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The Israeli Venture Capital Ecosystem in America: Israel is the largest recipient of US foreign aid. Adjusted for inflation, they have received ~$310B from US taxpayers. But what about from the US private sector? We found Israel got another ~$200 Billion from M&A since 2000! 🧵 We put together a spreadsheet of every major acquisition of an Israeli company by American corporations since 2000. US corporations have spent a total of ~$133 billion on acquisitions of Israeli companies since 2000, which is ~$200 Billion when adjusted for inflation. In the financial industry, M&A means "Mergers and Acquisitions." For our study, we only focused on acquisitions, not mergers. But you could bet that from Mergers, Acquisitions, and IPOs, Israel has received over a trillion dollars in US private sector funding since 2000. This poses a national security threat to the United States, since many of these Israeli companies were founded by members of Israeli intelligence. For example, Wiz, which was acquired by Google this year for $32 Billion, was founded by 4 members of Israel's Unit 8200, their most infamous intelligence unit. That means that Google both gave Israeli intelligence $32 billion dollars AND put their software (and spyware) into the Google Ecosystem (Okay, not all of the $32 billion dollars went to the founders, some of the money went to Wiz's investors like Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley Venture Capital Fund that openly targets IDF tech startup founders for investment, which effectively makes their VC fund a front for Israeli intelligence in the United States). In addition, we also looked into as many Israeli startups and Venture Capital Funds operating in America founded by former and current members of Israeli intelligence as we could find, here is a list of some of them (someone should turn this stuff into a database): Wiz, PlaxidityX, Armis, Astrix, AudioCodes, Axis Security, Bizo, Cardscan, Bzigo, Check Point Software, Claroty, CloundEndure, Cloudinary, Crosswise, CTERA, CTS Labs, CyberBit, Cybereason, Cycognito, Cypago, Dig Security, Explorium, Entitle, EZChip, FST Biometrics, GIDEON, Gilat Satellite Networks, Hub Cybersecurity, http://Hunters.AI, Paragon, Hyperwise, ICQ, IL Ventures, Imperva, Indent, Infinidat, Infinipoint, IntSights, IVIX, Lacoon Mobile, Leadspace, LEVL Technologies, Noname Security, Namogoo, NICE, Opster, OverOps, Palo Alto Networks, PerimeterX, PrimeSense, Radware, Rosh Intelligent Systems, Secdo, Silverfort, SolarEdge, Viber, Votiro, VerInt, Wing Security, XenSource, Six, XIV, Zoominfo, Truemeeting, WeWork, Alison AI, Black Ore, Capitolis, Capriza, Deel, Genway AI, LocalBird, Joonko, SentinelOne, Line 5, Redis, Kinetica, Protego Ventures, ACE Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital, M-Systems, Grove Ventures, Glilot Capital Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Rhodium, Innovation Endeavors Israel, Rapyd, Gusto, Third Point, Onavo, Pink Cilantro, Senesys Incorporated, Cognex Corporation, http://Locals.com, http://Mana.bio, Navan, Tripaction, Overwold, Pinecone, RapidAPI, Safe Superintelligence, Toka, ImageSat, Ultimate Genomics, Carbyne, Starkware Industries, Tenable, Insight Partners, BigPanda, Cyera, Decart AI, Fireblocks, http://Gong.IO, Salt Security, Safebreach, Pyramid Analytics, Forter, AI21 Labs, BiomX, ImmunAI, Quantum Machines, Weka, Vogel Group, NSO, SeeTree, Superfy, Sparkbeyond, Zebra Medical, Proov, Powtoon, Andeavor, Wisdo, Strattic, Fyber, Givingway, Hometalk, Anobit, LinX, RealFace, Camerai, Mallanox, Galileo Technologies, Chromatis Networks, Mercury Interactive, Stoke, Next Insurance, Totango, HiBob, Capriza, Clarizen, 8fig, Slights, Nolio, Glassbox, Bringg, Dealhub, Spectralops, Affogata, Autofleet, Zoos, Habana Labs, OwnBackup, XTremIO, Hexagate, Rivery, Adaptive Shield, Perception Point, CyberSixGill, Zoomin, V-Wave, Payoneer, Planck, Innovalve, Qwak, Eureka Security, WalkMe, Fortissimo, Priority Software, Gett, Elmo Motion Control, Finaro, Granulate, Siemplify, Elbit, Cellwize, CartiHeal, Deci, Run:AI, Silk Security, Avalor, Flow Security, HiredScore, CTCI, Wib, Helios, Authomize, C2i Genomics, UserWay, Spera, Bionic, Ermetic, Laminar, Rookout, Cobwebs, SCADAfence, Ecoplant, Polar Security, Autotalks, Lightspin, Minerva Labs, Cloudify, MyHeritage, Sedona Systems, Epsagon, Guardicore, Hexadite, CyActive, Mintigo, Attenti, Via, Orca Security, WebAppoint, Maximal Innovative Intelligence, Peach Networks, Pelican Security, Whale Communications, Gteko, 3DV Systems, Aorato, Cloudyn, Oribi, Peer5, CyberX, Clarity Cybersecurity, Clarity Capital.