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גולדמן זאקס בבורסה בניו יורק

Former Goldman Sachs execs launching $300 million tech growth fund

06.01.22|Golan Hazani
The fund, Key 1 Capital, was set up by Sarel Eldor, Danny Akerman and Amit Pilowsky, who all left Goldman Sachs over recent months, and is planning to invest between $20-40 million per company
שינוי אקלים

Israeli climate-tech companies raise $2.2 billion in 2021, 57% higher than 2020 record

22.12.21|CTech
The four highest funding rounds each came in different fields, with Future Meat raising $347 million, Wiliot raising $200 million, UBQ Materials raising $170 million, and VIA raising $130 million
אנדרי ישונסקי ארנון שבלת Prytek

Investment group Prytek raises $107 million

01.12.21|Sophie Shulman
The Israeli group, led by former Bank Hapoalim chairman Yair Seroussi and managed by Andrey Yashunsky and Arnon Shiboleth, will focus its investments on the banking and fintech sectors
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

Israeli tech continues to break records, raising $17.8 billion in first nine months of 2021

13.10.21|Meir Orbach
Local tech companies have already raised 71% more than in all of 2020, while exits also skyrocketed, reaching $18.92 billion in the first three quarters, almost doubling last year’s total
ג'ונתן מדבד ourcrowed כנס משקיעים 2019

OurCrowd remains Israel’s most active VC, according to Pitchbook

07.10.21|James Spiro
The venture investing platform made 28 deals compared with TLV Partners and Vertex Ventures Israel who were next on the list with 12 each
 סיון שמרי דהן Sivan Shimri Dahan Qumra Capital

Startup investors looking beyond the money in ESG

26.09.21|Allon Sinai
Three early-stage investors explain why they are giving more weight to the impact startups create rather than just focusing on financial growth
ליאונרדו דיקפריו

The short on Leonardo DiCaprio’s Israeli tech investments

23.09.21|Hagar Ravet
The Hollywood star has made quite a few investments over the years, including some in Israel, most recently in cultivated meat startup Aleph Farms
מנכ"לים מסותפים יוטפו מימין תומר תגרין עומרי כהן

Yotpo secures Shopify partnership, over $30 million investment on road to Nasdaq

09.09.21|Meir Orbach
Shopify's platform is home to more than 1.7 million merchants worldwide and Yotpo is aiming to develop first-to-market technologies that help merchants of all sizes stand out in this competitive landscape
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