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Does Broadcom Inc. support Israel?

Support documentedupdated 2026-07-21

Yes — Broadcom Inc. has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

Attribution matters with Broadcom: the Israeli acquisitions of 2009–2012 and the 2013 Tel Aviv University research fund were actions of Broadcom Corporation and its Broadcom Foundation. Avago Technologies completed its takeover of Broadcom Corporation on February 1, 2016 and adopted the Broadcom name; today's Broadcom Inc. inherited the Israeli operations and the product lines that grew out of them. Broadcom Inc.'s November 2023 acquisition of VMware — a company that had operated R&D centers in Israel — was a global deal, not an Israel-specific one. No Broadcom Inc. donations or statements relating to Israel after October 7, 2023 were found in news coverage or corporate-support aggregations, and its PAC shows no disbursements to pro-Israel committees.

SEC — Broadcom Limited press release on completion of Avago–Broadcom combination (Feb 1, 2016) Ynet (VMware's Israel workforce) Times of Israel

Timeline of documented support

201020112012201320142009-12 — Acquisition: Dune Networks (Yakum, Israel)Acquisition2009-122011 — Acquisition: Provigent (Israel)Acquisition20112012-04 — Acquisition: BroadLight (Ra'anana, Israel)Acquisition2012-042012-12 — Operations in Israel: Broadcom Israel R&D centers (Yakum and other sites)Operations in Israel2012-122013-11 — Donation: Tel Aviv UniversityDonation2013-11

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Acquisition2009-12$178,000,000Dune Networks (Yakum, Israel)
Broadcom Corporation (the legacy company whose name today's Broadcom Inc. carries) acquired Israeli data-center switch-fabric designer Dune Networks for an announced $178 million (its FY2009 10-K records $185.4 million excluding cash acquired) — its fourth acquisition in Israel. Dune's technology lives on in Broadcom's 'Dune' StrataDNX switch family, which includes the Jericho3-AI chips used in AI networking.
Acquisition2011$313,000,000Provigent (Israel)
Broadcom Corporation acquired Provigent, an Israeli developer of mixed-signal semiconductors for microwave backhaul with offices in Israel and Santa Clara, for approximately $313 million net of cash. The same year it also bought Israeli security-software firm SC Square for $42 million.
Acquisition2012-04$195,000,000BroadLight (Ra'anana, Israel)
Broadcom Corporation acquired Israeli passive-optical-network (PON) chipmaker BroadLight for about $195 million in cash net of cash assumed, plus up to $10 million tied to performance goals — reported as Broadcom's tenth acquisition in Israel.
Operations in Israel2012-12—Broadcom Israel R&D centers (Yakum and other sites)
By late 2012 Broadcom Corporation employed more than 800 people in Israel — its second-largest employment location worldwide, ahead of all of Europe combined — with over 95% in engineering roles, after roughly ten Israeli acquisitions (including Percello, bought in 2010). The Israeli development presence, centered on the Yakum office, carried over to Broadcom Inc. after Avago Technologies' 2016 purchase of Broadcom Corporation.
Donation2013-11-22—Tel Aviv University
The Broadcom Foundation — the company's charitable foundation, not the corporation itself — established a cyber-authentication research fund at Tel Aviv University, a two-year program reported at hundreds of thousands of dollars and described as the foundation's first program of its kind outside the United States. The agreement was signed in the presence of Broadcom chairman Henry Samueli.

Frequently asked questions

Did Broadcom Inc. donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of cash donations, but Broadcom Inc. has documented support of other kinds (Acquisition, Operations in Israel, Donation). See the records on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 14 distinct sources are cited for Broadcom Inc.. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-07-21

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