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צוות אגרוסקאוט

AgroScout raises $7.5 million to expand AI-based agronomy analytics service

05.08.21|CTech
The Israeli startup’s platform collects data to create analytics for actionable insights in crop management
ג'ארד קושנר  יועץ הנשיא טראמפ חברת נדל"ן  The Kushner Cos

Jared Kushner to launch investment firm, focus on connecting Israel’s economy to India, North Africa and the Gulf

29.07.21|Reuters
Kushner, who served as Donald Trump's senior adviser in the White House, is in the final stages of launching an investment firm called Affinity Partners
מייסדי סייבריזן יוסי נער ליאור דיב ו יונתן שטרים-עמית

Cybereason raises $275 million led by Steven Mnuchin's VC fund

14.07.21|Meir Orbach
The Israeli cybersecurity company didn't state at what valuation it raised the funds, but it is estimated to be in the region of $3 billion
תל אביב קו רקיע Tel Aviv Skyline

Israeli tech sets yet another record, raising $11.9 billion in H1 of 2021

14.07.21|Meir Orbach
According to the IVC-Meitar Tech Review, Israeli companies surpassed the total amount raised in 2020 ($10.3 billion) in the first six months of 2021
יוסי כהן ראש המוסד

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen appointed as SoftBank representative in Israel

09.07.21|Meir Orbach
SoftBank's new Vision Fund 2 has already invested in several Israeli companies over recent months, including AnyVision, Redis Labs and Vianai Systems
דיויד קוסטמן מנכל שותף של אאוטבריין

Outbrain announces $200 million investment from The Baupost Group

06.07.21|CTech
The announcement by the Israeli company came just one week after Outbrain's prospectus for its first Nasdaq offering was published by the SEC
סמי בבקוב מנהל חטיבת ההשקעות בקבוצת הראל ביטוח ופוננסים

Harel to invest $65 million in Silicon Valley Bank’s $375 million fund

06.07.21|Golan Hazani
"We are adding a third leg to our technology investments through a connection with one of the largest entities in the high-tech world," said Sami Babkov, who manages the investment division of the Israeli insurance company
עובדי אורקה סקיוריטי

Orca Security raising $150 million from Singapore's Temasek

04.07.21|Meir Orbach
Shareholders and investors in the Israeli cybersecurity company are headed for a hefty payday, with Orca in the midst of raising funds at a $1.75 billion valuation, just three months after its $210 million Series C
חמי פרס אדם סינגולדה נאסדק

Three lessons I learned from Taboola's IPO

01.07.21|Chemi Peres
Chemi Peres, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Pitango and an investor in Taboola, tells CTech about the company's 14-year journey from a dream to Wall Street
ריאן גורני YL Ventures

Ryan Gurney, ex-Googler, joins YL Ventures as CISO-in-Residence

15.06.21|CTech
Former Chief Security Officer at Looker, which was acquired by Google, brings customer-centric and early adopter-perspective to support YL Ventures portfolio companies’ expansion
Liron Azrielant Daniel Roditi Meron Capital

Meron Capital announces new $50 million fund to invest in early-stage Israeli tech

14.06.21|Meir Orbach
The VC's inaugural fund launched in 2017 has invested in 16 startups to date, registering four successful exits, with 10 of the startups raising further financing in the excess of $300 million
קרן שווק Karen Schwok Lucid Investments

The Israeli finance management sector is not ready for all the new rich techies

10.06.21|Elihay Vidal
As funding and SPACs create thousands of newly rich people across the country, Karen Schwok has concerns about how the sector will respond
Jonathan Cohen associate at Catalyst Investments

Study: Israeli unicorns reach $1 billion valuation in an average 6 years

06.06.21|Allon Sinai
According to a report by Catalyst Investments, the average time it takes for Israeli tech startups to become unicorns has decreased by half in the past decade
Amnon Shashua Mobileye אמנון שעשוע מובילאיי

Shashua's Digital Bank eyeing $100 million funding round

19.05.21|Irit Avisar
The investment is set to provide the bank with the additional funds it requires ahead of its launch next year and be conducted according to a valuation of several hundreds of millions of dollars
יוסי דורי מנהל השקעות ראשי ב כלל

The biggest VC fund in Israel you didn’t even know existed

30.04.21|Sophie Shulman
Clal Insurance has become the largest high tech investor in Israel with a $2 billion portfolio, holding stakes in the likes of Pagaya, Hippo and REE to name a few
כנס Fintech 2017 ג'ון מדבד

"The Israeli tech ecosystem has become a well-oiled machine"

29.04.21|CTech
Jon Medved, founder and CEO of Jerusalem-based investment platform OurCrowd, noted that partnering with the Gulf countries "is allowing Israel to penetrate markets we've never dreamed of in Southeast Asia and around the broader Islamic world"
יפעת אורון על רקע בלקסטון

Blackstone in Israel: Pouring fuel on the raging fire of local tech

26.04.21|Sophie Shulman
Israeli tech entrepreneurs are used to working with VC funds, but Blackstone is very different
אביבית בנדר בנק הפועלים

Bank Hapoalim to launch new investment track for startups

25.04.21|Meir Orbach
The bank’s Innovation and Strategy department has already invested in three local startups: Perception Point, Kyron, and Lightico
בועה בורסה מניות עליות שערים וול סטריט

The capital markets are sobering up from the great SPAC binge

22.04.21|Sophie Shulman
The SPAC index has fallen 11% since the start of the year; many SPAC shares have crashed and short positions on them have multiplied; Is Israel’s SPAC gold rush coming to an end?
אורן בר און 28.4.20

Covid-19 led to the Israeli tech sector’s rapid maturation

19.04.21|Oren Bar-On
A good mix of tech specialization and more patient board rooms is seeing Israel transition out of its startup nation phase