CTech's Tuesday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

Monday.com launches work operating system; We do not target NSO, but most evidence leads to them, says digital human rights researcher

CTech 14:4304.02.20

Monday.com launches work operating system. The company's new operating system will include a marketplace enabling developers to create and package apps, custom widgets, and workflows for use by their own organization or for commercial use by other organizations. Read more

 

Interview | We do not target NSO, but most evidence leads to them, says digital human rights researcher. Bill Marczak, a senior research fellow at Citizen Lab and at the University of California, Berkeley, is behind much of the research that exposed NSO’s operations. Read more

 

Tel Aviv's skyline. Photo: Bloomberg Tel Aviv's skyline. Photo: Bloomberg
Capital Markets | Israel sells its top brains to foreign companies, says TASE CEO. Ittai Ben-Zeev spoke Monday at Calcalist’s capital market conference in Tel Aviv. Read more

 

Fortissimo Capital closes fifth fund with $650 million. In its 15 years of operation, Fortissimo has raised a total of $1.6 billion in commitments. Read more

 

WeTechBerlin | These are the startups selected to showcase their technology in Berlin (Part 5). The fifth group of startups selected to participate in CTech and Calcalist's upcoming conference in Berlin revealed: Evercompliant, Nexar, Pick a Pier, Plentific, QEDIT, Rewire.to, Xm Cyber, Home Made, PayKey, MyOR, Razor Labs, AceTech. Read more

 

Gwyneth Paltrow inaugurates JVP’s international cyber center in New York. The international cyber center, located in the city’s SoHo neighborhood, is operated in partnership with the mayor’s office and the Economic Development Corporation of New York. Read more

 

This startup’s little black box can make street lights smart. Israeli startup ACiiST converts existing street lights into a connected, data-gathering network by installing a little black box. Read more

 

SOSA partners with London innovation hub Plexal. SOSA combines an investor network with a corporate innovation hub operating from centers in Tel Aviv and New York City. Read more

 

Opinion | Hydrogen is the fuel of the future. One of the upcoming decade's biggest challenges is energy: how to generate more of it while also protecting the environment. Read more