The Israeli Startups Fighting the Dark Side of GenAI

How LLMs and deepfakes are reshaping cybercrime and where the defensive opportunities lie
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How LLMs and deepfakes are reshaping cybercrime and where the defensive opportunities lie

Israel is home to 1,400 VC-backed Deep Tech startups, including 5 AI unicorns and 6 in semiconductors. Israeli Deep Tech Report 2025 This impressive statistic opens the newly released Israeli Deep Tech Report 2025 published by the Israel Innovation Authority…

This past couple of weeks I was lucky to be surrounded by the Israeli tech ecosystem leaders. Whether it was at the excellent Jefferies Tech Trek in Tel Aviv, which brought together leading US and Israeli investors and founders or…

AI startups in Israel secure nearly 47% of all tech investments, despite making up only 30% of the tech sector. In just 18 months, we’ve witnessed Israeli AI startups raise over $2.8 billion across 180+ deals, yet 70% of these…

The original version of this newsletter was published on Linkedin. Subscribe to get the next edition in your inbox. In case you’re new here, the word “Firgun” (pronounced ‘feer-goon’) is an informal modern Hebrew term and concept in Israeli culture (originally…

We made our first generative AI investment at Remagine Ventures in August 2019. The company was HourOne (recently acquired by Wix), and their vision was bold: create AI avatars based on real humans that generate video from text—no cameras needed.…

At Remagine Ventures, we’re excited to share the 2025 edition of the Israeli Generative AI Startup Landscape, mapping one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic sectors in Israeli tech. This updated version builds on our 2024 landscape published just over…

Today we sent our Remagine Ventures newsletter. Given the ‘special times’ we’re living in, I thought I’d share it here as well. The original version of this newsletter was published on Linkedin. Subscribe to get the next edition in your…

A new report collated by F2 Capital and derived from a survey of 25 early-stage VCs in Israel (including our input at Remagine Ventures), analysed investment trends for pre-seed in 2024 and reviewed the expectations for 2025. The report highlighted…

As many VC Cafe readers know, I’ve maintained a deep fascination with startup landscape maps – these visual guides have become essential tools for understanding the evolving Israeli tech ecosystem. What started as an occasional collection in 2019 has grown…
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