F2 News | March 2025 | Insights

Message From The Team

Every few years, another Israeli startup breaks through a valuation barrier and redefines what’s possible. Google’s acquisition of Wiz for $32 billion in cash is one of those moments. It was the largest VC backed acquisition in history and raises the expectations and ambitions for our founders to aim 10x higher.

We feel this energy pulsing through the F2 portfolio. This month, Astrix Security and Tres Finance were recognized as Top Ten Startups to Watch for 2025. Furthermore, Explorium launched AgentSource and 257 came out of stealth to revolutionize the home energy market.

As massive investment pours into AI infrastructure and applications, AI is moving from reactive to proactive—enabling a new wave of F2 startups to build systems that act, decide, and create value autonomously.

Sector Spotlight

Agentic AI is a breakthrough innovation: systems that don’t just wait for instructions—they take initiative, plan ahead, and use tools to get things done. The recent adoption of the Open Function Calling framework by OpenAI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) by Anthropic and others marks a turning point in the evolution of this technology. These capabilities allow AI agents to call APIs, interact with external data sources, and chain actions to pursue complex, real-world goals. It’s not just a technical upgrade—it’s a paradigm shift. We’re moving from AI as a co-pilot to AI as a capable teammate. The startups that embrace this new model are poised to define the next era of software and many F2 companies are at the forefront. Read more