Tel Aviv University holds International Unicorn Day Conference

• Published date: 10 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Recently, a new study from Stanford University ranked Tel Aviv University first in Israel and first outside the United States in the number of unicorns, private start-ups worth more than $1 billion, founded by university graduates

Panelists at the conference presented stories of Israeli unicorn companies and held a discussion on fundraising for unicorns and Israeli start-ups. Among the participants were Arik Faingold, a graduate of the Faculty of Management at Tel Aviv University, serial entrepreneur, chairman and president of Comm-IT, and co-founder of Pentera, which became a unicorn in 2022, and Joel Bar-El, a graduate of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University and a graduate of Harvard, and co-founder and chairman of Trax.

Dr. Benjamin's statements

Dr. Eyal Benjamin, faculty member and director of the Coller Institute for Entrepreneurship at Tel Aviv University's Coller Faculty of Management, said: "Tel Aviv University is proud to be the world's...