The 2007 survey supports an assessment that Israeli nanotech startups are keeping pace with those of other leading nations.
Israeli Nanotech: Quality, Not Quantity Israel's nanotech industry is now passing through identical early market development stages as other leading industrial nations.
A current snapshot: Sixty Israel nanotech startups and over a dozen established firms representing over US $76 million in investment capital.
Israeli nanotech startups in three strategic fields are already ranked among the most promising firms by leading industry research companies like Lux Research.
Israeli firms are developing nanotech applications in fields that are historically successful for Israel and are currently the subject of strategic focus by risk capital firms.