The Department of Innovation and Economic Affairs is dedicated to promoting and endorsing relationships with entrepreneurial sectors, public officials, and innovative institutions of the Pacific North-West region.
The Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Affairs is dedicated to promoting and endorsing relationships with entrepreneurial sectors, public officials, and innovative institutions of the Pacific Northwest region.
In many ways, modern-day Israel is a startup. It is a country that emerged from the desert sands without natural resources – facing turmoil and conflicts – to beat the odds and become an unprecedented global leader in innovation and Research & Development. Israeli entrepreneurs today are pushing the technological envelope in practically every sector, including cyber, med-tech, autonomous driving, energy, machine learning, agritech, watertech, drones, aerospace, and more. Creativity, technological prowess, and the famous Israeli “chutzpah,” together with robust public and private support for research and development created the perfect storm for the startup ecosystem in Israel – also known as the “Startup Nation” and the “Silicon Wadi.”
The Department of Economic Affairs works with the Israel Economic Mission to the West Coast, public officials, and prominent Israeli community members to promote and expose Israel's innovation to the region in different sectors and cultivate public relations between local leaders, companies, and government agencies.
Contact the Department of Economic Affairs
Email: economic@sf.mfa.gov.il