A model for inclusion? Tech investor Erel Margalit touts Startup City hubs
Founder of Jerusalem Venture Partners says cities and regions hold key to fostering lasting innovation, reducing inequality Israeli entrepreneur and investor Erel Margalit is wrapping up yet another fruitful year in 2021. The founder and executive chairman of Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), one of the oldest and most established venture capital companies in Israel […]
“It’s Like Falling in love”: Israeli Entrepeneurs Welcomed in Dubai
DUBAI — For years, Israeli entrepreneurs slipped in and out of the United Arab Emirates incognito, traveling on second passports or doing business through third parties. So when more than two dozen Israeli high-tech executives turned up in Dubai recently, it was hard to miss them. Chatting away in Hebrew, they traipsed across the marbled […]
A Plan to Turn New York Into a Capital of Cybersecurity
A new partnership among two prominent Israeli venture capital funds, a handful of major private-sector companies and the city’s economic growth development enterprise is hoping to turn New York City into the nation’s leading center for yet one more major industry: cybersecurity. Cyber NYC, as the project is called, is among the nation’s most ambitious […]
Making A Social Profit: What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Israeli VC Erel Margalit
Mark Zuckerberg is “Misinformer of the year,” says Media Matters, highlighting Facebook’s starring role in the unfolding “tech backlash.” Overall, 2017 “was a terrible year for the tech industry,” Farhad Manjoo of The New York Times declared recently. Other tech observers chimed in: Silicon Valley is “under regulatory siege,” it has “lost its humanity,” has […]
How CyberArk Became Israel’s Best Venture Capital Investment
There is no easy formula for venture capital success. But a closer look at Israel’s most successful venture investment — Newton, Mass.-based cybersecurity company CyberArk — suggests that luck, patience, a great team, aggressive management of the capital structure, and a huge unmet need are all important factors. And one of the key people behind […]
Erel Margalit’s powerful visions
An animated reception – (from left), acting prime minister Ehud Olmert; Max Howard, Executive Producer of feature length animations at Disney and Dreamworks SKG and manager of new animation studio; Erel Margalit, Founder and Managing Partner of JVP. The event was perfectly, quintessentially Erel Margalit. Earlier this month, Margalit and his venture capital firm, Jerusalem […]