May Nechushtan

May Nechushtan is the Fintech Sector Lead of Start-Up Nation Central. Prior to this, Ms. Nechushtan worked for the Research Department at the Central Bank of Israel, where she was responsible for monitoring and analyzing the Israeli financial market and recommending policy regulations. Ms. Nechushtan holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Political Science and Economics (PPE) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

General

2021 Tech Trends: Israel becomes a unicorn factory

10.01.2022

No fewer than 33 companies were valued above $1 billion following major investment rounds this year, bringing the total number of blue-and-white unicorns to 54.

Start-Up Nation Central Editorial
9
2 weeks ago

General

2021 Tech Trends: Later-stage companies prefer IPOs over M&As

10.01.2022

Sixty Israeli companies went public this year having raised an accumulated $4.14 billion. Acquisitions more than doubled from roughly $4 billion in 2020 to $7.9 billion in 2021.

Start-Up Nation Central Editorial
11
2 weeks ago

General

2021 Tech Trends: 3 sectors are dominating Israel’s innovation ecosystem

10.01.2022

The three sectors that surged ahead in investments last year were FinTech, Enterprise IT & Data Infrastructure, and Security Technologies, all three more than doubling FY2020 figures.

Start-Up Nation Central Editorial
13
2 weeks ago

General

2021 Tech Trends: Who are the investors behind Israeli tech’s record-breaking year?

10.01.2022

A close look at the investors funding Israeli tech companies reveals that it was the largest global VCs, which are taking an ever-growing stake in the ecosystem.

Meir Valman
11
2 weeks ago

General

2021 Tech Trends: Israel is winning the global race for tech funding

10.01.2022

With a 147% increase in capital investments, Israel is at the top of the rankings relative to other notable tech hubs

Start-Up Nation Central Editorial
10
2 weeks ago

IMPACT-TECH

Start-Up Nation Central hosted 8 UN ambassadors who came to learn about Israeli sustainability solutions

22.12.2021

Israeli startup companies showcased their technologies to the delegation led by Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan, emphasizing emerging markets partnerships and solutions.

Ron Friedman
16
1 month ago

Digital Health

Israeli Innovation is Offering Solutions to Global Health and Wellbeing Challenges

15.12.2021

Israel’s innovation ecosystem is optimally positioned to address the particular challenges associated with the UN's SDG #3

Start-Up Nation Central Editorial
23
1 month ago

General

The foundations for UAE-Israel relations are in place. Now is the time to build on them.

28.11.2021

Start-Up Nation Central has adopted innovation diplomacy as a central pillar of our organization’s strategy and our partnership with the UAE will continue for many years to come A bit more than a year after they...

Avi Hasson
28
2 months ago

IMPACT-TECH

Israeli FinTech Innovators Helping Combat Global Poverty

10.11.2021

Financial services startups are playing a role in improving underprivileged populations’ access to banking

Yael Weisz Zilberman
37
2 months ago

General

How Does Israel’s Innovation Ecosystem Compare to 9 Global Tech Hubs?

03.11.2021

The Israeli startup ecosystem is often compared to other ecosystems, particularly California’s Silicon Valley in terms of entrepreneurial culture and historical similarities, but the two ecosystems are even more...

Yuval Soffer
43
3 months ago