List of the Most Popular Israeli Startups in the World, Number 4 Has Millions of Users in Indonesia

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YOGYAKARTA – The development of startups in Israel is very significant. This country has thousands of startups in various fields, some of which are even well-known and widely used by the global community. The following is a list of the most popular Israeli startups in the world.

List of the Most Popular Israeli Startups in the World

According to the Startup Savant report, there are more than 6,000 startups originating from Israel. The majority of startup companies from this country operate in the technology sector.

Summarized from various sources, here are the most popular Israeli startups in the world:

1. Tailor Brands

Tailor Brands is a startup from Israel that is well-known and widely used by the global community.

Founded in 2014, this startup company operating in the field of marketing technology utilizes AI (artificial intelligence) technology.

Not only that, Tailor Brand also provides personalized logos and websites as well as forming an LLC.

This startup company was founded by Nadav Shatz, Tom Lahat, and Yali Saar. Tailor Brands succeeded in securing funding of up to 70.6 million US dollars from investors such as GoDaddy and Pitango VC.

2. Helios

Founded by Cli Cohen and Ran Nozik, Helios is a startup operating in the software sector. This startup focuses on helping its users troubleshoot, understand, and test all their services and applications.

Through Helios, users can quickly test their applications, reproduce scenarios and bugs, investigate disruptive issues, and obtain data and feedback.

Startup Helios is based in Tel Aviv and has received funding of up to 5 million US dollars (around Rp. 78,621 billion). Some of its investors include Entrée Capital and Amiti Ventures.

3. Firebolt

The next most popular Israeli startup in the world is Firebolt. This startup company was founded in 2019 by Ariel Yaroshevich, Eldad Farkash, and Saar Bitner.

Firetbolat is a startup that develops cloud data for users, simplifying access to insights and analytical capabilities.

It doesn't stop there, Firebolt users can also analyze sub-seconds and utilize optimized computing and deviation technology.

To date, Firebolt has raised funding of up to 26 million US dollars. One of Firebolt's largest investors is Alkeon Capital.

4. Waze

Waze is a special application for motorbike riders and car drivers. This application features various real-time information between Waze users on the road so that navigation is more dynamic than Google Maps.

The real-time information provided by Waze consists of various kinds, from information on traffic jams, and road structure, to weather conditions. This information is used as a consideration for Waze to choose the fastest route for its users.

Waze was founded by Uri Levine and Amir Shinar in 2008. Previously, this startup was known as Linqmao.

In June 2013, Google acquired Waze for 1.1 billion US dollars, or the equivalent of IDR 1.7 trillion. Since being acquired, Google has brought many Waze features to the Google Maps service.

In Indonesia, Waze is an alternative application to Google Maps with more than 151 million active users every month.

5. Jolt

This startup was founded in 2015 by Lior Frenkel, Nadav Leshem, Nitzan Cohen Arazi, and Roei Deutsch.

Jolt is an educational technology (edtech) company. Jolt program alumni can get more opportunities to work at big-world companies such as Uber, Netflix, Shopify, Facebook, and YouTube.

Jolt has secured funding of up to US$23.3 million from investors, including Balderton Capital, Octopus Ventures, UpWest, and Hillsven Capital.

That's information about the most popular Israeli startup in the world. Hopefully, this article can broaden the insight of loyal VOI.ID readers.