IFC Israel will allow students to explore the Israeli startup ecosystem. Israel has the highest number of startups, venture capital, and patents per capita and over the last 30 years has grown to an exciting innovation and startup community. Students will be asked to work on a go-to-market project with an Israel venture capital-backed startup. The projects will provide an opportunity to integrate learning across a number of areas including finance, general management, technology, marketing, and leadership. Additionally, working with Israeli companies will provide deep insights into factors in a non-US market that promote innovation ecosystems. Most startups will be Series B or Series C and have developed a product or service. The companies will be across a variety of sectors including cybersecurity, big data, life sciences, consumer products, and social enterprise. Students will rank projects and be assigned to teams in early October 2021. Project work will be remote in the Fall. Students will then spend approximately two weeks in January in Israel working on site with the companies. We will also have an opportunity to tour the major cultural and business center of Tel Aviv, explore the historical sites of Jerusalem, and travel south to the Dead Sea and Masada.

This will be the fourth year that Professors Gompers and Ruback have taught the Israel IFC.

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