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Technion Alumni Community Expands Overseas

07.11.24|Corporate Service

The Technion Alumni Organization is expanding its activities and launching a new initiative to connect thousands of alumni worldwide. The organization's international development reflects the growing success of its graduates, who contribute significantly to various fields worldwide

Tech meets real estate: Why Neumann, Rappaport, and Andreessen Horowitz are backing Canada Global

30.09.24|Golan Hazani

Canada Global secures $27M investment from Flow, Andreessen Horowitz, and Wiz’s Assaf Rappaport for major U.S. projects.

אדם נוימן מייסד חברת WeWork (צילום 2023)

Adam Neumann’s Flow acquires 30% of Canada Global for $27M

29.09.24|Golan Hazani

After the investment, controlling owners Assaf Tuchmair and Barak Rosen will hold about 60% of the company, Flow will hold about 30%, while Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport and the public will hold the remainder.

High-tech companies have already withdrawn $780 million from Israel as judicial coup fears mount

12.02.23|Sophie Shulman

An examination of dozens of public and private high-tech companies, whose aggregate value is $40 billion, also suggests that they are refraining from transferring a total amount reaching $2.2 billion into the country

מוסף עצמאות 14.4.21 אסף רפפורט מייסד Wiz

Assaf Rappaport: "Anyone who thinks that salaries in high-tech will fall is wrong"

29.05.22|Meir Orbach

The CEO of cybersecurity company Wiz, which is valued at an estimated $6 billion, manages to remain optimistic even in light of the crisis plaguing high-tech. "There will be no drop in demand for workers and there will be no pay cuts," he estimates. "Israeli high-tech will not disappear because the talent here is among the best in the world"

Six reasons for Wiz’s $6 billion valuation

13.10.21|Sophie Shulman

The cyber company’s high valuation may seem odd, but when realizing its investor, Insight Partners, looks at things in a whole different manner, it makes far more sense

7 lessons from reaching a $1.7 billion valuation in just one year

14.04.21|Assaf Rappaport

One year after its founding, cybersecurity startup Wiz turned into a unicorn faster than any other cyber company in the world. Assaf Rappaport, one of the company’s founders, offers seven lessons from the rollercoaster journey

A unicorn on steroids: Wiz raises $130 million series B to reach $1.7 billion valuation a year after its launch

17.03.21|Meir Orbach

The Israeli cyber company raised the new round just three months after its $100 million series A

Wiz, founded by former Microsoft Israel R&D head, raises $100 million series A

09.12.20|Hagar Ravet

Having the right people and operating in the hottest security sector in the market makes finding investors simple, says Assaf Rapaport

Microsoft Appoints Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk to Head of Israel R&D

12.02.20|Adi Pick

Braverman-Blumenstyk joined Microsoft in 2013, founding the cybersecurity center within the Microsoft Israel Development Center

דאנס אירוע חשיפת 50 חברות ההייטק הנחשקות בישראל אסף רפפורט מנכל מרכז המחקר והפיתוח מיקרוסופט ישרא

Former Microsoft Exec Assaf Rappaport’s New Startup Raises $21 Million

09.02.20|Meir Orbach

Less than two months after stepping down as Microsoft's head of research and development in Israel, Rappaport and his three co-founders raised $21 million for Beyond, the new cybersecurity startup they recently founded

CTech's Weekly Israeli Tech News Roundup

19.01.18|CTech

Cisco is looking to sell video-software unit NDS at a steep discount. Head of Microsoft’s startup outreach programs to step down

Microsoft Taps Cloud Security Executive as New Head of Research in Israel

18.01.18|Lilach Baumer

Assaf Rappaport, the company's new research manager in the country, joined Microsoft in 2015 after it bought the cloud security startup he co-founded