Weekly FIRGUN Newsletter – July 3 2026
Global venture funding hit a record $510 billion in H1, and Israeli startups raised $8.4 billion in this period. Don't miss this Special 4th of July edition!
What Israel Can Learn From Asia’s Innovation Playbook
Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore show that the next phase of innovation is not just about producing startups. It is about turning startups, talent, infrastructure and national strategy into durable technological advantage.
What Israeli Founders Need to Know About Raising in H2 2026
The honest state of early-stage funding: Data-driven signals from 128 tracked rounds in H1 2026
Diligence Before Data
What pre-seed investors look for when there are no metrics yet
Israel’s $30B AI Sovereignty Bet
The government wants 100,000 GPUs, sovereign AI infrastructure and national strength in Cyber AI, Physical AI and deepfake defense. The opportunity for startups is in the layers Israel can actually win.
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – June 26 2026
Quote of the week: If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time.” - Shimon Peres
Cheap Prototype, Expensive Maintenance
Why AI Is Rewriting the Build vs. Buy Playbook
The Venture Capital Paradox: Why This Market Is So Hard to Read
AI has made company creation faster than ever. But for VCs, allocating capital has become more complicated, more concentrated and more consequential.
Geopolitics Fuels Israel’s $12bn Defense Tech Surge
Geopolitics, battle-tested tech, and a $12.3bn VC wave: inside Israel's defense boom.
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – June 19 2026
“The purpose of knowledge is not knowledge itself, but what it leads us to do.” — The Lubavitcher Rebbe
The Modern GTM Stack for AI-Native Startups
Why the winning 2026 motion is a signal system, not a bigger sales machine.
Israeli Startup M&A in H1 2026: Strategic Buyers Are Back
From Apple, Nvidia and Cisco to Mobileye, Fireblocks and Cyera, the first half of 2026 shows that Israeli tech remains high on the global M&A agenda.