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description: "Who we are: CET Ventures integrates Israel's most advanced Critical and Emerging Technologies into U.S. national-security priorities, investing from Pre-Seed to Series A (TRL 5–9)."
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About Us

# Ready for What's Next

Israel has become one of the world's most important engines of innovation. CET Ventures exists to help the technologies that matter most move from breakthrough capability to large-scale U.S. adoption - reaching the markets, missions, and institutions they were built to serve.

> To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.George Washington, First President of the United States

## Meet CET Ventures

The United States' **Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET)** framework defines the technologies most essential to maintaining national security, economic resilience, and strategic advantage in an increasingly contested world. These priorities shape where governments, industries, and institutions invest, procure, and ultimately scale new capabilities.

CET Ventures exists to identify and back Israeli-led companies developing critical and emerging technologies aligned with validated U.S. demand. We invest at the inflection point between validation and scale, when technical risk has been reduced, early commercial momentum is emerging, and significant value creation still lies ahead.

**We believe the most compelling venture returns are generated at the intersection of validated demand, differentiated technology, and disciplined entry.**

As the United States reshapes how critical technologies are acquired and adopted, validated capability, commercial readiness, and speed to deployment have become increasingly important. 

### Why CET Ventures

What differentiates CET Ventures is our deep operational understanding of how technologies actually move from validation to adoption.

We understand the institutional realities that determine whether a technology is adopted—or stalls—and help founders convert breakthrough capabilities into enduring programs, durable revenue, and mission-critical impact.

We partner with founders as they navigate commercialization, customer engagement, and expansion into the United States. We typically invest at the selective Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A stages in Israeli-led companies with clear pathways to U.S. deployment. 

[Research](https://cet.vc/research?hsLang=en) is central to our process. By examining the market, policy, and technological forces reshaping critical and emerging technologies, we seek to identify where validated demand is heading, not just where it exists today.

Through our transatlantic network of operators, policymakers, investors, and end users, we help companies navigate the complexities of the U.S. market and accelerate the path from Israeli innovation to U.S. commercialization. 

### The CET Framework

The U.S. Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) framework is the foundation of our strategy and the inspiration behind our name. It provides a durable lens through which to identify technologies positioned to address America's most important priorities — today and in the decades ahead.

[![2026 US Science-Tech Strategy (dragged)](https://cet.vc/hubfs/2026%20US%20Science-Tech%20Strategy%20(dragged).png) **The Critical & Emerging Technologies List** Executive Office of the President · Feb 2024 Download the full list (PDF)](https://cet.vc/hubfs/cet-ventures/national-security-st-strategy-2026.pdf?hsLang=en)

Two nations, one trajectory

## The convergence, on one timeline

Israel innovates under existential pressure. The United States builds the world's largest national security market. CET sits where the two converge.

 Israel  CET  United States

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Israel

1948

Statehood Established

A nation born under existential pressure develops a rapid culture of iteration, innovating for survival.

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United States

1948

Post-WWII Defense Industrial Base Expands

The modern U.S. defense innovation and R&D architecture takes shape.

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United States

1958

DARPA is Founded

Advanced research becomes institutionalized.

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Israel

1967–1973

Strategic Self-Reliance Accelerates

Arms embargoes force indigenous manufacturing. Aerospace, ISR, avionics, battle tanks, and later UAV foundations are built domestically.

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Israel

1990s

Startup Nation Emerges

Elite military units seed generations of dual-use innovators across cyber, AI, autonomy, and sensing.

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United States

1990s

Procurement Structure Hardens (PPBE Era)

Compliance expands, speed contracts, innovation inside the system slows. Innovation speed does not equal acquisition speed.

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Israel

2011

Iron Dome Enters Service

Israel fields what becomes the world's most combat-proven air-defense system — later co-produced with U.S. industry, a template for battle-tested Israeli technology scaling into American programs.

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United States

2015

Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Established

The Pentagon signals that commercial technology must integrate into defense.

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Israel

2020

Abraham Accords Signed

Normalization expands regional security cooperation and widens allied markets for Israeli innovation.

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United States

2020–2023

Defense Budget Surges Toward $1T+ Trajectory

U.S. defense spending scales toward $1T, reshaping procurement and industrial priorities.

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United States

2023

The Critical & Emerging Technologies (CET) Framework is Formalized

The U.S. defines its Critical and Emerging Technologies priorities, making the intersection between innovation and national need increasingly explicit.

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Israel

2024

Defense Exports Reach Record Highs

Defense exports climb to a record ~$14.8B in 2024.

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2024

The CET Sandbox Established

The CET Sandbox launches to bridge Israeli innovation with U.S. operators, capital, and industry — helping exceptional technologies find their path to adoption.

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2026

CET Ventures Launched

CET Ventures launches in 2026 — created to help the technologies that matter most move from breakthrough capability to large-scale U.S. adoption.

A fund built to shape what comes next.

The opportunity

## A market at an inflection point

The forces behind our thesis are structural, not speculative: enduring national priorities, soaring budgets, an active exit market, and Israel's outsized capacity of battle-tested innovation.

$2.7T

Global defense spending in 2025 — up ~9%, the largest annual increase in three decades.

SIPRI, 2025

$1.5T

U.S. defense budget target for 2027 — roughly a 50% increase.

U.S. OMB FY2027 R&D budget priorities (2025)

$74B+

Global defense & dual-use M&A across 93 disclosed transactions (2021–2025).

Public M&A disclosures (Reuters, Globes)

3.1%

Israel's share of global arms exports (2020–24) — among the world's top exporters.

SIPRI, 2025

Figures compiled in CET Ventures research from the public sources cited.

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