CTech's Weekly Roundup of Israeli Tech News
Israel prohibits anonymous online political content ahead of April election; Beresheet spacecraft advances on its lunar journey
Beresheet spacecraft advances on its lunar journey. The Israeli spacecraft successfully launched Thursday, but sun rays are now getting in the way of its star-based navigation system. Read more
Beresheet's launch. Photo: AP
Israel prohibits anonymous online political content ahead of April election. A new decree requires online content paid for or solicited by Israeli political parties and candidates to be identified as such. Read more
This company markets bulletproof backpacks and will donate proceeds to school safety activists. Israeli company ArmorMe has developed a normal-looking backpack with not-so-normal capabilities: it comes with one or two kevlar panels, making
it bulletproof on one or two sides. Read more
Wikimedia is so sorry for taking historical photos from Israeli archives without permission. Apologizing for previous quarrels with Israeli archivists, Wikimedia announced it will be collaborating with the local archives to expand the selection of copyright-free historical materials publically available online. Read more
Walmart acquires product review insight company Aspectiva. Tel Aviv-based Aspectiva has joined Walmart's incubation arm N° 8 following the acquisition. Read more
Insight Venture buys portfolio from Israel-based venture firm Genesis Partners. Genesis Partners’ portfolio includes several startups that are also backed by Insight, including Monday.com and Sisense. Read more
Opinion | Is space the final frontier for copyright and patent law? Space, in general, represents an inherent problem for patents, as they are fundamentally territorial, while space is axiomatically extraterritorial to all countries, writes researcher Dov Greenbaum. Read more
IPOs and M&As
Content distribution company Outbrain buys Ligatus. Read more
Online gambling company 888 Holdings buys bingo assets for $23.5 million. Read more
Code management company JFrog acquires DevOps startup Shippable. Read more
Powtoon acquires Showbox. Read more
Startup funding
Operational bot startup Kryon raises $40 million. Read more
Industrial IoT company Tulip raises $18.4 million. Read more
Micro endoscope developer Zsquare raises $10 million. Read more
Old-meets-new retail company Showfields raises $9 million. Read more
Business intelligence company Oribi raises $7 million. Read more
Cryptography security startup Curv raises $6.5 million. Read more
