B raised); Tel Aviv (504 companies, $34B raised); Herzliya (429 companies, $110B raised); Jerusalem (423 companies, $3.5B raised); Ramat Gan (341 companies, $13B raised); Haifa (301 companies, $38B raised); Herzliya (296 companies, $5.8B raised); Jerusalem (253 companies, $8.3B raised); Ramat Gan (242 companies, $4.7B raised); Petah Tikva (236 companies, $3.6B raised).

By country: IL (8,703), ISR (6,113), US (715), XX (203), GB (53), CA (14), CH (12), CY (10).

How Israeli tech is capitalized

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

Private capital
$835B
Seed → late-stage venture, debt & grants
Public-market capital · $21B
  • IPO / Follow-on$11B
  • PIPE$10B
  • Reverse Merger$86M
Secondary
$35B
Existing shares sold to new buyers — no new capital to the company
Acquisitions
$355B
981 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?

12.1 yrs
The average Israeli startup is about 12.1 years old.
95
95 Israeli companies have each raised over $1B.
3,636
3,636 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.
4,240
Tel Aviv-Yafo is the densest hub, home to 4,240 companies.
6%
6% of Israeli companies in our data are in cyber security.
$137M
Companies that have raised report $137M on average.
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