JERUSALEM, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel's high-tech sector showed signs of recovery in 2025, with total fundraising rising to 15.6 billion U.S. dollars, up 27.9 percent year-on-year, read an annual report released Monday.
The figure slightly surpassed the 15.5 billion dollars raised in 2022, before Israel's multifront tensions escalated following the October 2023 Hamas attack, and marked a rebound from a sharp drop to 8.3 billion dollars in 2023, according to the report by Israeli non-profit Startup Nation Central.
Despite the funding rebound, the number of investment rounds fell to 717, the lowest in a decade, indicating that investors are making fewer but larger bets, read the report.
Enterprise software attracted the most funding at 4.5 billion dollars, followed closely by cybersecurity at 4.1 billion dollars. Health tech led in the number of deals with 152 transactions, read the report.
Exit and merger activity surged, with total deal value reaching 74 billion dollars, the highest since 2018. This surge was primarily driven by Google's 32-billion-dollar purchase of Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz, and U.S. multinational cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks' 25-billion-dollar acquisition of Israeli information security company CyberArk Software.
According to the report, these record deals reflect strong global confidence in Israeli high-tech companies and their long-term value. ■
