1. In 2015, Israel'shigh tech raised $4.43 BN, 30% over 2014. According to KPMG-Israel, Israel's 2015 4th quarter economic performance ran contrary to -- and was more positive than -- the rest of the world. The value of exits through mergers and acquisitions and IPOs climbed to over $9 BN in 2015. The number of investment rounds of over $20 MN grew by 2/3 in 2015. During the first three weeks of January 2016, twenty Israeli high tech startups raised almost $500 MN, mostly from institutional and private investors from the US, as well as from Asia, Europe and Israel (Economist Intelligence Unit, January 27, 2016).
