Israel's Entrepreneurial Culture
Israel is often referred to by this nickname because of its great ability to foster startups, despite being a small country with limited resources.
What is the "Startup Nation"
This popular app amongst teens, which allows people the chance to video message one another, was founded by an Israeli entrepeneur.
What is Snapchat?
This entrepreneur, is known as the "Startup Nation" ambassador, and is the co-founder of the cybersecurity company, CheckPoint
Who is Gil Shwed?
It is an American tech giant, primarily focusing on its search engine and advertising, first came to Israel in 2006
What is Google?
This city is home to Israel's most prestigious university, and a key place for tech startups in sectors like artificial intelligence, robotics, and general technology
What is Jerusalem?
This Israeli city is known for its dominant role in pioneering technology startups at the center of Israel's startups.
What is Tel Aviv?
Referred to as the, "Startup Nation," Israel has the highest number of startups per capita in the world. Around how many were created in the country in the last 10 years?
What is around 2,000 startups?
He founded the smartphone navigational app, Waze, and was so successful that it led to a major acquisition by Google in 2013.
Who is Uri Levine?
A major automative company, headquartered in Germany, it has its main Israeli hub in Tel Aviv, where it focuses on electric vehicles and their development
What is Volkswagen?
It is known for its close proximity to several prestigious universities, as a major Northern city for innovation, and where my dad was born!
What is Haifa?
This unique factor, which was nurtured by Israel's governmental programs, has been of huge importance in transforming Israel into a global tech powerhouse by supporting early-stage projects
What is the Technology Incubator Program?
Another Israeli founded company, it provides a global messaging service and is a major name for communications over the web or smartphones, acquired by Facebook in 2014
What is Whatsapp?
He was the co-founder and former CEO of the company, Mobileye, where he lead to company to high reaches, being bought out by Intel for $15.3 billion
Who is Amnon Shashua?
It is a financial services company, primarily focusing on credit cards and banking products, having a significant presence in Israel each year
What is Visa?
A southern, small, Israeli city that is a key player in Israel's cybersecurity and defense technologies
What is Be'er Sheva?
The country's small size and overall challenges have led to this specific type of mindset, where people focus on solution on an international stage?
What is a "global first" mentality
This company specializes in fintech, and has a digital payment platform for business to issue corporate cards, and financial processes. It was acquired by Mastercard in 2021.
What is Finicity?
Known as the "father of Israeli venture capital" he created the first venture capital fund in Israel
Who is Chemi Peres?
It is known for its semiconductor and chip manufacturing operations, and was acquired by Mobileye in 2017 for $15.3 dollars.
What is Intel?
Just north of Tel Aviv, This smaller city is home to a major innovation park and a variety of successful startups
What is Herzliya?
Israel ranks as one of the best countries for R&D expenditure as part of its GDP, at this specific percentage
What is 4.3%?
This company is a leader in voice recognition and language processing, helping people interact with voice-activated devices, acquired by Amazon in 2019
What is Eucalyptus?
He was one of the founding fathers of Israel's tech revolution, and he was one of the earliest investors into Waze.
Who is Yossi Vardi?
It is a Japanese company centering around insurance and cybersecurity, using the country to benefit and research advanced cybersecurity technologies
What is Sompo?
Often referred to as a "tech valley," this central city is home to numerous tech companies, focusing more on cybersecurity and AI
What is Ramat Gan?