ANALYSIS: The Gaza crisis is having little impact on the output of the Israeli tech start-up community.

In spite of the country's reputation as a world-leading start-up ecosystem, strict conscription laws have pulled many Israeli businesses directly into the conflict.

But in a conversation with IT Pro, the minister of the economic and trade mission at the embassy of Israel in London, Nathan Tsror, insisted it has been "business as usual" for many of the country's start-ups during the hostilities.

"The Israeli economy is remarkably robust. This was the case during the recent economic downturn, it was the case during previous conflicts and it has once again been demonstrated during Operation Protective Edge," he said.

"Despite the fact that over 70 per cent of the country has been exposed to increased volumes of rocket attacks, the robust Israeli economy continues to operate as normal with very little impact from the conflict."

Start-up M&A deals in Israel have become increasingly more impressive. Waze, a navigation app, was sold to Google for an estimated $1.1 billion in June 2013 while the cyber security newcomer Cyvera was acquired by Palo Alto Networks in March 2014 for $200 million.

Israeli innovation

Investment in Israeli technology is on the upswing and the rate of early-stage start-up growth has remained stable because of the flexibility of Israel's IT ecosystem, according to experts.