Israeli Tech Funding Hits 2-Year High Despite War
Israel's tech sector is showing remarkable resilience, raising $775 million in February — its best fundraising result for that month since 2022. The surge in investment, driven by global demand for cybersecurity and AI, highlights the ecosystem's robustness even amid intense regional conflict.
The impressive February fundraising total was not reliant on a single massive deal, but rather a broad distribution of capital across 23 disclosed rounds. This marks a shift from 2025, where "mega-rounds" accounted for roughly half of all investment capital, suggesting a renewed investor interest in early and mid-stage companies. The largest single investment in February was $175 million for Tomorrow.io, a company building a satellite constellation to improve weather forecasting. This investment pushed the company's valuation to over $1 billion. The total for the first two months of 2026 now stands at $1.85 billion raised for Israeli startups. Cybersecurity continued to be a dominant sector, with several companies securing significant funding. Vega, a security analytics company, raised $120 million, bringing its total funding to $185 million at an $800 million valuation. Other notable cybersecurity rounds included $56 million for Gambit, which helps companies recover from cyberattacks, and $32 million for Orion, which uses AI to prevent data leaks. The funding trend also highlights the critical role of AI infrastructure. Guidde, an AI digital adoption platform, raised $50 million to help companies train employees and AI agents on enterprise software. Nimble, a web intelligence company, secured $47 million to automate the collection of real-time web data for AI systems.
