🇮🇱➡️🇩🇪 Preparing for Berlin: Turning Insights into an Advantage Yesterday’s #DreamTeam bootcamp brought together founders, investors, and industry leaders for a full day of learning, sharpening, and preparing for the unique opportunity in Germany - a market where timing, precision, and trust matter more than anything. Super proud to take an active part in this journey, helping founders understand the rhythm of the German (and broader European) ecosystem and build bridges. We opened the day with investor panel moderated by Maya Sela, SVP Global VC at LeumiTech, with insightful perspectives from: Hemdat Sagi MD VW Group Innovation Hub TLV, Calanit Valfer Managing Partner Elah Fund and Rami Blachman And here are some key takeaways for founders aiming at Germany: 💰 Success is a long-term play - steady progress wins. 🇩🇪 Local presence often beats relocation. 🔎 Be transparent, precise, and humble - avoid over-promising. 🧏 Listen actively - cultural nuance is essential. 📱 Real business happens in the follow-up. 🤝 And yes… a proper handshake still matters. We’re incredibly proud of the 14 startups selected to represent Israeli innovation in Berlin: QuamCore 🔹️Imagry | Autonomous Driving 🔹️ RespirAI Medical 🔹️Re-Fresh Global🔹️ Skana Robotics🔹️ LumenGuides 🔹️Datricks🔹️Starget Pharma🔹️ CURESPONSE🔹️ALWAYS CONNECT AI 🔹️Maverick Ai🔹️ LepreCon Inc.🔹️Alviv Laser Solutions🔹️dot SAGA A huge thank you to the Showcase IL team Hilla Ovil-Brenner, Doron Simhi, Nino Megreli and Noa Sagie - for leading this process with professionalism and dedication and to Google for Startups Israel for hosting us. Wishing the entire delegation success as we head toward Mind the Tech Berlin 2025 🚀✨️ 📸 Dana Koppel Calcalist כלכליסט | CTech by Calcalist | Bank Leumi בנק לאומי| Gornitzky GNY | DDR&D (MAFAT) |Mamram Alumni Association Maya Eisen Zafrir | Nir Inbar | Carine Wiener Perlmuter Yael Arnon Livneh #LeumiTech #IsraeliTech #DreamTeamBerlin #Mindthetech
This is exactly the kind of preparation Israeli founders need before stepping into the German arena. Clear insights, real cultural nuance, and zero fluff. Loved the focus on trust, follow-up, and long-term thinking. Great work!
It's inspiring to see such a collaborative effort in preparing for the Berlin opportunity! The insights shared are invaluable for founders navigating the German market. Excited to witness the impact these startups will make and the bridges built between ecosystems.
Great to be part of this strong group heading to Berlin. Thanks to all the partners supporting the delegation.
This was a great event! Loved that my handshake 🤝 tip sparked some smiles (and some squeezes 🤩) - and its true: first impressions matter, and a strong handshake never goes out of style. Thank you Hilla Ovil-Brenner for the kind invitation, and Maya Sela for the great panel with the very insightful Hemdat Sagi and Rami Blachman. Good luck to all of the exciting start-ups on the Showcase IL Dream Team!
Thank you very much, Hilla Ovil-Brenner and the entire amazing team. A big thank you to all the sponsors, who together are driving the advancement of Israeli innovation worldwide. We truly appreciate it.
Good luck — this sounds like the right strategy to turn a good journey into a great one! ✨ Kudos for Imagry | Autonomous Driving and the rest of the companies.
Exciting developments ahead for Israeli startups in Germany!
Can’t wait
Love the distinction between ‘hitting numbers’ and ‘building the business.’ The companies that get this right usually change the way they lead — and end up with real, long-term growth