Connect your venture with our capital.
We invest in promising early-stage startups by BGU students and recent grads, so you can break through to the next level on your path to market leadership.
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We make the desert bloom with startups…
An entirely student-run VC fund, Cactus Capital provides up to 100,000 NIS to select, student- and graduate-run early-stage startups with proven potential each year.
Our entrepreneurs also get mentorship, skills-building workshops, workspace, and more, so they can turn the seeds of a great venture into a thriving company.

and VC analysts, too.
A semester-long course that combines deep dives into entrepreneurship and VC with internships, workshops, and lectures from leaders in industry, Cactus Academy trains undergraduates from every faculty to identify exceptional opportunities and evaluate new companies.
A select group of academy graduates can then apply for a year-long Cactus Capital internship, in which they’ll meet with company founders, make investment decisions, and gain vital, hands-on venture capital experience.

Proof That Potential Grows Here
From first investments to global accelerators, Cactus Capital helps BGU founders turn bold ideas into funded companies with real traction, mentorship, and momentum.
- 1
Exit
- 34
Startups funded (and counting)
- 14
Follow-on investments to support additional growth
- $10M
in funding from VCs, angel investors, and the Israeli government
- 70+
Founders granted mentorship from Israel’s leading entrepreneurs
- 5
Companies accepted to leading global accelerators
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