Indian Angel Network expands to Israel

New Delhi, Jun 27 () Indian

Angel Network

has expanded its operations to

Israel

and will invest in areas like healthcare, agritech, cybersecurity and cleantech.

IAN

, which claims to be the world's largest angel investor group with over 450 institutional and individual members, has presence in the US, the UK, Canada, Sri Lanka, Singapore and

Hong Kong

, apart from India. "We now have operations in 3 of the 4 top startup hubs in the world. Israel is also a leader in terms of patents being filed. We are keen on working with some very interesting companies in Israel," IAN co-founder and President

Padmaja Ruparel

told . She added that some areas of interest include healthcare and related devices, agri-tech, cybersecurity and clean-tech. "We will work with investors from India and Israel. The idea is to connect the most innovative companies in the world to the largest and fastest growing markets and the most savvy investors globally,"

Ruparel

said. IAN has also partnered with entrepreneur Anat Bernstein- Reich, who is also the Chairperson of

Israel-India Chamber of Commerce

and President of the

Israel-India Friendship Association

(

IIFA

). "I have long believed that bringing together the entrepreneurial ecosystems of Israel and India would be of great benefit to both countries and indeed to the world...I am delighted to partner IAN in Israel," Bernstein-Reich, Managing Director of A&G Partners, said. SR BAL