Companies founded by Israelis and valued at $1 billion or over nearly doubled this year.

The real estate company, set up by Ori Allon, has raised over $1 billion since 2012.

The property tech company currently valued at $2.2 billion has bought San Francisco's Paragon Real Estate Group to form the city's largest brokerage firm.

TechAviv's Yaron Samid recently compiled a list of startups and firms founded in Israel or by Israelis to 'show Israel’s transformation from a 'start-up nation' to a 'scale-up nation.'

Israeli startups are on their way to a record year after having raised $1.1 billion this quarter.