Innovation Authority Raises Deep-Tech Startup Grant Ceilings

Israel's Innovation Authority expanded its Startup Fund support for early deep-tech companies, raising the maximum participation to NIS 2 million at pre-seed and NIS 6 million at seed. The move is designed to give young science and engineering startups more runway before commercial viability, with higher ceilings for National Priority Area A and under-represented founders. The policy matters because Israel's next technology edge will come from hard fields such as semiconductors, energy, biotech, defense and advanced hardware.