Sixteen Startups Selected for Calcalist and Bank Hapoalim Tech RoadShow

Sixteen promising startups have been selected to participate in the upcoming RoadShow event hosted by Calcalist and Bank Hapoalim's Tech Division, scheduled for November 17 at the George Hotel in Tel Aviv. Now in its sixth consecutive year, the initiative is designed for early-stage entrepreneurs ranging from pre-seed to Series A, connecting them directly with leading venture capital funds in Israel through targeted one-on-one meetings.

This year's cohort features ventures specializing in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, energy, defense, fintech, food tech, and digital health. Their innovations target areas such as AI agent protection, financial fraud prevention, early identification of equipment failures, and commercial real estate investment management. Erez Rachmil, head of the Technology Division at Bank Hapoalim, noted that the selected companies aim to lead the global market rather than merely participate in it.

Meet the 16 Selected Startups

• Arbell Energy: Founded in 2021, the company develops quantum-based "solar ink" designed for printing on flexible, lightweight, and transparent panels, boasting a theoretical efficiency ceiling of roughly 90%.

• Asadra: Established this year, it develops a food safety management and regulatory compliance system for small and medium-sized food producers using HACCP methodology and embedded AI.

• Cantaloupe AI: Founded this year, it offers a platform helping insurance companies evaluate, rate, and monitor risks stemming from AI agents utilized by insured enterprises.

• Cygnal: Established this year, this venture builds fraud prevention infrastructure connecting telecom companies and banks in real-time to combat social engineering scams.

• Livcoin: Founded this year, it develops a gamified mobile application utilizing artificial intelligence and wearables to turn healthy habits into a personalized social experience.

• Ghostlayer: Established this year, the company optimizes artificial intelligence models for specific hardware chips running real-time AI in edge devices such as robots and drones.

• guaRdF: Founded in 2023, it develops passive wireless signal interception technology for border defense, strategic facilities, and homeland security across five continents.

• Koladin: Established this year, it operates in the U.S. class-action litigation sector, identifying corporate legal violations and turning them into financial assets.

• Mikagu: This startup develops an AI platform utilizing acoustic monitoring and anomaly detection to predict critical equipment failures in energy, data centers, and defense.

• Neodawn: Founded this year, it develops the Neo AI architecture designed for continuous learning and inference directly from physical world data streams within industrial settings.

• Nerlos: Founded in 2025, it develops multi-radio communication solutions enabling several systems to operate independently via a shared antenna to reduce electromagnetic signatures.

• PlexAI: Founded in 2025, it provides an AI agent platform automating commercial real estate investment workflows from sourcing and underwriting to property management.

• SaolaAI: Founded in 2022, it offers an autonomous testing automation platform that analyzes enterprise application workflows and user patterns.

• Tktide: Founded in 2025, it develops enterprise AI integration software that maps core operational data structures to deliver actionable business insights and risk identification.

• Ark Security: Established this year, the company provides secure infrastructure for running enterprise artificial intelligence agents within isolated environments to mitigate cyber threats.

• xFUSION: Founded in 2024, it operates an AI matching platform connecting corporate operational challenges with innovative cross-industry solutions and strategic partners.