Tel Aviv packs its biggest startup weeks into the next three months: TECH1 and Fintech Week (28–29 October), Cyber Week and AI Week at Tel Aviv University (9–12 November), DeepTech Week (15–19 November), the Globes Israel Business Conference (1 December), DefenseTech Week (2–3 December) and Cybertech Global TLV (25–27 January 2027).
This guide lists startup, tech, investor and women-founder events in Tel Aviv-Yafo from late October 2026 to the end of 2027. We checked every date on the organiser's own website. We mark each event as Confirmed (date on the official site), Announced (date from a reliable second source) or Expected (based on past editions only). Prices are in Israeli shekels (ILS). Several big events moved by months in 2026 (Cyber Week from June to November, EcoMotion from March to May), so check the official site again a few days before you travel.
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Must Attend Startup Events in Tel Aviv 2026–2027: Calendar from October 2026 to January 2027
Autumn 2026: late October and November
TECH1 and Fintech Week Tel Aviv: 28–29 October 2026
TECH1 brings 1,700+ founders, CEOs, investors and executives together for a main conference, a day of roundtables and one-to-one meetings, and an awards gala. Listed speakers include Rakefet Russak-Aminoach of Team8, Shira Kaplan of Cyverse Capital and Merav Weinryb of Sunvest Capital Partners.
Israel's yearly fintech gathering, at the stock exchange. Startups can apply to pitch through the site's "Get involved" form.
Israeli High-Tech Week and MongoDB.local: 2 November 2026
The Innovation Authority's session during the first Israeli High-Tech Week, a week of events across the country run by the Israeli High-Tech Association (1–6 November, according to Israeli press). The same evening the authority runs a biotech edition of its "Innovation on the Bar" talks in Tel Aviv; registration for that one is already closed.
A free, practical day on taking AI applications to production, useful for technical founders building on MongoDB.
Cyber Week and AI Week: 9–12 November 2026
Israel's biggest yearly cyber meeting, run by Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center with the Israel National Cyber Directorate. It moved from June to November in 2026. For cyber startups it is the week when foreign delegations, buyers and investors are all on one campus.
The AI conference of the same research centre, on the same campus and the same days as Cyber Week, so one trip covers both.
DeepTech Week TLV: 15–19 November 2026
The Israel Innovation Authority opens the second DeepTech Week, which then runs events in Tel Aviv and beyond until 19 November. Startups backed by the authority's Startup Fund get five minutes on stage in front of investors, with feedback. Global Entrepreneurship Week follows on 16–22 November; Israel's programme for it is not published yet (GEN).
hackTAU defence-tech hackathon: 29–30 November 2026
Tel Aviv University's Entrepreneurship Center runs this 32-hour hackathon on life-saving problems from the battlefield. A good way to meet the university's accelerator team and technical co-founders.
Winter 2026–2027: December and January
Reversim Summit: 30 November–1 December 2026
Israel's not-for-profit developer conference, run by volunteers, with speakers from Wix, Microsoft, Waze, Booking.com and Payoneer. Technical founders go to learn and to hire.
Globes Israel Business Conference: 1 December 2026
One day with Israel's top executives, bankers and ministers. It has no startup programme, but it sets the business agenda for the year.
DefenseTech Week: 2–3 December 2026
Run by Tel Aviv University with the Ministry of Defense and its R&D directorate (DDR&D). Listed speakers include the ministry's director general Amir Baram, DDR&D head Daniel Gold and MIT's Fiona Murray. Don't confuse it with defensetechweek.com, a different event in the US.
DevFest AIngular and DevOpsDays: December 2026
GDG Tel Aviv's DevFest, run with E-Square, focused on AI in Angular front-ends.
A volunteer-run conference on DevOps, cloud and platform engineering.
Cybertech Global TLV: 25–27 January 2027
The 14th edition of Israel's big cyber expo. Startups can exhibit in the Startup Pavilion. In 2026 the Sparks innovation festival, the former DLD Tel Aviv, ran inside Cybertech.
Dates not announced yet
- Biomed Israel 2027: event listings show 18–20 May 2027 at the David InterContinental, but the organiser has not confirmed it yet.
- TLV Sparks (formerly DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival): ran inside Cybertech in January 2026; its own calendar shows no events. tlvsparks.com
- Smart Mobility Summit and EcoMotion Week 2027: the 2026 edition moved from March to 17–18 May 2026; no 2027 date yet.
- Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit 2027: held in Tel Aviv on 24 March 2026. JPost conferences
- WiDS TLV 2027 (Women in Data Science): the ninth edition was on 3 May 2026, open to all genders. Sessionize
- TECH1, Fintech Week, Cyber Week, AI Week, DeepTech Week, DefenseTech Week, Reversim and the Globes conference 2027: all expected again in autumn 2027.
- LLMDay + Data TLV: listed for 17 November 2026 on event sites; the organiser's page shows no readable date. in10t.ai
- MIXiii Health-Tech.IL 2027: in Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv; the 2026 edition moved from March to 29–30 June. mixiii.com
Quiet or gone: the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit (Jerusalem) has had no edition since February 2023, and Israel HLS & Cyber was last held in November 2022.
Recurring meetups and communities
- Startup Grind Tel Aviv: 13,000+ members, monthly events and a free Founders & Investors Circle. Startup Grind
- Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Center: the jumpTAU accelerator, free TAU-VC Club workshops (10 and 17 November) and starTAU, a free eight-session course for students from 18 November 2026 to 6 January 2027 that ends with a pitch night. enter.tau.ac.il
- FinTech-Aviv: a fintech meetup with more than 60 past events. Meetup
- GDG Tel Aviv and Angular TLV: free developer meetups and DevFest. GDG Tel Aviv
- Innovation on the Bar: the Innovation Authority's evening talks with investors and founders, over a beer. IIA events
Events for women founders in Tel Aviv
- Yazamiyot: Israel's largest women-founder community, with over 5,500 members, monthly meetups, an accelerator for women and a campus programme at Tel Aviv University whose cohort pitches to women investors. yazamiyot.com
- she codes;: a women-in-tech community since 2013, aiming for 50% women in Israeli tech, with AI courses and study groups. she-codes.org
- Women in Tech Israel: the Israeli chapter of Women in Tech Global; its last summit was in Tel Aviv on 11 December 2025. women-in-tech.org
- Tel Aviv University's community for women entrepreneurs: a women-founder programme at the Entrepreneurship Center, with a free event on 26 October 2026. enter.tau.ac.il
- Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit: a yearly summit in Tel Aviv each March. JPost conferences
If you run an event for women founders in Tel Aviv, send it to us and we'll add it.
Funding and support to know before you go
- Tnufa ideation grant: Israeli entrepreneurs and new startups can get a conditional grant of up to NIS 200,000 over 12 months, covering 80% of the approved budget. Israel Innovation Authority
- Innovation Visa: foreign tech founders can apply all year for a recommendation from the Innovation Authority and then a visa of up to two years. The Population and Immigration Authority decides, you need a supporting company or incubator, and there is no grant. Innovation Visa
- Registering a company: the Israeli Corporations Authority's 2026 fee is ILS 2,559 online and ILS 3,123 otherwise.
- Tel Aviv Global Innovation Residency: a free stay of one week to three months for early-stage foreign startups and solo founders (you pay travel and living costs). Tel Aviv-Yafo
- City support for local startups: pilots of up to six months on city services, and a property-tax (arnona) rate for young software startups up to 66% below the office rate. Tel Aviv-Yafo
How to get the most out of Tel Aviv startup events
- Plan around the November peak. Cyber Week, AI Week and DeepTech Week fall in the same fortnight; book your flights and meetings for 9–19 November together.
- Follow your sector. Cyber founders should plan for Cyber Week and Cybertech; see our cybersecurity startup events and deep tech startup events lists for the rest of the world.
- Ask about public money in person. The Innovation Authority's open office (2 November) and DeepTech Dive (15 November) put you in front of the people who run Israel's grants.
- Pitch where you can. TECH1 runs a startup competition, Fintech Week takes pitch applications and DefenseTech Week has a demo day; see more startup competitions.
- Check dates before you travel. Several events moved by months in 2026; recheck the official page the week before.
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FAQ
What are the main startup events in Tel Aviv?
TECH1 and Fintech Week (28–29 October 2026), Cyber Week and AI Week at Tel Aviv University (9–12 November 2026), DeepTech Week (15–19 November 2026), DefenseTech Week (2–3 December 2026) and Cybertech Global TLV (25–27 January 2027).
When is Cyber Week 2026 in Tel Aviv?
9–12 November 2026 at Tel Aviv University. It moved from its usual June slot in 2026.
When is Cybertech Global TLV 2027?
25–27 January 2027 at Expo Tel Aviv, Pavilion 2.
Are there events for women founders in Tel Aviv?
Yes: Yazamiyot's monthly meetups and campus pitch night, she codes;, Women in Tech Israel, Tel Aviv University's community for women entrepreneurs and the Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit each March.
Can foreign founders get a startup visa in Israel?
Yes. The Innovation Visa lets foreign tech founders with a supporting company or incubator apply for a visa of up to two years, after a recommendation from the Israel Innovation Authority.
About the Author
Violetta Bonenkamp, also known as MeanCEO, is an experienced startup founder with an impressive educational background including an MBA and four other higher education degrees. She has over 20 years of work experience across multiple countries, including 5 years as a solopreneur and serial entrepreneur. Throughout her startup experience she has applied for multiple startup grants at the EU level, in the Netherlands and Malta, and her startups received quite a few of those. She’s been living, studying and working in many countries around the globe and her extensive multicultural experience has influenced her immensely.
