Israel startup funding in H1 2013

European tech funding raised by Israel startups during H1 2013.

In H1 2013, 55 startups in Israel closed 58 funding rounds and raised €151M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 28.7% versus H1 2012. Debt rounds added €2.3M. Software was the most active sector, and OurCrowd was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€151M

-28.7% vs H1 2012 · excl. debt & grants · +€2.3M debt

Funding rounds

+26.1% vs H1 2012

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

6.8% of European funding

Debt financing

€2.3M

1.5% of total

Top-10 round share

62.3%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€22M	14
Feb	€14M	5
Mar	€34M	12
Apr	€39M	11
May	€29M	12
Jun	€14M	4

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Israel — top sectors by capital, H1 2013
Software	€79M
Media	€40M
Marketing	€26M
Cybersecurity	€15M
Healthtech	€12M
Consumer	€10M
Telecom	€9.5M
Hardware	€9.1M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Israel — stage mix, H1 2013
Series B	€52M
Series A	€36M
Seed	€22M
Series C	€13M
Growth/Late	€12M
Series D+	€12M
Debt	€2.3M
Early VC	€2.2M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits · €273M disclosed.

Wilocity

Acquisition

Feb 2013

€273M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
ClickTale	Series B	Apr 2013	€13M
Panaya	Series D+	Jan 2013	€12M
Interlude	Series B	May 2013	€11M
Treato	Series B	Apr 2013	€11M
Gasngo	Series A	May 2013	€9.2M
Vasona Networks	Series B	Mar 2013	€9.1M
FiberZone Networks	Growth/Late	Feb 2013	€8.4M
Innovid	Series C	Mar 2013	€8.4M
Idomoo	Series A	Jun 2013	€6.9M
eyeSight Mobile Technologies	Series B	Mar 2013	€5.1M
BriefCam	Series C	Mar 2013	€5.0M
StoreDot	Series A	Apr 2013	€4.7M
Desalitech	Growth/Late	Jun 2013	€3.8M
Cellrox	Series A	Jan 2013	€3.6M
FireBlade	Series A	Feb 2013	€3.3M

View all 58 Israel deals in H1 2013 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2013, by deal count

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