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Israeli privately-held tech companies have raised $7.03 billion in the first nine months of 2025, according to IVC-LeumiTech.

The company has developed handheld, omni-directional systems that deliver continuous, secure voice and data links without the need for massive antennas, heavy infrastructure, or clear sky access.

Reports by Start-Up Nation Central and IVC-LeumiTech show a contradictory trend between July and September with an unprecedented peak in M&As while startup fund raising fell.

The Specialized Language Models company was founded by Iddo Gino, who at 17 founded RapidAPI and led it to a valuation of $1 billion before it was acquired.

The company is buying cloud management platform company Pelanor for an estimated $20-30 million.

DigitalOwl's technology analyzes and summarizes medical records, serving insurance companies and lawyers.

The finance automation company has raised the money just two months after implementing a streamlining process that included major layoffs.

This brings the Israeli venture capital firm's total assets under management to over $1 billion, and is a major step in the venture capital firm’s global expansion and commitment to investing in technology companies.

The company works closely with leading AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic to mitigate cybersecurity risks posed by advanced AI models while protecting the models from cyber attacks.

Tel Aviv University and the Technion were in PitchBook's prestigious 2025 ranking for leading universities for entrepreneurs.

The company has developed AI-native security analytics and investigation across any stack, without forcing costly migrations or pipeline engineering.

The Israeli enterprise browser security company did not disclose the name of the investor.

The company has developed a platform that provides enterprises with complete visibility into configuration risks and autonomously fixes them, ensuring devices are secure, compliant, and resilient to breaches.

The auto finance fintech company had a valuation of over $1 billion at the time of its most recent financing round in 2023.

monday.com has made its first-ever investment in the company, which was founded by two former monday.com employees.

The rate of fundraising by Israeli venture capital funds is 40% down on 2024, while foreign funds are reducing their investments in Israel, a report by IVC, Gornitzky and KPMG finds.

Together with Assaf Sagy, Nadav Abrahami has founded Dazl, a company in the burgeoning field of vibe coding, AI-assisted coding using natural language.

The firm, which invests alongside small early-stage venture capital funds to save them from dilution, now has a specific Israel allocation.

Xtend CEO Aviv Shapira tells "Globes" about his tech journey, which included selling Replay Technologies to Intel for $200 million.

Sola Security has attracted more than 2,000 users who created over 1,000 custom security apps with Sola’s generative AI, spanning from identity and access management, to cloud security, posture and configuration management, compliance, and more.

Edwards Lifesciences acquired 52% of Vectorious at a similar valuation in 2023, and is now buying the remaining stake of the Israeli company, which develops devices to treat heart disease.

Cato’s first-ever acquisition will expand its SASE cloud platform, enabling secure enterprise adoption of AI agents and public and private AI applications.

Sayata has developed an AI-enabled digital distribution marketplace for commercial insurance.

The Israeli venture capital fund's data, which are not publicly available, has been presented to investors for the first time, and is correct as of June 2025.

Israeli privately-held tech companies have raised $6.2 billion in the first eight months of 2025.

The financing for the cybersecurity company was completed at a company valuation of $1.3 billion, up from $1.1 billion in the company's most recent financing round in February 2025.

Tel Aviv-based Axiom simplifies and secures workforce access to modern infrastructure, through seamless, secure-by-default access workflows across the entire lifecycle.

As the Israeli cybersecurity industry's founders leave the stage, the future lies with a set of already wealthy, interconnected entrepreneurs ready to bring on generation three.

Capitalise.ai's platform enables users to trade in cryptocurrencies and other assets with orders in ordinary English.

Seemplicity automates and streamlines the entire vulnerability management and remediation process.