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Israeli Spy Agency Creates Fund to Invest in Tech Firms

Israel’s Mossad spy agency is starting a fund to invest in technology firms creating products that could assist its work, including those involving robotics and encryption, the prime minister’s office said Tuesday.

Israel’s Mossad spy agency is starting a fund to invest in technology firms creating products that could assist its work, including those involving robotics and encryption, the prime minister’s office said Tuesday.

The fund, to be called Libertad, will invest in research and development programs at “cutting-edge technology startup companies,” a statement said.

It said it was calling on firms to submit proposals, particularly in areas including robotics, encryption and personality profiling.

The statement said Mossad would not publicise the names of the firms in which it invests.

It said Libertad would be open to anyone and provided an email address to submit proposals ([email protected]), adding that it would offer up to two million shekels ($570,000, 500,000 euros) for projects.

More could be granted for exceptional cases, it said.

It will not act as a typical investor. 

Libertad will not hold equity in the firms in which it invests and will instead receive a license to use the technology developed, it said.

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The CIA in the United States has created a similar investment fund, known as In-Q-Tel

Israel is seen as a global leader in the technology industry, particularly regarding cyber-defense.

Libertad was the name of a ship that carried Jewish emigrants to what was then British-mandate Palestine in 1940 before the creation of the state of Israel.

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