by Fiona Darmon and Merav Weinryb, Managing Partners, Sunvest Capital Partners English article published on January 11, 2026 in Medium Technology companies are staying private for longer. As transaction volumes accelerate and demand for interim liquidity rises, secondary transactions now play a central role in how founders and investors build large, globally relevant technology companies on the path to exit. What was once a niche liquidity solution has evolved into a permanen

Fundraising fell to a decade low in deal count, but AI and cyber attracted unprecedented capital concentration. Sophie Shulman , Meir Orbach 22 December, 2025 Although Israel was at war throughout 2025, culminating in a summer economic shutdown during the Twelve-Day War with Iran, the performance of the local high-tech sector points to a strong year, with trends broadly aligned with developments in the United States. Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2025 Full

Fiona Darmon, Managing Partner at Sunvest Capital Partners, added at Mind the Tech Berlin 2025: “Investments themselves are becoming more concentrated and precise. More capital, but in a smaller number of deals.”  Fiona Darmon, Ctech by Calcalist 10:48, 04.12.25 It is an honor to open the Mind the Tech Berlin 2025 conference by Calcalist and Bank Leumi and to mark 60 years of business partnership between Israel and Germany - a stable and deep partnership based on trust and a

As PitchBook reports US secondary activity reaching 94.9 billion dollars, the data reflects broader shifts in how investors, employees, and funds are approaching liquidity. For a market like Israel's, where international participation is high and exit routes often lead to US or multinational acquirers, these US trends may offer early indicators of themes that could develop locally as well. PitchBook’s Q3 2025 US VC Secondary Market Watch report highlights several notable deve

Israeli originated companies continue to meet global demand for innovation and transformation. Startups and growth stage companies in Israel raised more than 800 million dollars in a single week, one of the strongest waves of private investment this year. While cyber and AI drive many of the headlines, the activity reaches far beyond them. Fintech, insurtech, defense tech, and TravelTech are all seeing meaningful investment and transactions, including the multibillion dollar

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