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Last week we published the latest Israeli Generative AI startup landscape in Calcalist. We mapped 342 GenAI startups that collectively raised over $20 billion. To be included in the landscape, startups had to meet two core criteria: raise at least $1 million in funding and have a product or service where generative AI is central to the value proposition.
Our new map included 198 new startups, of which over half (104) claim to offer Agentic AI capabilities, autonomous or semi-autonomous agents capable of decision-making, task execution, and full workflow management in enterprise environments. But growth is not only in quantity, it’s also in the level of ambition.
For the first time, we’ve also included an M&A section, which captured over 31 acquisitions of Israeli generative AI startups in the past year, fetching over $6.1 billion in value (only across 17 disclosed transactions).
At Remagine Ventures made our first investment in GenAI in August 2019 and have made a total of 13 generative AI investments since then, from infrastructure (in stealth) to consumer AI.
We’re excited to continue to back the strong Israeli talent levering this transformative technology. You can get more context on our conviction and what it takes to win in our recent post on the evolution of the Israeli GenAI landscape. You can find a high resolution copy on our website.
NEW INVESTMENTS ?
We’ve made two new commitments to Israeli startups since our last update! While the companies are in stealth, we’re excited to share more about these startups very soon. Both companies are GenAI powered – one in the consumer space and the other in enterprise automation.
UPDATES FROM OUR PORTFOLIO ?
Our companies are shaping the future of gaming, entertainment and consumer tech. You’re welcome to visit the Remagine Ventures portfolio page for the list of our disclosed investments. Several of our new investments are in stealth mode and busy building. We hope to be able to share more about them publicly soon.
- Munch has been working hard on launching their new product designed to streamline your online presence and social media content creation for small businesses. You can be one of the first to try it here: https://www.munchstudio.com/
- Vault AI is launching VaultGPT, offering clients the ability to get comps, spot trends and find the white space on demand leveraging Vault AI’s data on 50,000 TV shows. The team is inviting senior media execs for private testing. Details here.
- Congratulations Minute Media on winning two awards at the Hashtag Sports Awards: Best Athlete Storytelling for Ronald Acuña Jr.’s Signature Story and Best Women’s Sports Podcast for Sometimes I Hoop with Haley Jones. See the full list of winners here.
- Toya will be introducing Talking Tom & Friends in their first-ever official appearance in Roblox inside the Toya-developed experience, Miraculous RP: Quests of Ladybug & Cat Noir. Read about the partnership with Outfit7 here.
- Storywise’s new feature lets book authors talk to the manuscript about plot, pacing, tone, character arcs… even help writing a pitch or blurb.
- echo3D is now integrated with Adobe Photoshop.
- Keewano started onboarding gaming studios for their real time behavioural analytics for mobile. Integration is available via simple SDK. Game publishers? sign up to reduce the time for insights from days to minutes.
LATEST FROM OUR BLOG ??
- The Creator Economy in 2025: Powered by People, Accelerated by AI – For the first time, more than half of content-driven advertising revenue now flows to user-generated platforms rather than professionally produced content.
- Vibe Coding: Fast, Powerful — But Not Flawless – how Israeli startup Base44 went from a single founder to an $80 million exit in 6 months riding the vibe coding trend
- Loneliness is driving adoption of AI companions – a recent Harvard study confirmed that AI companionship and therapy are now the number one use case of generative AI.
- The AI browser wars have begun – this is the new infrastructure battleground for AI companies, and OpenAI is about to enter the space joining Perplexity, The Browser Company and others
- Israeli fintech is back with momentum – Melio was acquired for up to $3 billion, and eToro had a successful IPO, both shining a spotlight on Israeli fintech, the second largest category in terms of venture capital invested following cyber
- Israeli tech rebounds stronger than ever in H1 2025 – israeli startups raised 54% more in H1 2025 than H2 2024 and the Tel Aviv stock exchange reached a ten year high, despite the challenging period.
- DTC in 2025: not dead, just evolving – Unilever acquired a direct-to-consumer soap company for men for $1.5 billion. I revisited the DTC category and found that it’s alive and kicking and being boosted by AI.
- The AI Elephant in the room – some uncomfortable questions for investors in AI companies including high valuations, talent shortage and the cost of energy
- AI adoption is starting with consumers first – ChatGPT surpassed Wikpedia as the fifth most popular website and consumers are willing
- How to land and excel your VC summer internship – Kevin Baxpehler and I started our professional careers as Interns after the Zell program, and we’ve tried to pay it forward ever since
- Israel’s new generative AI startup landscape includes 342 startups that raised over $20 billion – our methodology and findings
- The great VC compression: what it means for Israel and small funds in 2025 – it’s a consensus market out there and capital is more concentrated than ever, but there is no shortage of opportunity
- The evolution of the Israeli generative AI landscape – we’ve come a long way from our first published landscape in January 2023 featuring 40 startups.
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WHAT WE READ ?
- 2025 state of AI report by ICONIQ – AI-first companies are rapidly advancing, with agentic workflows becoming core to scalable, automated products
- The 2025 state of consumer AI by Menlo Ventures – More than 60% of U.S. adults used AI in the past six months—with nearly 20% using it daily, yet consumer AI monetization remains low
- OpenAI launched GPT Agent – an autonomous assistant in ChatGPT that combines browsing, research, coding, file editing, and app integrations, capable of executing complex multi?step workflows on your behalf
- Nvidia doubles down on Israel with multi billion dollar mega campus – will add 3,000-5,000 jobs and will probably increase appetite for M&A
- Despite war, Israel’s stock market is the world’s top performer – The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is up 80% since October 7 against all odds.
- The state of startups in 8 charts – Global startup funding hit $91?billion in Q2?2025—up 11% YoY, while M&A surged 155% in H1, driven by a wave of massive AI deals and a strong North American rebound
- State of the markets H1 2025 by Silicon Valley Bank – how to navigate the current market
Thank you for reading. These are not normal times, but we keep ploughing forward. Investing, building and making an impact. A good reminder that Israeli startups deliver #NOMATTERWHAT.
We will be back next month with more exciting news from Remagine Ventures companies.
Wishing you a great summer ahead!
He is a former General Partner at Google Ventures (GV) in Europe, former head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe, and founding head of Campus London, Google's first startup hub. Eze writes on Israeli tech, venture capital, artificial intelligence, and founder strategy.
He is also the founder of Techbikers, a nonprofit that brings together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read.
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