ISRAEL 
HIGH-TECH & INVESTMENT REPORT

from the September 2007 issue


$842m. raised in H1

High-tech companies raise $842m. in first half. In the second quarter of 2006, 118 Israeli high-tech companies raised $436 million from venture investors - both local and foreign. The amount was up 7 percent from $406 million raised by 121 companies in the previous quarter, and 8 percent ahead of the $404 million raised by 109 companies in the second quarter of 2006. In the first half of 2007, capital raised was $842 million, up 10 percent from H1 2006 levels. The average high-tech financing round was $3.7 million, up 9 percent from both the previous quarter and the second quarter of 2006. Eighty-one companies attracted more than $1 million. Of these, 15 companies raised $5 million to $10 million each, and 12 companies raised more than $10 million each. In the second quarter of 2007, Israeli VCs invested $193 million in Israeli companies, an increase of 13 percent from the previous quarter ($171 million) and 25 percent above Q2 2006 levels of $154 million. In the first half of 2007, Israeli VCs invested $364 million in Israeli companies, an increase of 10 percent from H1 2006 ($331 million).

The Israeli VC share of the total amount invested in Israeli high-tech was 44 percent in the second quarter, with the remainder of capital coming from foreign investors as well as non-VC Israeli investors.

"H1 figures indicate 2007 may set a five-year record with high-tech investments reaching $1.7 billion," said Zeev Holtzman of Giza Venture Capital. India,



Reprinted from the Israel High-Tech & Investment Report September 2007

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