Israeli venture capital firm JAL Ventures announced on Monday that it had closed JAL II, a $105 million second fund. The company said it has already made five investments in B2B startups from the fund, some of which have raised follow-up rounds at significantly higher valuations. The second fund includes insurtech companies Novidea and VOOM; […]

The Azerbaijan Investment Company will invest in 10 to 15 startups from OurCrowd's portfolio in the first stage.

Investments in Israeli fintech (financial tech) firms soared to a record $2.3 billion in the first half of 2021, representing a record-breaking 260 percent increase over funding in the first half of 2020. It also surpassed 2020’s full-year total of $1.8 billion by 28 percent. These fintech investments made up 19 percent of the $12.2 […]

Even amid pandemic challenges, VC funds added a total of 620 new firms to their portfolios, up from 470 in 2019 and 439 in 2014, report shows.

Last month was marked by six 'mega-rounds' of $100 million in financing or more; 21 such investments were announced in all of 2020.

What makes a self-made Chinese billionaire fall in love with Israel? Perhaps it's that like him, Israel started out without many resources, but became a high-tech powerhouse. Today, Li is the prime example of the Far-East's new-found interest in the holy land.