Israel startup funding in H1 2011

European tech funding raised by Israel startups during H1 2011.

In H1 2011, 34 startups in Israel closed 34 funding rounds and raised €157M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 91.4% versus H1 2010. Debt rounds added €2.2M. Software was the most active sector, and Bessemer Venture Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€157M

+91.4% vs H1 2010 · excl. debt & grants · +€2.2M debt

Funding rounds

+21.4% vs H1 2010

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

10.1% of European funding

Debt financing

€2.2M

1.4% of total

Top-10 round share

78.2%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€8.7M	7
Feb	€32M	7
Mar	€38M	5
Apr	€20M	3
May	€47M	8
Jun	€14M	4

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Israel — top sectors by capital, H1 2011
Software	€66M
Media	€38M
Healthtech	€27M
Semiconductors	€18M
Transportation	€14M
Marketing	€13M
Telecom	€6.7M
Cybersecurity	€6.1M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Israel — stage mix, H1 2011
Series D+	€47M
Series C	€28M
Series A	€25M
Series B	€20M
Growth/Late	€16M
Seed	€11M
Other	€8.7M
Debt	€2.2M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition · 1 IPO

2 exits · €1.5B disclosed.

Viber	Acquisition	Apr 2011	€818M
Wix	IPO	May 2011	€682M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Wix	Series D+	Mar 2011	€29M
Altair Semiconductor	Series D+	Apr 2011	€18M
Kaltura	Series C	Feb 2011	€15M
LifeBond	Series C	May 2011	€13M
OrSense	Growth/Late	May 2011	€12M
GreenRoad Technologies	Other	May 2011	€8.7M
Latto	Series A	Feb 2011	€8.0M
Soluto	Series B	Jun 2011	€7.1M
Vasona Networks	Series A	May 2011	€6.7M
Taykey	Series B	Jun 2011	€6.3M
Gett (GetTaxi)	Series A	Mar 2011	€5.1M
Everything.me	Series A	May 2011	€4.7M
QualiSystems	Growth/Late	Feb 2011	€4.4M
BriefCam	Series B	Jan 2011	€3.9M
Omek Interactive	Series B	Mar 2011	€2.7M

View all 34 Israel deals in H1 2011 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2011, by deal count

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