Tel Aviv Tech: Corporates powering startups & venture capital

Tel Aviv is both pound for pound the most productive startup hub in the world, and a major strategic R&D hub for global corporates. In fact the two go hand in hand. Exploring the role of corporates in Tel Aviv Tech, with Tel Aviv Global.

Key findings

• The Magnificent 7 backed 25 funding rounds in Tel Aviv between 2019 and 2024, second only to London's 51 among EMEA hubs.
• Google's $32B acquisition of Wiz in March 2025 is the largest VC-backed exit via acquisition on record, ahead of WhatsApp's $22B.
• Tel Aviv drew $1.6K of VC investment per capita in 2024, sixth among the top-funded global hubs and ahead of every other EMEA hub.
• Corporate investors took part in 24% of all Tel Aviv funding rounds in 2024, the highest share of any year and up from 8% in 2014.
• 9% of Tel Aviv startups seeded between 2015 and 2020 became unicorns, ahead of the Bay Area's 7% and New York's 6%.