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The deal for the Spyder system, worth over €2 billion, is the second largest defense sale ever by an Israel company, after IAI’s Arrow 3 deal with Germany for $3.5 billion. (See previously)

Mastercard has partnered Israel’s Neema (see previously) whereby the global money transfer platform Mastercard Move will use Neema's technological infrastructure to enable businesses and individuals abroad to transfer money to Israel in real time. It bypasses SWIFT intermediaries.

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Israel’s is acquiring U.S.-focused online brokerage TradeZero for up to . US-Israeli Doit has acquired Israel’s for an estimated . UK’s Circeus has acquired Israel’s for . US Ondas has acquired Israel’s for . US Cribl has acquired Israel’s for around . Munich Re is acquiring Israel’s for .

Israel’s Nanovel (see previously) has been awarded a €2.5 million ($2.9 million) grant from the European Innovation Council to accelerate development and commercialization of autonomous robots designed to harvest citrus fruit,

Israel is expecting its best wheat harvest in a decade, plus a record-breaking avocado season. A combination of ideal weather conditions is expected to yield some 140,000 tons of wheat and massive expansion of avocado plantations in recent years should yield over 300,000 tons of avocados.  

Israel’s Ofir-SouthUp Ventures is targeting $20 million-$30 million to invest in startups that operate in or relocate to Israel’s Western Negev. The aim is to turn the region into a high-tech hub.

Israel’s Team8 (see previously) has raised $365 million in fresh funds to invest in local startups. Israel’s FIMI (see previously) has secured $1.75 billion, the largest fund in its history. And Israeli gaming fund vgames (see ) has raised $500 million for a new financing platform.

New figures show that Israel has risen to eighth place in a ranking of the top European and regional nations investing in the UK. 19 Israeli companies either established or expanded operations in the UK from 2024-2025 helping Israel rise from 10th to eighth place in the per capita rankings.

Israeli exports reached an all-time high of $169 billion over the past year. The previous record was $166 billion in 2022 and came despite ongoing geopolitical challenges, boycotts by several countries, disruptions to global shipping routes, and the increase in value of the Israeli Shekel.