Portland Israel – קרן פורטלנד
Redefining
the Boundaries
of the Israeli Tech Industry

At Portland Israel, we challenge talent acquisition biases and develop an infrastructure that successfully integrates tech professionals from the social and geographical periphery, into Israel’s tech industry.

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Change

The Voice of
Change

“Lotus graduates are brilliant and capable women who were given the opportunity to prove themselves, and they did - at an international level!”

Shaykh Mowafaq Tarif

the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel

"At Personetics, we have employed three Fursa graduates from summer 2021. We are extremely satisfied with their performance, commitment and integration into the company".

Yishay Schwerd

VP R&D

Personetics

“At Vayyar, we have extreme requirements of candidates. We started to employ Fursa graduates from winter 2021. We count on Fursa to bring us good candidates that are carefully selected and well trained."

Miri Ratner

Vayyar co-Founder and VP R&D

“For us, the employment of local talent from underserved communities is strategic. We want to tap into all relevant local talent pools before expanding to offshore centers.“

Oren Marmur

SVP & General Manager, Payments

Finastra

"We have great experience with Fursa graduates. Amdocs scaled up our DevOps domain leveraging Fursa graduates, as their onboarding period proved to be shorter than other alternatives“.

Johnny Abdalla

General Manager, Digital Delivery

Amdocs

Making the Connections That
Make a Difference
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A proactive, holistic approach to changing the landscape of the Startup Nation

Changing Biases

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Working with tech leaders and corporate executives to redefine their hiring profiles, and introduce a new, highly qualified talent pool into existing corporate structures

Training Talent

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Leveraging strong partnerships with tech leaders, government ministries and local municipalities, to establish a network of employment hubs and innovation centers

Creating Opportunities

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Paving the way for qualified candidates from underserved communities into the tech industry, by identifying, training and preparing them for employment, while facilitating cultural requirements

Changing The Climate

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Driving legislative changes, raising funds, and facilitating business cooperations to support innovation, entrepreneurship, and tomorrow’s ‘agents of change’

Physical Tech Hub

Country-Wide Programs

Change and Expand

Portland Israel’s ‘change and expand’ model works to create new employment opportunities within existing industry structures, while constantly expanding the infrastructure. We are actively reshaping the tech industry through the establishment of tech hubs and innovation centers outside of the high-tech center circle.