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רוברט אנטוקול מייסד ומנכ"ל פלייטיקה

Playtika to lay off 250 employees in North America and Europe

31.05.22|Meir Orbach

The gaming giant is looking to consolidate some of its activities and therefore decided to close its R&D centers in London and Montreal, and to transfer the activity of its Los Angeles studio to Israel and Poland

מגזין עצמאות 4.5.22 גל גולדשטיין צור תמם סהר אזרן אלון שקדי תום עמל ו אהוד רוזנברג מייסדי קנדיבור Candivore

Gaming startup Candivore raises $10 million to build on Match Masters success

The hit mobile game has more than 30 million downloads while counting more than 5 million monthly active users, generating $7 million in March 2022 alone

ProDrops co-founders

ProDrops secures $5 million Seed from Playtika for gaming and eSports collectibles product

The Israeli startup’s collection and trading card game allows gamers to connect with their idols off social media, off-stream, and in-game while creating additional revenue streams for gaming content creators

NOVOS co-founders

NOVOS raises $6 million Seed round to train gamers

The Israeli startup’s platform tracks the strengths and weaknesses of each gamer based on their in-game performance and provides them with a customized training plan

Stealth startup Kooply raises $18 million Seed round for mobile gaming development platform

29.03.22|Meir Orbach

While the company is not currently sharing full details of its product, the Israeli startup’s vision revolves around building a game creation platform that brings together players, creators and developers in a mobile-centric community

מימין: דני ביקון, מנהל החממה. דן גרינברג, סמנכ"ל עיצוב באיירון סורס

“Academia is helping create a gaming ecosystem”

29.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer

Bezalel Academy, ironSource, Hebrew University, Ministry of Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem municipality have founded Gamehub, an incubator devoted to gaming. “Content needs to be the main focus,” says Manager Dani Bacon, who isn’t worried about startups relocating to Tel Aviv

מירי נודלמן, מתכנתת ומהנדסת דאטה בפלייטיקה

Derogatory treatment could deter female gamers from becoming game designers

18.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer

Female gamers receive unequal treatment, and this could later deter them from becoming game designers, programmers, and developers says Miri Nudelman, a data engineer at Playtika

Overwolf acquires Tebex for $29 million to expand creator economy platform

15.03.22|Meir Orbach

The Israeli company is expanding into a new creator category - private server owners and creators

רימון שושן, מדריכת תכנות לנערות בעמותת QueenB

“Teaching young girls to code is shattering the stigma that ‘programming is only for boys’”

15.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer

Calcalist spoke with the Israeli women changing the future of gaming, with Part 3 featuring Rimon Shushan, NOC engineer, and a programming mentor at QueenB, an organization that helps teach young girls programming

מימין: רתם בן דוד ומיכל יששכרי

“Women work harder than their male counterparts to earn senior positions”

14.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer

Despite the increase in the number of female gamers, the number of those who design games is still relatively low. Calcalist spoke with several Israeli women who are changing the future of gaming, with Part 2 featuring Rotem Ben-David and Michal Issachary of CrazyLabs

שי סגל, מעצבת XR בסטארט-אפ Resight

“Things are changing. Having a female gaming community is important”

13.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer

Despite the increase in the number of female gamers, the number of those who design games is still relatively low. Calcalist spoke with several Israeli women who are changing the future of gaming, with Part 1 featuring Shay Segal, Head of Design at Resight

ברייטמן ו פרומר

Hitting the jackpot: Clawee is the next stage in gaming

06.02.22|Irad Atzmon Schmayer

The mobile app enables someone in China to operate a claw machine in Petach Tikva and grab a toy that will be sent to the user via mail. Who on Earth needs that? The answer is the 1.5 million people who play Clawee each month, and another million who watch from the sidelines

צוות Spring Games

Spring Games raises $7 million Seed round to develop NFT-powered games

Playtika led the round in the Israeli startup, which is building Play-to-Earn games on blockchain infrastructure

Adi Itach Sayolla CMO

Shopping while playing is Sayollo’s game

03.01.22|Daniel Farber-Ball

Focusing on Gen-Z gamers, the Israeli startup’s CMO Adi Itach says its in-game marketplace platform, gComm, is “the future of commerce and gaming, as a hybrid of these two worlds”

Keren Marom Beach Bum 20

“Everyone came with a different background, and together we really made a really strong team.”

While Beach Bum has had some big milestones as a company, co-founder and COO Keren Marom says that celebrating the small wins is important as well

צוות Edge Gaming

Playtika leads $10 million Seed investment in Edge Gaming

15.12.21|Sophie Shulman

The Israeli startup has developed a platform which allows any player to generate “Playables” - custom mini-games that are reproduced from existing gameplay moments

Games-focused fund vgames raises $141 million

13.12.21|Meir Orbach

Since the launch of vgames by Eitan Reisel in March 2020, the fund has invested in 21 companies globally, making it one of the most active game funds in the world

Sneaky Panda Founders

Sneaky Panda raises $6 million to launch new mobile gaming genre

02.12.21|James Spiro

The game developer will introduce the “Luck-Puzzler” genre, which puts more emphasis on skill and strategy than current mobile games in the market

צוות מון אקטיב Moon Active

Moon Active valuation surges to $5 billion on back of $300 million Insight funding

23.11.21|Meir Orbach

The Israeli gaming company is expecting revenue of over $1.5 billion in 2021. Insight Partners invested $125 million in the company at a $1.25 billion valuation less than two years ago

Flare helping streamers turn live gaming into sports broadcasting

23.11.21|Daniel Farber-Ball

The local startup, founded by two Israeli-Arab students, uses AI to give streamers the tools which high-end sports productions use. CEO Khaled Zbidat: “Streamers need to focus on their viewers and playing well”

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