Perspectives

25 Years of Innovation

Founder and Executive Chairman, JVP, Margalit Startup City
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It’s been a very fulfilling 25 years here at JVP. The Early Days  I still remember myself in 1990 when, as a young 28-year old, I had the Chutzpa to tell Jerusalem’s famed Mayor Teddy Kollek that we could transform the City. Taking Jerusalem from a city of strife, conflict and diversity, to a vital...

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2019

Maximizing Opportunities in Fintech’s Arms Race

At its beginning, the Fintech industry’s vision was to fundamentally transform traditional banking using advanced technologies. A decade later, this vision has yet to fully materialize. Despite the acceleration we’ve seen in tech-based financial solutions, it is generally agreed that financial institutions are not likely to disappear anytime soon. As active Fintech investors who review...

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2017

Building Tomorrow’s Leading Cyber-security and Data Analytics Innovators

General Partner, JVP
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A typical hi-tech ecosystem consists of various stakeholders, each contributing their expertise to create a vibrant community, with both internal activity and a relationship with the external world. Some of the most obvious constituents include academia – providing in-depth research and training for human capital; the government – aimed at creating infrastructure, facilitating and easing...

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2017

Israeli cyber-security experts discuss zero-day exploits, virtual money laundering techniques

General Partner, JVP
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Last week’s Pentagon report disclosing the breach that allowed Chinese hackers to infiltrate some of America’s most advanced weapons systems reveals the U.S.’s gaping online vulnerabilities and compels U.S. leaders to make cyber-security an issue of national priority. Given Israel’s ranking as the world leader for cyber-security by Switzerland’s International Institute for Management Development in...

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2017

Is your cyber startup IPO-ready? Check these 7 benchmarks

Venture Partner, JVP
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In recent years, several Israeli cyber-security companies have made the transition into becoming market leaders by going public on NASDAQ, including such world renowned firms as Check Point, CyberArk, Imperva, and Varonis. At Jerusalem Venture Partners, we see some 90% of the startups in the local cyber-security space and have invested in 15 of them....

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Investors and cyber security: A love story

General Partner, JVP
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Smart investors seem to have fallen in love with cyber security lately. Just a few years ago, most investors believed that the cyber-sector did not justify significant venture capital attention or investments. There were several reasons for this: Headline-grabbing, landmark cyber-attacks only started to receive attention some two to three years ago. The IT and...

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Can Israel Create More Cyber Unicorns?

Venture Partner, JVP
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Five unicorns in the cyber-security realm have been created in Israel: Checkpoint — the mother of all Israeli cyber-security firms – NDS – acquired by Cisco for $5B, one of the country’s largest exits ever—Imperva and CyberArk — both publicly traded companies – and ForeScout. With just a handful of such cyber giants worldwide, that’s...

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2017