Innovation Report 2019

“…to establish Israel as a global leader in innovation and entrepreneurship that frequently grows innovation-driven companies which provide extensive, highly productive employment for all population groups and all regions of the country.” Alongside this promising data, the Israel Innovation Authority has also identified alarming trends that point to challenges and obstacles that could potentially delay […]

Israeli High-Tech in 2019

In 2019, the Israeli High-Tech industry continued to flourish and broke new records in several indices. Yet the Israel Innovation Authority is detecting alarming trends that call for the government’s close attention, such as a decline is high-tech exports and a shortage of skilled employees

Investing in Progress

The Israel Innovation Authority’s vision is to establish Israel as a world leader in innovation and entrepreneurship that frequently grows innovation-driven companies, in order to provide extensive, highly productive employment for all population groups and all regions of the country

Growth of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem

Recent years have shown an increase in the number of Israeli high-tech companies that are in sales and growth stages. The Israel Innovation Authority recognizes that these companies struggle to raise debt financing in Israel. This obstacle could damage their competitive advantage and encourage them to divert their operations overseas

Accelerating Israeli Entrepreneurship

In recent years, there has been an alarming decline in the number of new start-ups and in the amount of funding rounds by seed-stage start-ups. The Israel Innovation Authority analyzes the causes of this decline and is taking action to reverse the trend and to relaunch Israeli entrepreneurship

Bolstering Artificial Intelligence

For Israel to realize its full potential in AI and to maintain its leading position in the field, it must make a concerted effort to meet the challenges posed by regulation, human capital, accessibility to databases, and sub-par supercomputer infrastructure

Bio-Convergence

The field of bio-convergence could potentially become one of the Israeli high-tech industry’s most substantial engines of growth. The Israel Innovation Authority is working in collaboration with additional entities to expand its operations in order to c competitive ecosystem to advance this field in Israel.

The Israel Innovation Authority in Action

In 2019, mission and customer oriented divisions of the Israel Innovation Authority took a variety of measures to advance the growth of the Israeli innovation ecosystem