Gulf investments in Israeli technology startups increased this year.Growth in Gulf interest and investor activity in Israel. January-May 2025 brought $169.3m investment into Israeli tech companies, compared to $103.3m last year.Since the normalization agreements came into effect, a total of 39 deals amounted to $1.34 billion investments. United Arab Emirates (UAE) investors led the trend with 36 deals totaling approximately $1 billion. Leading UAE investors are Tawazun Strategic Development Fund, Ventura Capital Group, Tau Capital, TALC Investment, Seed Group, Sanad Abu Dhabi, Royal Group LLC, Natural Ventures, and DisruptAD. Qatar followed with two deals worth $276.5 million by Qatar Airways and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), and Saudi investors made one deal totaling $30 million.Most investments targeted first-time deals, focusing on companies with initial or growth revenues. Popular sectors included consumer software, enterprise software, hardware, agritech, and digital health.