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What War Zones Teach Us About Startup Risk and Resilience

In this episode of Vyzer Weekly, we host a candid, investor-to-investor conversation with Shelly Hod Moyal, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of iAngels, Israel’s most active early-stage VC platforms. The discussion focuses on how venture investing changes when startups are built under real, persistent uncertainty, not market volatility or macro narratives, but active conflict. This is not a political conversation and not a pitch. It’s a practical discussion about underwriting risk, founder behavior under stress, and how experienced investors think about outcomes when conditions are genuinely hard. Topics we cover: What “real risk” actually looks like in early-stage investing Which risks are often mispriced or misunderstood from the outside How underwriting changes when uncertainty is persistent Founder behaviors that matter most under extreme stress Whether conflict creates opportunity or simply delays outcomes Lessons that only emerge after deploying capital repeatedly Timestamps: 00:00 – Why we wanted to have this conversation 02:10 – Shelly’s background and iAngels’ investing model 05:20 – What “real risk” actually means in early-stage investing 10:05 – Risk patterns investors outside Israel tend to misprice 16:40 – How underwriting changes during active conflict 23:15 – Founder behavior under stress, what matters and what doesn’t 30:20 – Valuations, timelines, and liquidity expectations 36:45 – Transferable lessons for investing in high-uncertainty markets 42:30 – Closing thoughts and key takeaways Highlights: Why most investors misunderstand “risk”How real-world uncertainty reshapes underwriting decisionsThe founder traits that compound under pressureWhy conflict doesn’t necessarily mean worse outcomesWhat investors should and should not copy from war-zone investing Links: 🔗 Register for upcoming live weekly calls: ⁠https://go.vyzer.co/vyzerweeklycalls⁠ 🎧 Listen on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7F0JHBo... 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 📺 Watch past episodes: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... 🌐 Learn more about Vyzer: ⁠https://vyzer.co⁠