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Your Tel Aviv Site Breaks in Hebrew. Your Competitors Don't.

If you're a founder scaling out of Israel, you've hit the localization wall: RTL layouts break, Stripe billing shows ₪ wrong, and your landing page reads like machine translation.

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5,000+
Sites shipped
Since 2012
GMT/PST overlap
Timezone coverage
London + LA studios
<2s LCP
Core Web Vitals
Lighthouse 95+ mobile
₪ 45K-750K
Project range
MVP to enterprise
What RTL-First Actually Means -- And Why Your Current Site Doesn't Have It

Your site goes live with a language toggle. A Tel Aviv user switches to Hebrew. The layout fractures -- buttons misalign, margins flip incorrectly, typography stacks wrong. That's what happens when RTL is a CSS patch instead of a design system. We build bidirectional architecture from component level up. Your Hebrew interface mirrors properly because spacing tokens, flexbox direction, and text flow are locale-aware before a single line of content gets written. Next.js App Router handles i18n routing. Supabase gives you auth and Postgres with row-level security. Vercel's edge network keeps LCP under two seconds whether your investor opens the deck link in Herzliya or Houston. Our London studio runs GMT+0 -- near-complete overlap with your IST workday. You get production-ready builds in four weeks while your engineering team stays on actual product. No Rothschild Boulevard office. No enterprise retainers. Just repeatable systems for startups burning ₪100K monthly who need their marketing site live before the next board meeting.

Your Current Site May Be a Liability

Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.

Your bilingual site breaks visually every time someone adds Hebrew content
Risk: RTL/LTR layout bugs erode trust with Israeli users and confuse international investors reviewing your site
MVP timeline is 12 weeks but your funding runway says 6
Risk: Israeli seed-stage startups burn ₪80-120K/month -- every week of delay is real capital gone
Local agencies quote enterprise prices for startup-stage work
Risk: You overspend on a v1 that gets thrown away after your Series A pivot anyway
Your site loads slowly for US-based investors and customers
Risk: A 4-second load time on a demo link sent to a Sand Hill Road VC kills the conversation before it starts
SEO is an afterthought -- your product site doesn't rank in Hebrew or English
Risk: Competitors with weaker products capture organic traffic because their technical SEO actually works
Your dev team can build the product but not the marketing site
Risk: Engineers pulled off core product work to hack together a Next.js site slows your actual roadmap

What We Build

Purpose-built features for your industry.

Waste engineering sprints building a marketing site instead of shipping product features

Four-week MVP sprints scoped for seed budgets -- your site ships while engineers stay on core product

Ship bilingual layouts that visually break every time Hebrew content gets added

RTL-first component systems where Hebrew layouts mirror correctly from design tokens up

Miss organic traffic because your site has zero technical SEO in Hebrew or English

Bilingual SEO with locale-prefixed routes, hreflang tags, and Hebrew sitemaps that rank on Google.co.il

Burn runway paying Tel Aviv agency rates for work that gets scrapped after Series A

Edge deployment on Vercel with sub-2-second LCP for visitors in Tel Aviv, New York, and Berlin

Lose US investor attention when your demo link loads in four seconds on their connection

Type-safe Next.js builds with Supabase auth and Postgres -- zero configuration drift between dev and prod

Watch competitors with worse products rank higher because their i18n routing actually works

Investor-ready performance with Lighthouse 95+ and OpenGraph previews that look polished on WhatsApp and LinkedIn

Working with Tel Aviv clients

Tel Aviv-specific delivery

Tel Aviv market context

Tel Aviv's startup ecosystem is the second-densest globally after San Francisco, with clusters around Rothschild Boulevard and the old railway station area. The city's tech scene skews heavily toward B2B SaaS, cybersecurity, and fintech -- clients who need fast, scalable web infrastructure that handles global traffic from day one. Many founders here have worked at 8200 alumni companies or exits, so they understand technical tradeoffs. GDPR compliance matters for EU expansion, AWS eu-central-1 latency is critical, and Hebrew/English multilingual support is often table stakes. The market expects production-ready code, not prototypes.

How we work with Tel Aviv

We work with Tel Aviv clients remotely from our London HQ with a 2-hour timezone overlap -- plenty of crossover for daily Slack check-ins and weekly video planning sessions. Most communication happens async via Linear for tickets, Loom for walkthroughs, and Figma for design reviews. If you're raising a seed round or post-Series A and need a web platform that won't embarrass you in front of investors, we've done this dozens of times. No local office, but we've shipped for Israeli clients since 2016 and understand the pace you operate at.

Recent Tel Aviv project

Carmel Cyber Systems

cybersecurity SaaS

Early-stage cybersecurity startup needed a marketing site and customer portal that didn't look like a WordPress template. Built on Next.js 14 with App Router, TypeScript strict mode, and a headless Sanity CMS so their non-technical co-founder could update case studies and blog posts. Integrated Stripe for self-serve trial signups and HubSpot for lead tracking. Deployed on Vercel with edge middleware for geolocation-based pricing display. The challenge was making complex technical concepts accessible to CISOs without dumbing down the product.

Site launched in 6 weeks from kickoff to production. Lighthouse performance score hit 98 on mobile. Self-serve trial conversion improved by 34% in the first quarter because the signup flow was fast and the product demo embed loaded in under 2 seconds. Their head of growth now updates the blog twice a week without needing dev help.

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Budget context for Tel Aviv projects

Tel Aviv project budgets vary wildly depending on funding stage. Pre-seed startups with ₪200K in the bank usually budget ₪60K–₪120K for an MVP or marketing site that needs to impress investors. Post-Series A companies with revenue often spend ₪180K–₪400K on a full web platform with custom tooling, integrations, and ongoing retainer. Currency-wise, we quote in GBP or USD since most Israeli clients raise in dollars, but we're transparent about exchange rate assumptions upfront. Prices here reflect London agency rates, not offshore dev shops.

Our Development Process

From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.

01

Scoping & Stack Alignment

Week 1

Video call with your team (we flex to IST hours from London). We audit your current site or define the build from scratch, lock the tech stack, agree on bilingual content requirements, and set a fixed-price scope.

02

Design System & RTL Architecture

Week 2

Component library built in Figma with RTL-first design tokens. Hebrew typography pairing, directional spacing scales, and responsive breakpoints validated in both language directions.

03

Next.js Build + Supabase Integration

Weeks 3-4

App Router pages, server components, Supabase auth/data layer, and i18n routing wired up. You get a staging URL on Vercel with daily deploys to review.

04

Content, SEO & QA

Week 5

Hebrew and English content populated, hreflang and structured data validated, Lighthouse audits run on every page. Cross-browser RTL testing including Safari and Chrome on Android.

05

Launch & Handoff

Week 6

Production deploy to Vercel with DNS cutover. Full documentation, Supabase admin access, and a 30-day support window for post-launch fixes. We train your team on the CMS and deployment pipeline.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No, we don't have a physical office in Tel Aviv. We work remotely from our London HQ, with a 2-hour timezone overlap that gives us plenty of crossover for real-time calls and quick Slack responses. Most Israeli clients we work with prefer async communication anyway -- Linear for task tracking, Loom for design reviews, Figma for mockups. We've shipped projects for Tel Aviv startups since 2016 and understand the pace and technical expectations here.
Yes, we've delivered projects for cybersecurity SaaS companies, fintech platforms, and B2B tools based in Tel Aviv and Herzliya. Most were post-seed or Series A, needing production-grade web infrastructure that could handle global traffic and integrate with tools like HubSpot, Stripe, and AWS. We're familiar with the regulatory requirements for GDPR if you're expanding into Europe, and we've built Hebrew/English multilingual sites using Next.js i18n routing.
For an MVP or marketing site, 6–10 weeks from kickoff to production is realistic if scope is tight and you have content ready. For a full web platform with customer portals, payment flows, and third-party integrations, expect 12–16 weeks. Israeli clients tend to move faster than European ones -- shorter feedback cycles, quicker decisions -- so timelines can compress if you're responsive. We use weekly sprint reviews and daily Slack updates to keep pace.
Tel Aviv is 2 hours ahead of London, so we have overlap from roughly 10am IST to 6pm IST on weekdays. That's enough for daily standups, design reviews, and urgent bug fixes. Most work happens async: you post a Linear ticket or Loom video in the morning, we respond by your afternoon. If you need a live call, we schedule around 11am–4pm IST. It's tighter than working with a US agency, and we've never had an Israeli client complain about responsiveness.
If you're pre-seed and need an MVP to show investors, budget ₪60K–₪120K for a Next.js or Astro site with basic CMS and integrations. Post-Series A with revenue, expect ₪180K–₪400K for a full platform: customer portals, payment flows, analytics, headless CMS, Supabase backend. We quote in GBP or USD since most Israeli startups raise in dollars, but we convert to shekels if that's easier for your finance team. No hidden fees, and we scope precisely upfront.
No. Our studios are in London (HQ) and Los Angeles. We work with Tel Aviv-based clients entirely through remote delivery — async documentation, shared Figma/GitHub workspaces, and video calls scheduled during IST working hours. Our London team is GMT+0 (or GMT+1 in summer), which gives us 6-7 hours of direct overlap with your IST day. We've shipped multiple projects for Israeli startups this way and the process is well-tested.
London is 1-2 hours behind Tel Aviv depending on daylight saving. In practice, your 10am is our 8 or 9am — so we have a full shared working afternoon. Standups happen at 11am IST / 9am GMT. Our LA team (PST) picks up evening handoffs, which means there's almost always someone working on your project during waking hours. Slack and Linear stay active across both studios.
Yes, and this is something we take seriously at the architecture level. We don't build LTR and then mirror it with a CSS transform — that approach breaks constantly. We use RTL-first design tokens, logical CSS properties (margin-inline-start instead of margin-left), and test every component in both directions. Hebrew typography gets its own font stack and spacing scale. The result is a site that feels native in both Hebrew and English, not a bolted-on translation.
Most startup builds fall in the ₪45,000 to ₪180,000 range depending on scope. A focused MVP marketing site with bilingual support and Supabase auth runs toward the lower end. A full product site with dynamic content, multiple locale routes, and CMS integration pushes higher. We quote fixed prices after a paid scoping session so there are no surprises. We invoice in GBP or USD, but we're transparent about the shekel-equivalent cost upfront.
Israeli startups often default to React SPAs with a Node/Express backend or Firebase. Next.js gives you server-side rendering and edge caching out of the box — which means better SEO, faster loads, and less client-side JavaScript. Supabase replaces Firebase with open-source Postgres, row-level security, and generated TypeScript types. It's a stack that scales from MVP to Series B without a rewrite, and it deploys to Vercel's edge so your site is fast globally, not just in Israel.
Absolutely. We do this regularly. Your engineers stay on core product work, and we own the marketing site or public-facing web layer. We integrate into your existing GitHub org, follow your branching conventions, and document everything in English (or Hebrew if your team prefers — our project docs support both). The handoff at the end is clean: your team gets full ownership of the codebase with no vendor lock-in.
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