Israeli Startups To Woo European Investors At Tel Aviv Meet-Up

Hundreds of Israeli startups will have a chance to meet with potential European investors and clients this month at a conference in Tel Aviv designed to bring the parties together. 

Around 30 investors and companies from the continent will be attending the Europe Days Conference on March 19, where the emphasis will be on AI, foodtech and healthtech. 

The summit will include one-on-one meetings, round table sessions and reverse pitches (where companies explain what they need to startups that then go away to try to produce it). Parts of the conference will also be online.  

According to conference organizer NovaWind, the Swiss, German and Austrian investors, who jointly manage around 1.5 billion euro, have 600 million euro on hand for investment in Israeli companies. 

“Investors from Europe are more open to ‘going’ abroad and diversifying their investments in Israel as well,” said NovaWind CEO Gilli Cegla.

“Despite declines in markets around the world and the war in Israel, global

competitiveness has increased and with it Europe’s need for innovative technological solutions that come from outside has also increased,” he said.  

“The companies and investors from Europe are now at a point where they must look outside to places like Israel, which will provide them with what businesses all over the world are looking for: innovation, new products and winning business models.”