Israel Innovation Authority

01/06/2026

Industrial decarbonization has a heat problem.

Most renewable energy storage focuses on electricity, but heavy industry needs continuous high-temperature heat. Batteries can't deliver sustained process heat at 500-1000°C for steel production, chemical manufacturing, or sustainable fuel creation.

Brenmiller Energy stores thermal energy directly. The company captures heat from renewable sources and industrial waste, stores it at high temperatures, and releases it when needed. This eliminates conversion losses and provides the sustained heat that heavy industry requires.

Bren Energy's system can deliver industrial-grade heat at scale across these applications. Long-duration thermal storage is infrastructure for industrial decarbonization. Here at the Authority, we are proud to support companies that make renewable-powered heavy industry viable without sacrificing reliability.

Learn more about Bren Energy: https://bren-energy.com/

31/05/2026

Increase in GDP, Fundraising, Exits, and Exports characterizes the Israeli high-tech in the past year

Our newly released 2026 High-Tech Status Report paints a striking picture of resilience and growth. $85 billion in exports. $84 billion in exits. Nearly $15 billion raised. Output per employee reached NIS 827,000, the highest productivity figure in the entire Israeli economy. Israel ranked as the world's fourth-largest startup investment hub, behind only San Francisco, New York, and Boston. Thirty-five new multinational companies chose to plant roots in Israel in 2025 alone, bringing the total to more than 500 since 2000. All this in a year still marked by a war on multiple fronts.

The report also captures a deeper transformation underway. Hardware manufacturing surged, adding NIS 16 billion to output in a single year after years of minimal growth. Defense Tech, quantum technologies, space, and AI infrastructure are increasingly defining where the next generation of Israeli companies is being built. Thirty-five percent of all investments flowed into Core AI companies.

But the report doesn't shy away from harder questions. For the first time in over a decade, the number of R&D employees based in Israel declined. The share of Israeli high-tech employees working inside the country has dropped from 69% in 2019 to 62% today. Management and decision-making are gradually shifting abroad.

As Dror Bin, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority, put it: "Israeli high-tech is at a crossroads. The challenge now is not only to continue generating innovation, but to ensure that this innovation continues creating value, jobs, and growth here in Israel."

The full online and PDF report is available here: https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/press_release/israeli-high-tech-report-2026/

28/05/2026

Israel’s high-tech ecosystem thrives when innovation is backed by smart, forward-looking policy.

In a feature published by Haaretz.com, Yael Mazuz Harpaz, VP and Head of Policy Division at the Innovation Authority, outlines how Israel’s new tax reform is designed to strengthen the country’s global competitiveness and support long-term growth across the innovation ecosystem.

Developed in collaboration with the Innovation Authority, the רשות המסים בישראל (Israel Tax Authority), and the משרד האוצר (Israeli Ministry of Finance), the reform introduces a broad set of incentives aimed at:

• Expanding R&D activity in Israel
• Providing up to 30% R&D tax credits for eligible companies
• Increasing certainty around multinational acquisitions and IP retention
• Supporting returning Israeli talent through updated stock-option taxation policies
• Creating a clearer and more transparent framework for venture capital investment

“These new tax policies are designed to make a real difference at all levels of the ecosystem,” says Mazuz Harpaz. “We are working closely with the industry to ensure that we are aware of their needs and are committed to solving their problems and preserving their competitiveness.”

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27/05/2026

For decades, Israel has been forced to innovate around one fundamental challenge: resource scarcity. Today, that same mindset is helping position the country as a global leader in Climate Tech.

Nearly 1,000 Israeli companies are developing technologies across energy, transportation, agriculture, food, water, advanced materials, and carbon management, with a growing focus not just on reducing emissions, but on fundamentally replacing polluting industrial processes.

At the Innovation Authority, we have doubled our Climate Tech investments over the past four years to help accelerate this transition. Our support spans the full innovation lifecycle: from early-stage startups receiving up to NIS 250,000 through our Ideation Program, to large-scale pilots and beta sites testing breakthrough technologies in real-world environments. In 2025 alone, five beta sites received NIS 40 million in support to scale Climate Tech innovation.

As Ronit Eshel, Head of Climate Tech at the Israel Innovation Authority, explains: “It’s no longer ‘How do we mitigate emissions?’ It’s ‘How do we replace the contaminating process itself?’”

Israel is building the technologies that can redefine how industries operate.

Learn more: https://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-labels/cutting-edge/2026-05-25/ty-article-labels/.premium/solutions-for-a-changing-planet/0000019e-5e20-d72e-abfe-7ef65dda0000

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26/05/2026

Israel's tech sector just had its best year on record during one of its hardest years in history.

Early-stage funding surged to $14 billion in 2025, matching pre-war levels. Even more striking is that after a decade of decline, the number of new startups founded in Israel rose from 500 to 600 despite ongoing conflict.

In a recent Haaretz הארץ interview, Dror Bin, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority, pointed to an unexpected consequence of the war. "People were forced to leave their comfort zones. They met people they wouldn't have otherwise met and encountered problems they wouldn't have otherwise been aware of. This accelerated the ideation process."

The bigger shift, though, is where Israeli tech is heading. Global innovation has moved from digital software to Deep Tech (semiconductors, AI, quantum computing, energy, synthetic biology, climate solutions). These fields demand scientific breakthroughs, not just code.

Israel is positioning itself at the center of this transformation. The country now ranks third globally in AI innovation (adjusted for population) and hosts nearly 200 startups combining biology, engineering, and AI. Here at the Innovation Authority, we are backing this evolution with over NIS 1 billion in national initiatives across Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Bio-Convergence.

As Dror notes, countries now view technology as essential to national security. That reality is reshaping the global tech landscape and Israel is helping define it.

Read the full interview: https://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-labels/cutting-edge/2026-05-25/ty-article-labels/.premium/the-case-for-optimism/0000019e-5e21-d02b-a19f-5fe3d2140000

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21/05/2026

Shavuot marks the harvest season and the tradition of bringing the first fruits (Bikurim), celebrating what's just beginning to ripen.

This year, we're spotlighting a new generation of Israeli deep-tech startups that planted their roots during one of the country's most difficult periods. While global attention focused on war and economic instability, these companies were being founded and built, quietly pushing forward.

The startups include:
🌾 MBreaze robotics — robotic hip joints for amputees
🌾 CYQU — post-quantum cybersecurity infrastructure
🌾 Closer Healthcare — feeding solutions for premature and medically complex infants
🌾 ecoTASE — converting industrial waste heat into clean energy
🌾 Renalyte Medical — implantable alternatives to dialysis

These companies show where the next wave of deep-tech innovation is heading and how innovation ecosystems respond under pressure. As Israel observes Shavuot, these startups represent the earliest fruits of a season still unfolding.

19/05/2026

How Global Tech Giants Are Reshaping Israel’s High-Tech Landscape

Israel’s tech ecosystem has evolved far beyond the traditional “Startup Nation” narrative. In 2026, the country is increasingly serving as a long-term operational and R&D hub for some of the world’s largest technology companies.

Global corporations are building permanent engineering and innovation centers across Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem, transforming the country into a critical base for developing and managing global technologies.

From AI and cybersecurity to cloud infrastructure, fintech, biotechnology, and autonomous systems, Israeli teams are helping solve some of the most complex engineering challenges at global scale.

As technologies like quantum computing, advanced biotech, and autonomous networks continue to mature, the combination of global investment and local engineering talent is further strengthening Israel’s role at the forefront of deep-tech innovation.

Read how here: https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/05/18/how-global-giants-are-redefining-the-landscape-of-israeli-high-tech/

Looking toward the horizon of 2030, the synergy between global capital and local engineering talent shows no signs of abating. As emerging technologies such

18/05/2026

Israel is expected to outperform major developed markets in 2026, according to CNBC .

Growth forecasts remain strong, unemployment stays low, inflation holds steady, and capital markets continue attracting global investor attention. This performance comes during one of the most challenging periods in the country's history.

The tech sector drives much of this resilience. Global demand for Israeli cybersecurity, AI, defense tech, and advanced infrastructure remains high. Foreign investment continues flowing in, and M&A activity hasn't slowed.

Capital follows performance. When investors see an ecosystem that maintains output, they pay attention. Israel continues proving that innovation doesn't require perfect conditions. It requires the capacity to keep moving forward when conditions are anything but perfect.

Read more here: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/30/israel-economy-stock-market-tel-aviv-trump-netanyahu-gdp-us-inflation.html

The Israeli economy is massively outperforming a swathe of developed-market peers, including key ally the United States.

17/05/2026

Israeli hospitals are joining an international clinical trial testing an AI system that assesses heart disease risk in four minutes.

המרכז הרפואי שיבא תל השומר - Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer
and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center are participating in the global study led by Israeli startup AccuLine, whose CORA platform analyzes ECG, oxygen saturation, respiration rate, symptoms, and clinical data to help identify patients at risk for coronary artery disease, without radiation or physical exertion.

The trial will include approximately 2,000 patients across around 20 medical centers, primarily in the United States, as the company advances toward FDA clearance.

AccuLine has received support from the Authority and Google, alongside investment from leading healthcare and venture partners. The company is part of a growing group of Israeli healthtech companies developing faster, easier ways to screen for serious conditions.

Read more here: https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/s18iacxjzx

More on AccuLine: https://acculine-medical.com/

Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center join AccuLine’s international clinical trial testing an Israeli-developed AI system designed to detect coronary artery disease noninvasively in just four minutes