How much did Israeli techies earn in 2020 and why will the IPO frenzy reshape the future of Israeli tech?

"Google's acquisition of Waze gave birth to 50 other Israeli unicorns." Israel currently boasts around 10% of the world's unicorns and Waze founder and serial entrepreneur Uri Levine believes Waze has a lot to do with that. Read more

Pigmentum raises $1 million from FreshStart to advance genetical concentration of color and flavor in plants. The Israeli company’s technology helps the production of natural flavor substances at up to 15x higher than conventional plants. Read more

Waze. Photo: SMBP

HR Post Covid | Facebook Israel: “The market realized how important our products are” during Covid-19. Many companies struggled with lockdowns and social distancing, but for the world’s largest social network, it was their chance to shine. Read more  

“Israeli airport security confiscated our passports and took us straight to ‘corona-hostels,’” recounts returning tech exec. Ofer Bengal the CEO of Redis Labs describes a miserable experience of being forced into quarantine upon his return from London. Read more  

Analysis | The winners and losers: these are the salaries Israeli techies brought home in 2020. Cyber-Jobs and ESR Group have collected some data pertaining to wages in high-tech and cyber companies during 2020. Here's what they found. Read more  

Opinion | IPO frenzy will reshape the future of Israeli tech as we know it. 2021 is highly anticipated to become a record year for Israeli startups going for an IPO. This trend could change the Israeli tech scene for years to come, making it more even competitive, but also more lucrative, as more founders and early employees will be able to make a difference in more areas within the ecosystem. Read more  

Introducing 20-Minute Leaders, a new video series on CTech. Israeli-born entrepreneur Michael Matias tells about his passion for learning and how it led to an impressive Covid-19 era project. Watch full video

Covid-19, cyber, and military technology - CTech’s most popular stories of 2020. As the year comes to a close, CTech presents the top 10 articles you read and shared. Read more