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We’re heading into the weekend after a wild election week here in Israel. For our friends and partners around the world asking what comes next: Israel needs a new chapter, and the business and high-tech community is already putting it together, two steps ahead of politicians. Let us remember that over the past 30 years, Israel’s high-tech industry has grown through intifadas, recurring wars and even wars with Iran. Through it all, we have continued to build outstanding tech companies and never stopped advancing. We will bring that same determination to advancing the economic and diplomatic partnerships Israel needs after the war. These elections have brought the question of Jewish-Arab partnership to the forefront. As the Israeli public faces the challenge of forming a new government, that partnership is already taking shape within the business community through different initiatives around the country, in our hospitals, universities and high-tech companies. In the Galilee and Jerusalem, we at JVP and Margalit Startup City are building businesses and creating opportunities, together. At our recent "Choosing the North" Galilee conference with TheMarker, Imad Telhami, founder and chairman of Babcom Centers and our partner of many years, described the younger generation in Israeli Arab society as a potential engine of national growth. We see that potential, and we are investing in it. I have been his business partner for years, and I've seen what we can do together. He has always inspired me with the initiatives he is leading with young Arab entrepreneurs. That collaboration here in Israel is strongly connected to the kind of initiatives we have been developing across the region over the past few years. These range from partnerships in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain around cybersecurity, vertical AI and agriculture to new lines of communication with entrepreneurs in Lebanon that can demonstrate how economic partnerships can bring countries together. When politicians struggle to break new ground, the business and high-tech community can change the paradigm in our country and our region. Our political leadership must now bring this very spirit of partnership into public life, with a vision that brings us together and gives Israel and its neighbors a shared stake in a more secure and dynamic region. In these trying times, we are committed to demonstrating how Israel’s next chapter can bring new opportunities in Israel and across the region. Wishing you a wonderful, peaceful weekend and Shabbat shalom to all of you.

A new chapter for the North. A new chapter for Israel. A new chapter for the region. It's time. Yesterday, in Kiryat Shmona near the Lebanon Border in the Galillee, we convened an amazing impact conference dedicated to preparing Israel and the region for the day after the war. The choices we make now will determine that future. For Israel, for our neighbors and for what we can build together. One week before the elections, Margalit Startup City Galilee and TheMarker, the leading Israeli business publication, brought together candidates from almost every political party, entrepreneurs, investors, academics and representatives of Jewish, Druze and Arab communities around a shared ambition: making the North Israel’s next engine of growth and opening new possibilities for the region. Leading Knesset candidates from across the political spectrum presented their visions and the steps they would take to bring a much-needed new chapter to the North and to Israel. From our stage near the Lebanese border, we held a first-ever live Israeli-Lebanese panel on business cooperation. Joining me remotely, Lebanese investor Jean Salomé courageously spoke about entrepreneurs willing to cooperate despite real risks. We agreed to bring entrepreneurs and investors from both countries together for a roundtable in New York. This is entrepreneurship as statesmanship: building trust, connecting ecosystems and creating shared economic interests that strengthen stability. In the Galilee, we have spent years connecting startups, research, industry, and local communities, and we've built our hub for foodtech, agritech, and climate innovation. The war disrupted that ecosystem, but partnerships we built across research, industry and investment have enabled us to bring companies back, restore operations and even expand. On stage with TheMarker editor, Eytan Avriel, I shared what we have achieved in the North, what we've shown is possible, and the steps needed to accelerate growth and create economic value beyond Israel. Tel-Hai’s historic opening as a university this week, after years of our advocacy, strengthens the research and talent that can drive new companies and industries. Its president, entrepreneurs, and leaders of major companies and organizations joined us during the conference to examine how to turn that potential into lasting opportunity. This is the next chapter we are working to lead. As Israel approaches the elections, it needs leadership with the vision and resolve to take this forward. From the Galilee, we are already building toward that new chapter. Shaul Meridor, Keren Terner, Netali Shemtov, Zika Abzuk, Eliezer Shalev, אופיר ויצמן, Dr. Yehuda Salhov, Lihi Segal, Talia Tzour, Dina Gilad, Noam Josef, Or Nadav Argov, Rony Patishi-Chillim, Be’eri Mart, Moshe Siman-Tov, Jumana Nsier Hakim, Ori Ben-Herzel, Ofer Rivlin, Genya Krupnik, Imad Telhami, Gali Arnon, Sami Peretz, Merav Arlozorov

Today, for the first time, Lebanese and Israeli investors came together for a live discussion on the Israel-Lebanon border about business cooperation and a shared economic future. One week ahead of Israel’s elections, we are choosing the future we want to build after the war. On stage at our special conference in Kiryat Shmona, with Eytan Avriel, editor of Israel’s leading business publication, TheMarker, we welcomed Lebanese investor Jean Salomé remotely to discuss what we can begin doing now. Jean described Lebanese entrepreneurs interested in cooperation who cannot speak publicly because they fear putting their employees and families at risk. He also described Israeli engineers at American technology companies helping advance partnerships that create high-tech jobs in Lebanon. There is willingness. There are relationships. But there are also serious legal barriers that must be addressed. Our discussion focused on concrete needs and complementary strengths: water, reliable energy, agriculture, software and technology. Where could our entrepreneurs help communities on both sides rebuild and prosper? We agreed on a next step, bringing Lebanese and Israeli entrepreneurs and investors together for a roundtable in New York to identify opportunities and explore how to move forward. Here in the north, we have lived the consequences of war. Business leaders and entrepreneurs must help shape what comes next. We are two small countries with people who have big visions. We can start with a few connections, build trust and give communities on both sides a reason to believe in a different future.

Thank you, Nick Staunton and EuropeanBusinessMagazine, for the great conversation and for this important piece on why vertical AI is essential in a "Wild AI" era and why vertical AI can change the insurance industry in a big way. "Wild AI" brings Powerful intelligence on a horizontal level. Vertical AI brings the industry knowledge, safeguards and accountability that allow it to act responsibly. As AI agents enter banking, healthcare and insurance, this distinction becomes critical. Vertical AI understands the industry it serves, from its regulations to its policies and risks. Earnix, as described in the article, demonstrates it with more than $100 million in annual revenue and over 100 customers, the leading insurance companies in North America and around the world. They offer insurance pricing cycles shortened from months to days, helping insurers respond faster to changing risks and make better use of their capital. At JVP, we saw the potential of Vertical AI early and supported Earnix in becoming an international leader. Congratulations to the Earnix team. We are on the right track, with much more ahead. Robin Gilthorpe | Craig Campestre | Ronit Maor | Be’eri Mart | Gadi Porat | Jonathan Rosenbaum | Jessica Buss | Yaron Hertz | Geoffrey Kalish | Dr. Marcus Winter | Ross Fisher | Eveline Steinberger | Alexandre Dahan | Tamir Yewdaev | Katherine Klingler | Orna Balderman | Dror Pockard | Ido Meinrath | Edwin Amerman | Joy Rohde | Dave De Groot | Kyle Berry | Sammy Krikler

I want to congratulate the British and German governments on signing a collaboration agreement on cybersecurity protection and data sovereignty. Cybersecurity is finally being recognized as a shared responsibility between nations. It is time for governments, the startup community, academic institutions, and the private sector to strategize together so that cyber defense in the era of AI is at the forefront of each ecosystem’s priorities. At JVP, we created Cyber Vertical AI Centers in Israel and New York, and we are ready to support the UK-German effort with some of the best cyber companies and Vertical AI solutions in the Eccosystems. Secrets management and identity protection were once built around people-to-people architectures. Today, they are increasingly machine-to-machine, Agents to Agents. This means being able to monitor billions of AI agents operating within our data and systems, making sure they act in the company’s interests and identifying rogue agents that seek to attack it. Our resilience will depend not only on the strength of our technology, but on the strength of our partnerships. In this new era, collaboration is not simply an advantage, it is a necessity. We look forward to seeing this effort develop and collaborating in the coming months.

The JVP Triangle in action. I was thrilled to welcome our wonderful partners Holger Follmann and Jonas Stüdemann from Frankfurt to JVP and Margalit Startup City New York, in the heart of SoHo. Following our meetings in Germany, the work continued naturally here, in the financial capital of the world. They met with more of our portfolio companies and saw firsthand how they are leading the Vertical AI transformation across banking, insurance, cybersecurity, and healthcare. Together we formed a strategy that would allow US and Israeli companies to have access to the players in the German Market and provide connectivity for German emerging technology companies to the North American market and to Israeli technology. As AI advances, risks and regulations grow, requiring solutions built for each industry’s specific needs. This is the approach we have championed and invested in for years and why Vertical AI is more relevant than ever. This visit advanced concrete opportunities for our portfolio companies across Germany and Europe. This is how we work: ecosystem to ecosystem. I invited German and Frankfurt’s companies to make our New York hub their home whenever they are in the city and join this growing ecosystem. The next major collaboration is already taking shape. More to come soon. Futury Capital | Mike Riordan | Craig Campestre | Dan Morgan | Richard Benigno | Garima Chaudhary | Brad Levy | Oded Hareven | Eveline Steinberger | Lauren Kiel | Joshua Szweras | ThetaRay | ControlUp | Earnix | Morphisec | Morphisec | Centrical |