Author: Alvaro Muñoz Gutiérrez

Next May 2022, the OurCrowd global investment  meeting is held  in the city of Jerusalem. It is the investment event that attracts the most professionals in Israel and the world’s largest investment fair for startups and venture capital investment companies. Ourcrowd participates in a multitude of startups following a crowdfunding equity model, a system of participation in the capital of the company with a return through profits, income, shares or participations. In this way, it is an unparalleled forum for members of the technology startup ecosystem to meet, interact, learn and grow....

Israel  is, against all probability, a highly technical nation where entrepreneurs and  innovation  abound. Next I want to mention some points that partly explain the technological and scientific success of this country, leaving aside political questions that for the purposes of this post are irrelevant. Living in a hostile environment has made  the development of science and research a national priority in  Israel ; With 8 million people in the total population they boast a record number of Nobel  laureates , and it also has more technology companies on the Nasdaq index   than all European...

In Hebrew it means “rededication”, but it is above all the name of one of the most important celebrations in Judaism. Hanukkah is said in Spanish  , but the eight-day holiday is best known for its English spelling, Hanukkah. It is celebrated every year from Kislev 25, the third month of the Hebrew (lunar) calendar, which in the Gregorian calendar corresponds to the end of November or the beginning of December. That meant that in 2013, for example, Hanukkah coincided with the American holiday of Thanksgiving and  last year it coincided with Christmas. But in 2020, the lights...

More than a decade ago, due to the success of its entrepreneurial ecosystem, Israel became known in the world as the “startup nation”, based on the title of a book that analyzed the historical, cultural and institutional factors that allowed that country to position itself as a benchmark in the world of entrepreneurs and innovation. In a virtual talk  Galit Ronen , Israel’s ambassador in Argentina, detailed some of the keys that allowed Israel to position itself at the forefront of the development of innovative companies. “We are a country of 9.2 million inhabitants and yet we...