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Does Fiverr support Israel?

Fiverr International Ltd.

Support documentedupdated 2026-09-26

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

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Background

Fiverr appears on boycott lists because it is an Israeli company, not because of a viral rumor: it is incorporated in Israel, headquartered in Tel Aviv, and led from Israel by its Israeli founders — facts stated in every SEC annual report it files. Its concrete wartime conduct is documented by Israeli business media: after October 7, 2023 it co-founded the Lev Echad (One Heart) civilian aid situation room with HiBob and physically turned its Tel Aviv headquarters into the operation's command center, while CEO Micha Kaufman's public statements focused on employee and community safety. The company emphasized that its freelance marketplace is conducted primarily outside Israel and reported no major operational disruption from the war. Its clearest documented giving channel is the Colors Foundation, the company's own philanthropic arm: ynet's community supplement reported in March 2025 that the fund works in technological education and with groups including IDF lone soldiers, Holocaust survivors and wounded IDF soldiers, while Fiverr's 2025 Impact Report reports $1.2 million donated to more than 50 organisations worldwide and discloses no Israel-specific figure. Commercially rather than charitably, Fiverr has also bought Israeli startups: Stoke Talent in November 2021 for total consideration of $105.7 million and AutoDS in July 2024 for $55.7 million.

Fiverr International Ltd. Form 20-F FY2025 (SEC) Calcalist (CTech) GlobeNewswire (official Fiverr press release) ynet (Yedioth Ahronoth) — 'For the Community' supplement Fiverr 2025 Impact Report announcement (GlobeNewswire, official Fiverr release) Fiverr International Ltd. Form 20-F FY2021 (SEC) Fiverr International Ltd. Form 20-F FY2024 (SEC)

Timeline of documented support

2010201320162019202220252010 — Operations in Israel: State of Israel (headquarters, employment, taxes, tech ecosystem)Operations in Israel20102021-11 — Acquisition: Shareholders of Stoke Talent Ltd., a Tel Aviv freelance-management startupAcquisition2021-112023-10 — In-kind support: Lev Echad (One Heart) civilian emergency-aid organizationIn-kind support2023-102023-11 — Public statement: Fiverr employees, their families and the Fiverr community affected by the warPublic statement2023-112024-07 — Acquisition: Shareholders of AutoDS Ltd., an Israeli dropshipping-automation companyAcquisition2024-072025 — Donation: Israeli social causes through Fiverr's Colors Foundation — IDF lone soldiers, Holocaust survivors, wounded IDF soldiers, and youth technology educationDonation2025

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Operations in Israel2010—State of Israel (headquarters, employment, taxes, tech ecosystem)
Israeli company through and through: incorporated in Israel under the Companies Law in April 2010, founded by Micha Kaufman and Shai Wininger, with principal executive offices at 8 Eliezer Kaplan St., Tel Aviv. Its 20-F states that R&D and significant marketing and administrative activities are conducted at the Israeli headquarters, that senior management operates from Israel, and that its officers and directors are Israeli residents. Listed on the NYSE since June 2019; the marketplace itself operates globally, with most transactions outside Israel.
In-kind support2023-10—Lev Echad (One Heart) civilian emergency-aid organization
Days after October 7, 2023, Fiverr and fellow Israeli tech company HiBob founded the 'One Heart' (Lev Echad) hi-tech civilian situation room, and Fiverr handed over its central Tel Aviv headquarters to serve as its base. The operation — initially funded by the founding tech companies, with an AI triage system built by monday.com — coordinated tens of thousands of volunteers across dozens of locations, managing thousands of daily requests for equipment, food, housing, transportation, logistics and mental-health help for civilians and soldiers (one documented case: funding two-week Eilat hotel stays for about 500 evacuees from Ofakim).
Donation2025—Israeli social causes through Fiverr's Colors Foundation — IDF lone soldiers, Holocaust survivors, wounded IDF soldiers, and youth technology education
Fiverr operates a corporate giving arm it calls 'Fiverr's philanthropic foundation', the Colors Foundation — the company's own fund, not an independent charity. ynet's 'For the Community' supplement reported on 27 March 2025 that the fund works in technological education, leadership development, support for women and violence prevention, alongside work with populations including IDF lone soldiers, Holocaust survivors and wounded IDF soldiers, and that dozens of teenagers have gained programming skills and learned Python at Fiverr; ynet itemises no grants and no amounts. Fiverr's own 2025 Impact Report, announced on 23 September 2026, says the Colors Foundation supported more than 50 nonprofit and community organisations with $1.2 million in donations, with over 480 employees contributing 2,900 volunteer hours — a worldwide total across all of those organisations, not a figure for Israel, which is why no amount is carried in the Amount column here.
Public statement2023-11-09—Fiverr employees, their families and the Fiverr community affected by the war
In Fiverr's official Q3 2023 results release, CEO Micha Kaufman said: 'The unexpected and appalling atrocities that happened in Israel on October 7 and the ongoing war triggered by the event have unavoidably impacted the region and the world... As a company, we are doing everything we can to help our employees, their families and the Fiverr community to safety and to support those who have been impacted by the attack and the war.' The company also noted the war's volatility was reflected in its Q4 2023 guidance.
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Acquisition2021-11-02$105,655,000Shareholders of Stoke Talent Ltd., a Tel Aviv freelance-management startup
Fiverr announced on 2 November 2021 that it was buying Stoke Talent Ltd., a Tel Aviv freelance-management platform with about 30 employees, founded by Shahar Erez and Hilik Paz. Globes and Bizportal both reported the price as $95 million. Fiverr's own FY2021 annual report on Form 20-F is more precise: cash paid of $93.1 million, contingent payments to Stoke's shareholders with a fair value of $12.3 million (of up to $15 million, tied to milestones), and $0.3 million of unvested options, for a total fair value of consideration transferred of $105.7 million. This is a commercial acquisition — Fiverr's money to an Israeli startup's shareholders — and not a donation; Globes placed it in a wave of Israeli-listed technology companies buying Israeli startups.
Acquisition2024-07-31$55,658,000Shareholders of AutoDS Ltd., an Israeli dropshipping-automation company
Fiverr acquired all the outstanding shares of AutoDS Ltd. in July 2024 and announced it with its second-quarter results on 31 July 2024. Its FY2024 annual report on Form 20-F describes AutoDS as 'an Israeli company that provides a leading all-in-one drop shipping tool for ecommerce sellers' and puts the total consideration at $55.7 million — $39.3 million cash, $14.1 million for the fair value of the earn-out, $1.6 million accrued payment and $0.6 million of unvested options — with the earn-out reaching up to $36 million in cash and shares over the following three years if financial targets are met, plus $12.2 million held back for AutoDS employees over three years subject to continued employment. Fiverr told investors it expects both itself and AutoDS to qualify for Israeli tax benefits under the Angels Law. A commercial acquisition, not a donation.

Frequently asked questions

Did Fiverr donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of cash donations, but Fiverr has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, In-kind support, Donation, Public statement, Acquisition). 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. 13 distinct sources are cited for Fiverr. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-26

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