{"id":2530,"date":"2015-11-27T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T04:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2015-11-27T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T04:33:36","slug":"israel-startup-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/israel-startup-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Startup Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbsection\u00a0\u00bb transparent_background=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb allow_player_pause=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb inner_shadow=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb make_equal=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb specialty=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb gutter_width=\u00a0\u00bb3&Prime; 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development capability<\/li>\n<li>High level of venture capital available<\/li>\n<li>Small local market + huge diaspora = strong capability to export tech<\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneurial mindset fueled among other by strong army training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbCons\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h3>CONS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Not so good at turning technology into commercial products (quick and dirty mindset)<\/li>\n<li>Geopolitical context never easy and sometimes unsafe, in particular for foreigners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbsection\u00a0\u00bb transparent_background=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb allow_player_pause=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb inner_shadow=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb0px|0px|0px|0px\u00a0\u00bb padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb make_equal=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb specialty=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb gutter_width=\u00a0\u00bb3&Prime; 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He is living in Israel where he has worked for Adobe and has been running the Founder&rsquo;s Institute Accelerator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yossidan?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=FESw&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CentityType%3AentityHistoryName%2CclickedEntityId%3Amynetwork_522170%2Cidx%3A1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbJeremie Kletzkine\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4694\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2436ab5-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"2436ab5\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeremie Kletzkine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VP Business Development<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Startup Nation Central<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeremie Kletzkine develops Startup Nation Central: a database of 5000 Israeli startups updated every year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jerem?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=R7b9&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A6389946%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1481696763044%2Ctas%3Ajeremie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbRoni Zehavi\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4695\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAYYAAAAJDE2ZGE2ZjU5LWY4YzUtNGY2ZC1iOWUyLTVmZmFhNWNjMTNhZQ.jpg\" alt=\"aaeaaqaaaaaaaayyaaaajde2zge2zju5lwy4yzutngy2zc1iowuyltvmzmfhnwnjmtnhzq\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roni Zehavi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CEO<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CyberSpark Industry Initiative<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roni Zehavi is the CEO of Cyberspark business park in Beersheva, the top cybersecurity cluster of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/roni-zehavi-301257b?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=4znz&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A33459697%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-4-4%2CtarId%3A1481700080715%2Ctas%3Aroni%20ze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbRow\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb gutter_width=\u00a0\u00bb3&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb0px|0px|0px|0px\u00a0\u00bb padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb allow_player_pause=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb make_equal=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_1=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_1=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_2=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_2=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_3=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_3=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_4=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_4=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbAngel Porgador\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4620\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/angel.png\" alt=\"angel\" width=\"174\" height=\"259\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Angel Porgador<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor, VP R&amp;D<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben-Gurion University of the Negev<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angel Porgador is Deputy Vice-President &amp; Dean for Research &amp; Development at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where specialties include Desert Studies (energy on sands, irrigation), but also biotech and cybersecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angel-porgador-51217914?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=aIuv&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A48186014%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1481700191214%2Ctas%3Aangel%20porgador\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Linkedin\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbSteve Elbaz\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4696\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/27d9330.jpg\" alt=\"27d9330\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Elbaz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Development &amp; Marketing Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aster Capital<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steve runs the VC arm of Schneider Electric, Solvay and Alstom in Israel. His expertise runs from startup scouting to investment and corporate acceleration.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/steveselbaz?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=lnuv&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A56754845%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1481700257309%2Ctas%3Asteve%20e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbJeremie Berrebi\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4697\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAC3AAAAJDBkMjlhYzIxLTkwZDUtNGEzNi04M2Q5LTIxY2YwMzJiZGM3NA.jpg\" alt=\"aaeaaqaaaaaaaac3aaaajdbkmjlhyzixltkwzdutngezni04m2q5ltixy2ywmzjizgm3na\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeremie Berrebi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CEO<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magical Capital<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeremie Berrebi is a renown French-Israeli entrepreneur, having run Kima Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund, and now heading Magical Capital, a late-stage VC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/berrebi?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=y_xD&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A62062%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1481700333930%2Ctas%3Ajeremie%20be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel Startup scene is justly dubbed the \u00ab\u00a0Startup Nation\u00a0\u00bb by a book startup nation which describes how the whole country, from its foundation in the 1940s to its wars with neighbors, and the development of a high tech economy, is a marvel of entrepreneurial mindset. In a semi-arid country with disputed borders, the only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>The Israel Startup scene is justly dubbed the \"Startup Nation\" by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Miracle\/dp\/0446541478\" target=\"_blank\">book startup nation<\/a> which describes how the whole country, from its foundation in the 1940s to its wars with neighbors, and the development of a high tech economy, is a marvel of entrepreneurial mindset.<\/p><p>In a semi-arid country with disputed borders, the only early asset of Israel are its people, a vibrant, diverse and cosmopolitan crowd sharing three traits making them great entrepreneurs: <em>Takhles<\/em> (sense of purpose), <em>Rosh Gadol<\/em> (tendency to challenge authority) and <em>Chutzpah<\/em> (shameless audacity).<\/p><p>As a result, Israel has the highest venture capital per capita with $425,000 per 1,000 people, and its best startups have raised $3.4bn for 2014 alone.<\/p><p>The Israel startup scene is now rated #1 outside the Silicon Valley, and as many as 300 MNCs have setup a R&D center there, including Apple's only outside the US.<\/p><p>In terms of speciality, Israel is now famous for its expertise in Cybersecurity, but also in mobile with success stories such as Appixia or Waze.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}