Israel-Australia innovation advisory

Your bridge to Israeli innovation

We help Australian family offices, investors and corporates identify, assess and engage Israeli technology through the venture firms that back it.

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Who we work for
Two client groups, one focus

Family offices and investors

Access to Israeli venture capital is built on relationships. We identify the Israeli funds aligned with your investment interests, arrange introductions to their partners, and convene private sessions, online and in Sydney, for a select group of peers.

Corporates and CVCs

Israeli companies have often solved the operational challenges Australian organisations now face. We translate your priorities into a search brief, work with Israeli venture firms to identify companies with proven deployments, and support pilots with clear success criteria.

Services
Three ways to engage
1

Israel Innovation Briefing

A half-day session for a board, investment committee or leadership team. We map your priorities to Israeli sectors and the firms active in them.

2

Israel Scout

A six-week search against a defined brief. You receive a map of the relevant Israeli venture firms, a company shortlist and up to half a dozen introductions.

3

Israel Innovation Circle

An annual membership for family offices and corporate innovation leaders, with quarterly closed-door sessions with Israeli venture partners, written briefs and visits to Israel.

Ongoing support and executive visits to Israel are available following an initial engagement.

How we work
A structured process
01

Define

We work with your leadership or investment team to clarify strategic priorities and investment interests, and translate them into a focused brief.

02

Search

We draw on our Israeli venture partners and proprietary research to identify companies with proven deployments, and assess each for fit, maturity and readiness to engage in Australia.

03

Introduce

We introduce you to the founders and venture partners behind each shortlisted company, prepare both sides for a productive first meeting, and support you through to a pilot or partnership.

Israeli venture partners
We work with Israeli venture firms as research and deal-flow partners. They share sector views and introduce portfolio companies relevant to our clients.
About
Eitan Bienstock

Eitan Bienstock

Founder, Sigma Ventures
Previously Intel Capital · Founder, Intel Israel Incubator

Eitan founded Sigma Ventures to give Australian investors and corporates a structured way to access Israeli innovation, through the venture firms that back it.

Before founding Sigma Ventures, Eitan served as Strategic Investment Manager at Intel Capital and founded Intel Israel's first startup incubator program. He has worked across Israel, the United States and Australia for more than 25 years.

Based in Sydney, Eitan has worked in Australian corporate innovation and investment as Managing Director, Corporate Venturing at Artesian Capital, as founder of Everything IoT, and as an adviser to Firemark Ventures, IAG's corporate venture fund. He spends regular time in Israel, maintaining close relationships with its venture firms, founders and technology leaders.

He draws on that experience and proprietary research to give clients advice grounded in evidence and focused on commercial outcomes.

Sydney and Israel Israel-Australia corridor Venture and innovation advisory
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For family offices and investors

Explore Israel's venture landscape

Tell us about your investment interests and we will arrange a briefing on the Israeli venture firms and sectors that fit.

For corporates and CVCs

Source proven Israeli technology

Tell us about your strategic priorities and we will arrange a briefing on the Israeli innovation relevant to them.