Comment by Adam Salkin, a partner in one of Israel’s leading law firms, Herzog, Fox & Neeman
Recent years have witnessed an upheaval in the make-up of international corporates investing in Israel, the so-called “startup nation”. While once the preserve of local players and the “Big Five” tech giants, there has been a dramatic uptick in the number of corporates entering the Israeli ecosystem for the first time from non-traditional tech industries ranging from energy to entertainment.
Typically acting through their corporate venture capital (CVC) arms, these corporates are drawn to one of the world’s hottest tech corridors as…