From Microsoft to Magenta VC: Ran Levitzky’s Journey in Israeli Tech 🇮🇱💡

What does it take to spot and invest in the next wave of Israeli unicorns? Ran Levitzky, Co-Founder & General Partner at Magenta Venture Partners, has spent years shaping the Israeli tech ecosystem from every angle—software engineering at Microsoft, product leadership at Google & EA, and venture capital at Viola Ventures before launching Magenta.

In this exclusive IsraelTech sit-down, Ran breaks down:

💡 The Israeli-Japanese VC collaboration behind Magenta and why it’s different

🚀 How Israeli startups turn crisis into opportunity

🧠 Why AI innovation isn’t coming from the IDF like cybersecurity did—and how to fix it

📈 The biggest investment trends in Industry 4.0, Fintech, and Enterprise SaaS

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