1. The document discusses the growth of Israel's technology sector from the 1960s to present day. It outlines key programs and policies that helped foster innovation like the Yozma program, incubator program, and law encouraging R&D. 2. It highlights Israel's success in producing major tech companies and exits. For example, in 2010-2017 there were over $22 billion in exits of Jerusalem-based companies. 3. Made in Jerusalem is a nonprofit founded in 2012 to promote Jerusalem as a leading tech hub globally by connecting local companies, collecting data on the ecosystem, and branding the city. Their work supports continued growth of Jerusalem's thriving innovation economy.

1. The “Startup Nation”: Intro
Hanan Brand
April 2017

2. Me
2007-2010
Naiot Venture Accelerator (Ofer Group)
2010-2015
JVP (Jerusalem Venture Partners)
2012-Now
Made in Jerusalem
2015- Now
Cornerstone Venture Partners

6. Israel Population Growth: 10X
1948 Israel
Independence:
860,000
Immigration from
former USSR
Yozma Program
Incubator Program

7. 1960
s
1990
Motorola (1964)
Becomes first Multi-National Corporation to open
an R&D center in Israel
French Weapons Embargo (1967)
Office of the Chief Scientist (1968)
A Government office that works to commercialize advanced technologies was
established.
Intel (1974, 1985)
Hires first 5 employees in Haifa, Opens Fab in Jerusalem
Law for the Encouragement of R&D (1984)
Is passed to encourage and support industrial R&D in Israel by developing local science-
based industry
VC Arrives in Israel (1985)
Athena Venture Partners, first Israeli venture capital fund
Israeli Ecosystem: First Steps

8. 1980
2000
Israeli Ecosystem: First Steps
Global Shift & Growth in Israel (1984-1991)
The international computing industry shifted from hardware to software. “Pure" software
exports increased from $5 million to $110 million.
Many companies are founded IDF alumni including, Amdocs, CheckPoint, Cimatron, Magic,
Aladdin, NICE Systems, Mercury Interactive
ICQ Instant Messenger (1996)
Mirabilis launches ICQ, the first Internet-wide instant messaging system. AOL acquires for $407m
, largest M&A until that time and popularizes the world of online chat.
Business Incubator Program (1992)
started 6 “incubators” to leverage the expertise of scientists and who immigrated from the former
USSR. Today there are 24 “incubators” situated across the country
Yozma (1993)
The government establishes a program in which foreign venture capital investments in Israel
were matched with government funds.
As a result, VC investments rose from $58M to $3.3B from 1991 to 2000.

9. 2016 Report on Competitiveness
Israel is the 100th smallest country in the world…
BUT
 Innovation (No. 2)
 Venture capital availability (No. 2)
 Quality of research institutions (No. 3)
 Company spending on research and development (No. 2)
 University-industry R&D collaboration (No. 3)

11. #1 Startup/Capita in the World

13. #1 outside the U.S.

14. 100+ VC Funds, Hundreds of Angels

15. VC INVESTMENTS BY COUNTRY EU
2016

16. ISRAEL M&A VOLUME

17. PILLCAM (GIVEN IMAGING)

22. March 17’: Mobileye/Intel $15B Deal. The Opportunity: Establishing
The World’s Largest Autonomous Vehicles R&D Center - in
Jerusalem

23. 300+ INTERNATIONAL R&D CENTERS

24. 1. It’s Fine to Fail
but if you fail, fail fast
2. Look For the Pain Points
Fall inlove with the problems, not with the solutions
3. Question Everything
Don’t accept “That’s how everyone does it” as an answer
4. Think Global From Day 1
No startup can succeed in a silo
WHAT CAN BE LEARNED

25. • Very expressive and
they love to argue
• No BS – they say
things how they are
• Informal – they get
their work done
without wearing a suit
• Not afraid of failure
• Israelis have a very
strong opinion on
EVERYTHING
• They might yell, but
help each other out
• LOVE to argue. And
hate hierarchy
• Love challenges and
dislike wasted talent
Dealing with Israelis

26. 55

27. 66

28. Only 9% work in tech
Not enough talent to reach the demand
Still constrained in Central Israel
Populations that are under-represented (Ultra Orthodox and
Israeli Arab)
Tough Neighborhood
Challenges

29. MADE IN JLM IS A
NONPROFIT
FOUNDED IN 2012
BY LOCAL
ENTREPRENEURS.
OUR GOAL:
PUTTING
JERUSALEM ON
THE MAP AS ONE
OF THE WORLD’S
LEADING TECH
HUBS
WWW.MADEINJLM.ORG

30. 3 MAIN ACTIVITIES OF MADEINJLM.ORG
Collecting(7) you can’t progress without knowing what you have
Connecting(8) No one stays alone
Branding(9) If no one knows about it- it does not exist

31. CONNECTED ECOSYSTEM

33. 00
Technology
companies
Top 25 Tech Cities
Top 5 Emerging Tech Hubs
Jerusalem has
experienced a
reawakening and
offers an
extraordinary blend
of history and
modernity not
found
elsewhere on
the globe
TIME MAGAZINE,
2015

34. 2012
(300 ) ( 0 ) (7)

35. 2010-2017: MORE THAN $22
BILLION OF EXITS IN JERUSALEM

36. Next #MadeinJLM Unicorns?

37. (10) THINK GLOBAL- ACT LOCAL

38. Next Year in Jerusalem!