By application - Israeli citizens only
Stronger founders build stronger companies. Stronger companies mean a stronger economy, a stronger technology sector, and a country better able to defend itself. That is the whole reason this club exists.
Why this exists
The hardest problems in this sector are the ones you cannot post on LinkedIn: which regulator to approach first, what a real programme of record takes, who actually pays, which investor understands dual-use and which one will run at the first export question. Those conversations only happen between people who already trust each other. This club exists to make that trust routine instead of accidental.
The vision
Strengthen the founder community, and it builds stronger companies. Stronger companies mean a stronger economy, a stronger technology sector, and stronger national security.
That chain is the whole point. Everything here follows from it - membership is verified rather than large, the room is closed so the conversation can be honest, and the club is free to its members.
Five checks stand between an application and the groups. Membership is personal and non-transferable, and links are single-use.
Two circles so a Series B founder and a pre-seed builder each get a room that is useful to them, rather than one room that serves neither.
Nothing is attributed, in the room or in the groups. You may use what you hear; you may not say who said it.
Membership
You apply to one. If the reviewer thinks the other fits you better, they will say so.
Founders and co-founders of defense tech companies that have closed a financing round.
Verification includes confirming the round. A press link, an investor who will vouch, or a Companies Registrar filing is enough.
Pre-financing founders, venture funds, the security organisations and the primes, and the rest of the supply chain this industry runs on.
Selective rather than open. You do not need funding, but you do need to be building something real or to be someone the room benefits from meeting.
Combat Proven - now receiving applications
Seventeen companies from abroad, a month alongside Israel's primes and security organisations, and a live demo day in the field in front of all of them. Applications are open now, and every company that applies hears back.
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Verification
Four checks, in this order. Nothing is skipped and nothing is automatic - the last step is always a person. Most applications are decided within 48 hours.
Who you are, what you are building, and why it belongs in this room. Two minutes, one screen.
A one-time link proves you control the address. Work addresses carry more weight than free ones.
A six-digit code to your number. This proves the number is yours and that WhatsApp is live on it, which is exactly what the group requires.
Your LinkedIn profile and your company are checked by a member, against what you told us. We also verify who you are against government photo ID - Israeli ID, passport or driving licence - and membership is open to Israeli citizens. Where it matters, we ask someone who already knows you.
Your ID document is checked and not stored. We keep only the fact that it was verified, and by whom.
On approval you receive a join link that works once, expires in seven days, and is tied to your name. Forwarded invitations do not work.
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