<p style="line-height: 18.9091px;">2015 proved to be a stellar year for Israeli venture capital and its startup ecosystem overall. Despite a warning of Israel’s innovation edge slipping from Yoel Naveh, the Finance Ministry’s chief economist, 2015 saw Israeli technology ventures raising $4.43 billion in 2015, with Jon Medved, the CEO of Jerusalem-based crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, predicitng that Israel will see more ‘unicorns’ – companies with a market capitalisation of $1 billion, as well as larger exits by serial entrepreneurs forming their second and third companies.</p>