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Israel has experienced a structural transformation process that is worthy of studying: from an economy highly reliant on agriculture, to a service-oriented system, and then a net exporter of high-tech manufacturing. This economic growth has gone hand-in-hand with the development of its innovation ecosystem for which the country came to be known as the “Startup Nation.” Today, Israel boasts the largest availability of venture capital as a share of its GDP, making it, for this and other reasons, one of the best locations to create and develop highly innovative startup firms. Israel also places second in the world in terms of research and development (R&D) expenditures relative to its GDP (only recently outdone by South Korea), and is home to R&D facilities of numerous large technology firms from all over the world.