For a few days at the end of April, around 250 venture capitalists from around the world, part of the Kauffman Fellowship, visited Israel, many of them for the first time. The Kauffman Fellows, a global network of VCs across 42 countries, was set up by the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. The Fellows came to Israel at the invitation of their Israeli colleagues, who wanted to show them the vibrant and powerful Israeli innovation ecosystem.