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CTech Daily Roundup: BreezoMeter closes $30 million round led by Fortissimo Capital
BreezoMeter closes $30 million round led by Fortissimo Capital. The Israeli startup aims to monitor air quality and improve people’s health by using atmospheric data that is acquired through multiple sensing stations, AI, and machine-learning algorithms. Read more
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Study: Genetic characteristics in embryos can be identified by non-invasive AI analysis. Israeli startup AiVF claims its technology “can automatically and reliably determine an embryo's ploidy status i.e, whether it is genetically suitable.” Read more
A Day in a Life | “Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.” Itay Galea, a software developer at Otonomo, loves his early morning runs, office ping-pong tournaments and the opportunity to have a voice in development decisions, but makes sure to get back home just in time to get the kids ready for bed. Read more
Israeli military's digital transformation on full display in Gaza conflict. “Using technology, the IDF was able to attack more targets, faster and with greater accuracy,” said Omer Dagan, the Head of Lotem, the IDF’s Digital and Data Unit. Read more
Appointments | Kendago names Izhar Shay as Chairman of its Board of Directors. "The company holds tremendous growth opportunities and is well positioned to take full advantage of them," said Shay, Israel’s former Minister of Science and Technology. Read more
Opinion | Hacking trends you need to know about. Home security cameras, Slack and delayed delivery messages have all become increasingly popular phishing strategies for cyberattacks, writes Liron Barak of BitDam. Read more
FinTech 2021 | TripActions seizing fintech opportunity after Covid-19 pivot. The Israeli company's founders, Ilan Twig and Ariel Cohen, explained during Calcalist’s FinTech 2021 conference how fintech solves many issues for both employees and companies while traveling. Read more
"We won't be a free bank but we'll disrupt the existing order." Chairman of the First Digital Bank, Shuki Oren, said that it will launch its services towards the end of this year or in the first quarter of next year with the aim of making an immediate footprint. Read more
“There has been regulatory disorder for many years here, but I am very optimistic." Mesh Payments’ co-founder and CEO Oded Zehavi spoke at a panel during Calcalist's FinTech 2021 Conference alongside Fundbox’s GM Israel and CTO Dror Yosef and Michman Business Credit Chairman Doron Spair. Read more
