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Beyond the Headlines: Why Institutional Investors Are Positioning for Israel's Post-Conflict Boom Now


I've spent the last year tracking a pattern that most institutional investors either miss or mistime: the post-conflict investment cycle. We explored this in our earlier analysis on whether crisis creates alpha. The answer, increasingly, is yes—but only for investors who recognize when the conventional playbook stops working.


Right now, that playbook says wait for "stability" in Israel before deploying capital. Historical data from post-conflict economies tells a different story: by the time consensus forms around stability, the best opportunities have already repriced. The institutional investors gathering in Tel Aviv this December for AMPLIFY understand this pattern. They're not waiting for permission from headlines—they're conducting diligence while others hesitate.



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This is why 20-25 Chief Investment Officers managing over $90 billion across family offices, foundations, and federations are gathering in Tel Aviv this December for AMPLIFY—an invitation-only summit designed specifically for institutional decision-makers who recognize that the best opportunities emerge when conventional wisdom says to wait.


The Data That's Driving Institutional Interest


Israel's economy is demonstrating resilience that defies conventional assumptions about conflict zones. The fundamentals reveal structural strength rather than fragility—precisely the conditions that create asymmetric opportunities for disciplined investors.

The OECD forecasts Israel's economy will grow at 5.5% in 2026—nearly double the projected 3.0% global average.1 This isn't speculative optimism. It's grounded in Israel's pre-conflict fiscal discipline, proven monetary management, and the resilience of its high-tech sector, which accounts for 20% of GDP and 53% of exports.2



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Foreign Direct Investment reached $157.4 billion in Q2 2025, driven by international demand for Israel's cutting-edge technology and defense solutions.3 The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange saw 161,000 new trading accounts opened in 2024 alone—a threefold increase from 2023—with an additional 87,000 accounts in the first half of 2025.4

Perhaps most revealing: Israel's defense-tech sector nearly doubled from 160 to 312 firms between July 2024 and today.5 This expansion isn't just about military applications—it's about dual-use technologies with immediate commercial applications in AI-driven surveillance, autonomous systems, cybersecurity, and quantum computing.

These aren't lagging indicators of recovery. They're forward signals of what institutional investors who wait for "stability" will miss.


Why Post-Conflict Environments Generate Outsized Returns


Historical data shows post-conflict environments consistently generate extraordinary economic growth. Israel is uniquely positioned for this phenomenon because of several converging factors:


  1. Years of deferred infrastructure investment, delayed construction projects, and postponed consumer spending create immediate economic activity once security conditions improve. Israel's Q1 2025 data already showed construction spending surging 44.9% quarter-over-quarter as workers returned to the labor force.6

  2. The current environment has forced Israeli companies to prioritize profitability over growth-at-all-costs. Valuations have become more disciplined, offering late seed and Series A investors entry points at sustainable terms.7 This is the capital efficiency era—and it creates better risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors.

  3. Israel's $38.6 billion defense budget for 2025 creates massive spillover effects into the private sector.8 Defense spending drives R&D breakthroughs that quickly transition to commercial applications, particularly in AI, cybersecurity, and advanced manufacturing. The government effectively de-risks early-stage innovation that institutional investors can capture in later rounds.

  4. The Abraham Accords and ongoing diplomatic initiatives position Israel at the intersection of European, Asian, and Middle Eastern markets. As regional tensions subside, Israel's strategic location transforms from a geopolitical liability into an economic advantage. Regional partnerships unlock access to markets representing billions of potential consumers.9


The Five Investment Theses Institutional Investors Can't Ignore


For CIOs managing family office, foundation, and federation portfolios, the Israeli investment landscape presents five distinct opportunities:


1. Early and Late-Stage Venture Capital: Israeli startups with applications in both defense and civilian sectors—particularly in AI, healthtech, and sensing technologies—are attracting significant attention from global investors. The shift toward capital efficiency means stronger unit economics and more realistic exit expectations.10

2. Private Equity: Israel's mature companies offer compelling buyout and build-up opportunities, particularly in sectors adjacent to defense and technology. These businesses have demonstrated operational resilience under extraordinary conditions—the ultimate stress test of management quality.

3. Real Estate and Infrastructure: Infrastructure gaps identified by the OECD create immediate investment needs in physical capital, transportation networks, and energy systems.11 Real estate investments benefit from Israel's strong demographic growth and urbanization trends, supported by robust domestic savings through pension systems.12

4. Public Markets: The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange hit record highs in 2025, outperforming all Middle East markets.13 Israeli public companies trade at compelling valuations relative to their international peers, particularly in technology, healthcare, and financial services sectors.

5. Dual-Use Technology and Defense: Global defense spending reached $2.7 trillion in 2024, with Israel capturing an increasing share through cutting-edge solutions.14 Israeli defense firms offer exposure to secular trends in military modernization while maintaining commercial applications that diversify revenue streams.


Why AMPLIFY in December 2025 Represents a Critical Inflection Point


The AMPLIFY Investor Summit (December 7-9, 2025) arrives at a strategic moment in this investment cycle. The timing matters for three specific reasons:


  1. Markets price opportunities before they're obvious. By the time mainstream investors recognize post-conflict opportunities, valuations will have adjusted and early positions will be closed. Institutional investors who establish relationships and conduct due diligence now position themselves ahead of the capital wave. AMPLIFY provides this access precisely when it creates the most value.

  2. Direct engagement drives conviction. Reading investment reports about Israeli innovation is fundamentally different from meeting the entrepreneurs building it, the VCs funding it, the government officials shaping policy around it, and the institutional peers deploying capital into it. AMPLIFY provides unfiltered access to decision-makers across all five investment sectors through structured sessions designed specifically for institutional investors.

  3. Concentrated peer networks accelerate deployment. The 20-25 CIOs attending AMPLIFY collectively manage over $90 billion across family offices, foundations, and federations. This curated group of institutional decision-makers creates immediate deal flow, co-investment opportunities, and shared due diligence frameworks that accelerate capital deployment. These relationships persist long after the summit concludes.

  4. This isn't a traditional investment conference where you attend sessions and collect business cards. AMPLIFY is structured specifically to compress months of relationship-building into 2.5 days of high-impact engagement designed around how institutional investors actually make allocation decisions.


What AMPLIFY Delivers That Traditional Conferences Cannot


AMPLIFY's 2.5-day structure is designed around how institutional investors actually evaluate opportunities—through direct engagement, peer validation, and structured access that traditional conferences cannot provide.


  • Day 1: Strategic Context and Framework: The summit opens with sessions that frame Israel's role in global capital markets through presentations by former Bank Leumi Executive Chairman Samer Haj Yehia, former Soros Capital President, Sender Cohen, and Milken Institute Senior Fellow, Glenn Yago. Additional sessions provide geopolitical context with strategic analyst Fleur Hassan-Nahoum and ecosystem insights from Startup Nation Central's Avi Hasson. This establishes the macro framework before sector-specific diligence begins.

  • Day 2: Sector-Specific Intelligence and Due Diligence: Institutional investors receive deep dives into venture capital strategies, defense-tech applications, healthcare innovation, real estate opportunities, and private equity structures. Sessions take place at the Edmond D. Rothschild Foundation, Pearl Cohen Law Offices, and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange—providing institutional credibility and access to key market infrastructure. Tax and legal sessions address practical investment structure questions that institutional investors actually need answered.

  • Day 3: Government Access and Strategic Relationships: An exclusive reception at Israel's Presidential Residence hosted by First Lady Michal Herzog, followed by an intimate dinner with business leaders in Jerusalem.


Throughout the summit, structured "AMPLIFY Speed Networking" sessions ensure every attendee connects with relevant counterparts, investors, and operators—eliminating the inefficiency and randomness of large conference formats. These aren't casual coffee breaks; they're designed networking sessions that respect the time constraints of busy CIOs.


The summit also includes private meetings with CyberWeek at Tel Aviv University, providing exposure to emerging cybersecurity technologies and direct access to Israel's academic research community—a critical component of the innovation ecosystem that most investors never access.


The Fiduciary Case for Attending AMPLIFY


For institutional investors managing $100M+ AUM, exploring Israeli investment opportunities isn't speculative—it's a fiduciary responsibility to understand a market where economic fundamentals exceed global benchmarks across multiple dimensions.

Consider the allocation decision institutional investors face: Israel offers economic growth 2-3 percentage points above global averages, technology leadership that drives innovation across sectors with worldwide applications, and valuations that provide compelling risk-adjusted returns relative to U.S. and European comparables.


Demographic tailwinds support sustained consumption and infrastructure investment. Government policies actively encourage foreign capital participation.

The conventional wisdom suggests waiting for "stability" before investing. Historical data from post-conflict economies globally suggests this is precisely when opportunities disappear and valuations adjust.


AMPLIFY provides the due diligence framework institutional investors require: direct management access, peer validation through co-attendees managing similar portfolios, government policy insight, and sector-specific intelligence across five asset classes. This isn't about taking unnecessary risks—it's about conducting proper diligence when opportunity exists.



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Post-conflict environments don't wait for investor comfort. They reward investors who conduct rigorous due diligence while others wait.


Applications Close November 15, 2025


The AMPLIFY application window closes November 15, 2025. The summit is limited to 20-25 institutional investors with minimum $100M AUM to maintain the quality and relevance of every interaction. This creates an environment where every conversation addresses institutional concerns, every introduction is strategic, and every session is designed around fiduciary decision-making.


The summit takes place December 7-9, 2025 in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

For institutional investors who understand that the best opportunities emerge when conventional wisdom says to wait, AMPLIFY provides the access, intelligence, and peer network to act decisively when others hesitate.


The question isn't whether Israel's post-conflict economic boom will happen. The question is whether your institution will be positioned to benefit when it does.


About AMPLIFY


AMPLIFY is a 2.5-day, invitation-only gathering of 20-25 Chief Investment Officers from family offices, foundations, and federations (min. $100M+ AUM) providing them with direct access to Israel's vibrant investment ecosystem across five key sectors: early and late stage venture, private equity, real estate, and public markets.

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References

Footnotes

  1. OECD (2025). "OECD sees Israel economy grow above global average in 2025, warns of high cost of living." The Times of Israel, April 2, 2025. The OECD forecasts Israel's economy will grow at 5.5% in 2026 and 3.4% in 2025, compared to global averages of 3.0% in 2026 and 3.1% in 2025. ↩

  2. U.S. Department of State (2025). "2025 Investment Climate Statements: Israel." The high-tech sector accounts for roughly 12% of the workforce, 20% of GDP, and 53% of exports. ↩

  3. AInvest (2025). "Israel's 2025 Valuation in the Wake of Global Market Shifts." Foreign Direct Investment into Israel's tech and defense sectors reached $157.4 billion in Q2 2025. ↩

  4. CNBC (2025). "Israel's stock market outperforms Middle East counterparts despite multi-front wars," July 18, 2025. Tel Aviv Stock Exchange reported that "about 161,000 new trading accounts were opened in the Israeli capital market" in 2024, with "a further 87,000 new trading accounts opened" in the first half of 2025. ↩

  5. AInvest (2025). "Geopolitical Shifts and the Rise of Defense-Tech Investing: Israel and Beyond in 2025." Analysis notes Israel's defense-tech firms grew from 160 in July 2024 to 312 currently, according to Morningstar analysis. ↩

  6. FocusEconomics (2025). "Israel GDP Q1 2025," August 19, 2025. Goldman Sachs analysts noted "construction spending rose by +44.9% qoq annl" in Q1 2025. ↩

  7. Israel Economic Mission to the West Coast (2025). "Israel's Investment Ecosystem in 2025: Trends, Insights, and Opportunities," May 27, 2025. "2025 has seen a shift in investor focus toward profitability, capital efficiency, and dual-use technologies." ↩

  8. AInvest (2025). "Assessing Geopolitical Risk and Investment Opportunities in the Middle East Amid Escalating Israel-Hamas Conflict," August 31, 2025. "Israel's own military spending has ballooned to $46.5 billion in 2024, with the 2025 budget allocating $38.6 billion for defense." ↩

  9. CTech (2025). "The New Middle East Financial Landscape: Why Global Investors Are Converging on Israel in 2025," April 9, 2025. Analysis discusses the Abraham Accords and ongoing diplomatic initiatives expanding regional partnerships. ↩

  10. Israel Economic Mission to the West Coast (2025). "Israeli startups with applications in both defense and civilian sectors, particularly in AI, healthtech, and sensing technologies, are attracting significant attention." ↩

  11. OECD (2025). "OECD Economic Surveys: Israel 2025," April 2, 2025. "Long-term sustainable growth can be spurred by unlocking public investment... and addressing infrastructure gaps." ↩

  12. CNBC (2025). Amy Kaufman, Director of Investor Relations at Israel Investment Advisors: "High savings rates, especially through Israel's robust pension system, have provided steady support for the local market." ↩

  13. CNBC (2025). "Israel's stock market outperforms Middle East counterparts despite multi-front wars." "Israel's stock market is at a record high and has seen the greatest gains of any country in the Middle East over the 22 months of war." ↩

  14. AInvest (2025). "Geopolitical Shifts and the Rise of Defense-Tech Investing." "Global defense spending at $2.7T in 2024, driven by Israeli $155B budget and GCC tech investments." ↩

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