Tel Aviv
Introduction
Greater Tel Aviv is Israel’s largest metropolitan area and center of innovation and trade, with a combined enterprise value above $400B and 100+ unicorns.
Tel Aviv is an innovation leader on the world stage and was ranked #8 among Dealroom’s 2022 Global Tech Ecosystem Trailblazers.
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The Tel-Aviv tech ecosystem is one of the most capital efficient in the world when looking at VC investment and unicorn development.
Venture Capital
By stage
Below we break venture capital into three distinct stages:
- Startup stage ($0-15M rounds)
- Breakout stage ($15-100M rounds)
- Scaleup ($100M+ rounds).
This provides more consistent and timeless segmentation of the startup & venture capital landscape (more so than self-reported round labeling, which are applied inconsistently, especially between business cycles).
After a record $21B in 2021, Tel Aviv VC investment reached $11B in 2022, close to 1.5x above pre-pandemic level.
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Early stage
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Breakout stage
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Scaleup stage
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Position in Israel
Tel Aviv has captured close to 85% of VC activity in Israel since 2018.
By industry and leading segments
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Compared to Global average, Tel Aviv over indexes in Security startup investment, with Security and Fintech as Tel Aviv's top two funded industries.
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Investors
The following table showcases the most active investors in the Tel Aviv ecosystem.
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Unicorns and $1B+ exits
Discover 100+ Tel Aviv unicorns and $1B exits.
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Global benchmarking
By Unicorns
This scatterplot chart below showcases notable Tel-Aviv's startups against its global counterparts looking at the relationship in company valuation and total VC funding.
By VC investment
Tel Aviv ranks within the top 20 global hubs and top 5 hubs in the EMEA region.
Startup conversion rate
Geographic Scope
For the purpose of this Deep Dive, the Greater Tel Aviv ecosystem (referred to as Tel Aviv) includes: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Bat Yam, Holon, Ramat HaSharon, Ramat Gan, Giv'atayim, Bnei Brak, Herzliya, Or Yehuda, Giv'at Shmuel, Kiryat Ono, Rishon Letzion, Azor, Nes Ziona, Rehovot.
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