Israeli startup landscape maps — updated July 2020
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I love startup landscapes. It’s been a while since I posted the first Israeli startup landscape collection (August 2018) and second batch (Nov 2019) of Israeli startup maps. In this post I’ll aggregate a collection of recent Israeli startup landscapes across Artificial Intelligence, retail tech, sports tech, Fintech, health (specifically relating to Covid-19), wellness tech and others.
Covid-19 Israeli tech landscape
Israeli startups and scientists are working hard on finding a vaccine and better diagnostics for Covid-19. Here are some of the companies tackling the pandemic directly and indirectly.
Israeli Artificial Intelligence startup landscape
According to recent analysis by Cardumen Ventures, there are 1,042 active AI companies in Israel as of June 2020, with over 150 new AI startups created in 2019.
Israeli deep tech startup landscape
Israel’s growing deep tech landscape includes over 150 Semiconductors; Quantum Computing; Sensors; Space 2.0; Robotics; Networking & Wireless; Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology; Next Gen Healthcare; AI Platforms; IoT and AR/VR.
Israel wellness tech startup landscape
Health startups raised over $4.4 billion globally in Q2 2020, and wellness tech is a growing part of it. Wellness is a category that mixes several verticals within. In wellness tech you can expect to find mind and body fitness (some overlap with sports tech), personal care, healthy eating/nutrition (some overlap with digital health), senior/age tech, corporate wellness, wearable devices (some overlap with IOT), etc.
Israel Retail tech startup landscape
Israeli= Retail-Tech companies have raised a total of $243M through 15 deals in 2020 so far, despite the year’s eventfulness.
Israel maritime tech startup landscape
There are now over 100 Israeli startups either dedicated to, or otherwise having a strong use case at the Maritime sector. An increate of 50% from last year.
Till next time…
