Israeli startups raise record $6.1 billion in 2018 January 3, 2019Digital Life Design Tel Aviv Innovation Festival 2017, Israel's major annual startup event, takes place at Jaffa Railway Station in Tel Aviv, Sep 06, 2017. (TPS/Kobi Richter)Israeli startups raise record $6.1 billion in 2018Israeli startups raised a record $6.1 billion in 2018, surpassing last year’s $5.24 billion. By JNSIsraeli startups raised a record $6.1 billion in 2018This figure was calculated with $400 million fundraised in December, plus the $4.5 billion raised in the first nine months of 2018, according to a joint report from the IVC Research Center and the law firm Zag-S&W.This is in addition to an estimated $1.2 billion raised in October and November.The total figure beats last year’s record of $5.24 billion.Israel is known as a “Startup Nation,” having the third-most companies listed on Nasdaq.
