What YR does

YR Group is a privately held international trade and development company headquartered in Caesarea, Israel, founded in 2012 and operating with 11–50 employees. The firm is positioned as a Global Business Development & Projects Group serving three regional clusters — India, Israel, and CIS — and was founded by former personnel who held strategic positions in those regions, providing established regional networks and offset-market expertise. Its primary customer segments are government and institutional partners seeking cross-border project development, technology transfer, and offset compliance solutions, with a secondary segment of technology companies and manufacturers seeking to enter emerging markets.

The company's offering is structured around six wholly-owned subsidiary business units, each addressing a distinct vertical: AWF (Water and Agriculture) covering water/wastewater treatment, desalination, greenhouses, and pressurized irrigation; HCS (HealthCare) covering healthcare technology projects and Health Information Technology; LDS (Energy) covering renewable energy systems (solar, wind, geothermal, tidal); ITC (IT and Telecom) covering LAN/WAN, information security, data centers, NOCs/SOCs, CRM, portals, and Big Data infrastructure; and EDU (Education) covering educational institution setup from kindergarten through university, including e-learning. Each subsidiary delivers the full project cycle from funding and technology sourcing through to implementation.

YR Group generates revenue through professional services for project management and licensing/royalty arrangements tied to offset-market solutions, with pricing not publicly disclosed and structured on a project-by-project basis tailored to specific partner requirements. Distribution is via direct enterprise field sales and partner-driven referrals in the three target regions. The company is founder-operated, with a six-person C-suite led by CEO Yossi Refaelov; no external investors, funding rounds, customers, partnerships, or revenue figures are disclosed in available source materials.

Name

YR

Legal name

YR Group

Website

https://yr-is.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

YR Group is a privately held Israeli international trade and development firm operating across India, Israel, and CIS, providing offset solutions, project management, and technology integration across water, agriculture, healthcare, energy, IT, and education verticals to government and institutional clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Caesarea

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Project Management Services: Full cycle project management services covering funding, technology sourcing, and implementation for enterprise clients in water, agriculture, healthcare, energy, IT, and education sectors across India, Israel, and CIS markets.
2. Offset Market Solutions: Providing offset market solutions for complex challenges, including technology detection, knowledge transfer, and establishing technological manufacturing infrastructures abroad for government and enterprise partners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

YR Group is a Global Business Development & Projects Group that delivers full-cycle project management services—from funding sourcing through technology detection to implementation—across six sector-focused subsidiaries (Water, Agriculture, Healthcare, Energy, IT, and Education) in India, Israel, and CIS markets. The firm specializes in offset market solutions, technology transfer, knowledge transfer, and the establishment of technological and manufacturing infrastructure abroad for government and institutional partners.

Product overview

YR Group is a Global Business Development & Projects Group structured as a parent company operating six subsidiary business units: AWF (covering Water and Agriculture sectors), HCS (HealthCare), LDS (Energy), ITC (IT and Communication), and EDU (Education). Each subsidiary operates as a distinct division specializing in its respective market vertical, offering technology solutions and project services. The company covers the full project cycle including Funding, Technology, and Implementation across markets in India, Israel, and CIS regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AWF (Water) Provides water and wastewater treatment projects including ultra-high purity water systems, high quality water for make-up systems, land-based water treatment systems, and seawater desalination systems for government and institutional clients.
• AWF (Agriculture) Delivers agricultural technology solutions including greenhouses, tree nurseries, net houses, tunnels, open fields, animal breeding farms (pig farms, dairies, chicken coops, aquacultures), climate control systems, and pressurized irrigation systems.
• HCS (HealthCare) Acts as an independent provider for complex healthcare technology projects, offering state-of-the-art healthcare projects and services, custom-tailored solutions, and Health Information Technology (HIT) to improve quality of care and reduce costs.
• LDS (Energy) Provides renewable energy solutions emphasizing sustainable energy from renewable resources including sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat energy systems.
• ITC (IT) Provides end-to-end infrastructure and software solutions including data transmission networks, LAN and WAN communications, Information Security, IT Infrastructure, telecommunications, CRM, Portals, Data Centers, Big Data solutions, National Operations Centers (NOCs), and Security Operations Centers (SOCs).
• EDU (Education) Specializes in planning and setting up international educational institutions and programs using sophisticated technologies and e-learning solutions, covering kindergarten through university levels with full lifecycle services from conceptualization to commissioning.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Dalberg Global Development Advisors: Global development consulting firm focused on emerging markets, providing project advisory and implementation support across sectors. Comparable to YR in its cross-border, multi-vertical project orientation and emerging-market focus.
• Palladium International: International development consulting firm with strong project implementation and government advisory capabilities. Comparable to YR in delivering full-cycle programs from design through execution across multiple sectors and emerging markets.
• Israel Corporation: Israeli holding company with diversified industrial and international operations across energy, transportation, and infrastructure. Comparable to YR as an Israel-based parent managing operating subsidiaries in adjacent verticals with international reach.
• IDB Holdings: Israeli holding company historically operating diversified industrial and financial businesses, including international activities. Comparable to YR as an Israel-based holding company managing multiple operating subsidiaries with international orientation.

Broad incumbents

• Chemonics International: One of the largest US-based international development firms, executing donor-funded projects globally across sectors including water, energy, health, and education. Comparable to YR's full-lifecycle international project management model, but at significantly larger scale.
• DAI (Development Alternatives Inc.): International development company implementing complex projects across emerging markets in governance, health, infrastructure, and economic growth. Comparable to YR in cross-border project execution and government/institutional client focus.
• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm with deep international development practice covering water, energy, and infrastructure. Comparable to YR in providing end-to-end solutions across similar verticals, though with much larger engineering capacity.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm delivering design, engineering, and project management services across water, energy, transportation, and healthcare. Comparable to YR in managing complex multi-vertical international projects, but at vastly larger scale.
• WSP Global: Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and project management across infrastructure, environment, and energy. Comparable to YR's full-cycle project delivery model across similar infrastructure verticals.
• AtkinsRéalis: Global engineering and project management firm with nuclear, infrastructure, and energy practices serving government and institutional clients. Comparable to YR in managing large multi-disciplinary international projects across regulated sectors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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