Israel is well-known as “the Startup Nation.” In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. Also, there are a lot of accelerators and venture capital companies in the Israeli market to invest in those potential startups. We took a visit to two accelerators, “StartupEast” and “Samurai House-Israel,” located in Tel Aviv.
Guest blogger: Kaibo Xue is currently in Israel as part of the Global Master of Finance program. GMF students will earn a certificate in innovation and entrepreneurship from Olin’s partner school, IDC Herzliya. During their immersion at IDC, students learn first-hand from entrepreneurs in Israel.
StartupEast is an Israeli-pan-Asian startup accelerator and microfund. “With more and more Asian investors being active in Israeli startups, our main goal is to create and nurture successful joint startups across the continent,” said Amos Avner, one of the founding partners, during a brief introduction about StartupEast.
Founded in Tokyo, Samurai House is the largest startup accelerator in Japan. It shares the same goal with StartupEast to connect the startup and innovation ecosystems of Asia and Israel.
In order to retain enterprise culture, the office was decorated fully in Japanese style, which gives workers a casual and relaxing working environment.
