We are Hibur.
Facilitating connections
Hibur(hee-BOOR)means connection. The kind that holds.
The Israeli innovation ecosystem is extraordinarily connected — but from the outside, those connections can be difficult to navigate.
Hibur brings the ecosystem to one desk.
We connect global families and private investors with the people, companies and opportunities that matter — while providing the local context and judgment needed to make those connections meaningful.
How we work?
A different kind of Israel desk.
We don't send you a stream of opportunities and ask you to figure out which ones matter.
We work in the opposite direction.
We start with you.
Your interests. Your allocation strategy. Your risk appetite. Your relationship with Israel.
Then we look for where Israel belongs.
I.
Source
We identify opportunities through our network of VCs, founders, platforms and ecosystem relationships.
II.
Vet
Nothing is introduced before it is checked.
We ask the questions that only get honest answers in Hebrew and in person, and we read every opportunity the way an international investor would. You hear what we found and what we think, including when the answer is no.
III.
Represent
We join the conversation when useful, helping you navigate the Israeli side of the table and making sure your interests are represented.
When a family decides to move, we are in the room. We arrange the meetings, sit in the negotiations, translate what is said and what is meant, and hold the family's position when the pace in Israel gets faster than the pace at home. We work for the family only. We take nothing from the other side of the table, and every fee we earn is disclosed before it is earned.
IV.
Monitor
Our work does not end when you invest.
We remain connected after the investment, providing ongoing updates and portfolio follow-up.
We invite the family to visit once a year to meet in person the founders, strategic partners and peers.
You don't need another source of deal flow.
You need someone who knows what deserves your attention.
Why now?
$7.6B raised by Israeli tech in H1 2026, in fewer rounds. 66% of it foreign. $846M into defense-tech, space and quantum, close to all of 2025.
Focus
Two partners. One in the family's chair, one inside the ecosystem for thirty years. Buy-side only.
Three areas. All of them where Israel leads, and where a family can still get in early.
We do not cover the market. We cover the parts of it we can vet in person.
II.
Physical AI and AI infrastructureMachines that decide in the field, and the layer that makes it possible: robotics, autonomous systems, sensing, edge compute, chips, and the energy and cooling that data centers need. Israel's engineers came to this from hardware, not from apps, which is why the companies here ship products rather than demos. Infrastructure is where the largest checks are written and where an early position compounds.
Two industries Israel built out of necessity and now exports to the world. Cyber remains the country's largest and most proven category, with the exits American families already know by name. Defense-tech has moved from a niche to one of the most active corners of the market, with founders who solved these problems under pressure and sell into governments faster than their peers abroad. Both are dual-use by nature: the same technology protects a base and a bank.
Defense and cyberSatellites, launch components, earth observation, and the infrastructure that will move computing and manufacturing into orbit. Israel is one of a handful of countries that builds and launches its own satellites, and the commercial layer on top of that capability is young. This is where we have the deepest direct access: the companies, the labs, and the people who decide. In the first half of 2026, defense-tech, space and quantum together raised close to what they raised in all of 2025.
SpaceAbout Us
Beth deBeerEmma VardimonEmma Vardimon has spent thirty years inside Israel's innovation ecosystem, close to a decade of it at Start-Up Nation Central, where she ran investments and partnerships for foreign investors entering the market. She is the partner who knows which VC to call and gets the real answer. An alumna of the International Space University's executive program, she leads Hibur's sourcing, reference checks and operating rhythm. Born in France, she holds a B.A. in Political Science and Middle East History from Tel Aviv University.
Beth deBeer brings experience advising family offices on investment strategy and financial decision-making. She understands how investors evaluate risk, align investments with their values, and think about opportunities within the context of their total portfolio. She helps translate family office priorities into well-structured investment opportunities. Originally. from the United States, Beth holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from Columbia University.
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