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יונתן בן ארצי שותף ומייסד קרן Firstime

“The Israeli tech sector mobilized to battle Covid-19, but the government failed to enlist it”

22.01.21|Hagar Ravet
Jonathan Benartzi, founding partner at Firstime talks investment goals, market trends, and the tech sector's leadership role in the country
מימין מיכאל מומצ׳וגלו ו יאיר מנור CardinalOps

Israel’s CardinalOps completes $6.5 million seed round

21.01.21|Meir Orbach
The cybersecurity company founded by the founder of LightCyber uses AI to overcome human error in the management of organizations’ cyber systems
חברת Uveye בדיקה לרכב CES 2020

Hyundai is the latest carmaker to invest in Israel’s UVeye, joining Toyota, Honda, and Volvo

19.01.21|Udi Etsion
The Korean company’s investment of several millions of dollars will bring the total investment by the automakers to $40 million
אלון בלוך מייסד K-Health

K Health closes $132 million series E at a $1.4 billion valuation

19.01.21|Meir Orbach
This is the remote healthcare company’s third financing round in under a year, bringing in a total of $224 million
טאריק בין הנדי Tariq Bin Hendi מנכ"ל ADIO כנס אמירויות

Tel Aviv chosen as one of Abu Dhabi Investment Office’s eight new investment hubs

17.01.21|James Spiro
The expansion is part of eight new markets including New York, San Francisco, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Beijing, and Seoul
Gigi Levy Weiss

"The core of every business’s success is love, passion, and care"

17.01.21|CTech
NFX founding partner Gigi Levy Weiss talks to Michael Matias about the significance of people to a business' prosperity
Ben Rabinowitz Amiti Ventures

Israelis should tread lightly between the US and China trade war

16.01.21|James Spiro
As trade wars between the two countries show no sign of slowing down, Amiti Ventures’ Managing Partner and Founder Ben Rabinowitz urges Israel to lean into America
מייסדי קארביין מימין אמיר אליחי יוני יוטסון ו אלכס דיזינגוף

Carbyne raises $25 million to expand emergency call center response solution

14.01.21|Meir Orbach
CEO says demand driven by Covid-19 outbreak saw the company’s revenue leap by 350%
אסנת סרוסי פיסטטר מאגמון Osnat Sarusi Firstater

Not All Bad: Covid-19 hampered the high-tech industry but also accelerated important technological processes

14.01.21|Osnat Sarusi Firstater
2020 has been a roller coaster – and now that this crazy ride is finally behind us, we can look back and discuss the many obstacles that made this year difficult.
Gett גט

Gett raises $15 million to complete $115 million June round

12.01.21|CTech
CEO of Israeli-founded company says happy to conclude “incredibly difficult period for the travel sector” at an operational profit
שותפי גלילות קפיטל מימין קובי סמבורסקי ליאור ליטבק נופר עמיקם ו אריק קלינשטיין

Glilot Partners announces new $170 million fund to invest in growing tech companies

12.01.21|Meir Orbach
The Israeli VC fund, which until now has focused on startups, plans to invest between $20-$50 million in 15 mature companies; former M12 partner to lead new investments
Dovi Frances

"I think that the only answer at times of uncertainty is: do you have a fundamental belief that tomorrow will be better?"

12.01.21|CTech
Group 11 founding partner Dovi Frances talks to Michael Matias about what it means to have a winner’s mentality and the losses it sometimes takes to get there
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Curve announces it raised $95 million in series C funding

12.01.21|Meir Orbach
The company was started by Israeli entrepreneur Shachar Bialick and recently completed its series C investment round
עובדים סיעודיים זרים עם קשישים מטפלת קשיש

Social Finance Israel seeks to pair financial gains with social benefits

11.01.21|Andrew Jacobson
SFI just launched its 5th Social Impact Bond, aimed to reduce loneliness among 200 elderly residents of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
ג'ואי סאבת Joey Sabet Managing Director of Clairfield International

M&As with Europe are being overlooked by Israeli tech ecosystem

10.01.21|Joey Sabet
"There is a venue for growth equity, private equity or rolling-up into a larger European entity," says Joey Sabet
מודיעין 8200 חסוי אנשי צללים צל סודי

Unit 81: The elite military unit that caused a big bang in the Israeli tech scene

08.01.21|Sophie Shulman
Veterans of the IDF’s secretive technological division are the entrepreneurs driving major changes across the industry
 משמאל טל חן ו דייקי מורייאמה  left Tal Chen and Daiki Moriyama

Opportunity for Israeli startups: Japan is seeking innovative green technologies with a new $19 billion government fund

04.01.21|Tal Chen and Daiki Moriyama
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced a 2 trillion yen fund for ecological businesses and innovation to achieve zero net carbon emissions by 2050
Anat Binur 20MinuteLeaders

“Sometimes you just have to take the risk and move forward and know that you're not just picking one path”

31.12.20|CTech
Anat Binur, the co-founder of Ukko and MEET, talks to Michael Matias about her path from investor to entrepreneur and the excitement of taking on the world's biggest challenges
Yaron Yaniv 20MinuteLeaders

“I’m sitting right in the junction between engineering, business, and product and that’s my sweet spot”

31.12.20|CTech
Yaron Yaniv from the Silicon Valley Bank talks to Michael Matias about the digitalization and automation trend that’s taking over the banking sector and the challenges of finding solutions for tech companies of all sizes
Itay Sagie איתי שגיא

U.S. investors doubled down on Israeli tech in 2020

27.12.20|Itay Sagie
American buyers made up 63% of M&As of Israeli tech companies as Asian and European deals falter due to Covid-19