Meir Orbach

20 stories about Meir Orbach
לירון פטרושקה

Tech entrepreneurs Liron and Naomi Petrushka die in California plane crash

31.03.24|Meir Orbach
The Petrushkas, well-known entrepreneurs and investors, had been living in California in recent years and invested in, among others, Check, Next Insurance and VC firm UpWest.
בן סרי, סנז ישר ושניר הבדלה. מייסדי זפרן

After fleeing Iran and an illustrious career in Israeli intelligence, Sanaz Yashar raises $30M for cyber startup

28.03.24|Meir Orbach
Zafran, founded in 2022 by Yashar (CEO), Ben Seri (CTO) and Snir Havdala (CPO), develops a risk and mitigation platform to pinpoint the ‘exploitable’ threats in the organization and to mitigate their risk by mobilizing existing security controls
Coro

Cyber startup Coro nets $100 million Series D to make enterprise-grade security accessible to all

28.03.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup, which took its total funding in the past 24 months to $255 million, offers an enterprise-grade security software platform to SMEs covering endpoint protection, email and user protection and network and cloud protection
גיא ליבוביץ וגולן קופיצ'ינסקי, מייסדי נומינל

Nominal raises $9.2 million in Seed funding to modernize enterprise planning with GenAI

28.03.24|Meir Orbach
Nominal’s platform uses generative AI and cloud technology to bridge the gap between legacy ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems and standard spreadsheets for accounting and financial management in mid-market businesses
אבי יעקבי  ו קורט אבלון מנכ"לים משותפים ב פבריק

Fabric appoints Curt Avallone as co-CEO to accelerate global growth

25.03.24|Meir Orbach
Avallone will serve alongside Avi (Jack) Jacoby, who took over the CEO role in 2022
FundGuard

FundGuard secures $100 million Series C for AI-powered investment platform

25.03.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s platform helps asset managers and their service providers to manage mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, insurance products, and pension funds, supporting digital transformation, operations automation, AI-based insights, resiliency, and migration to the cloud
רועי איציקובסקי

Simply co-founder and CTO Roey Izkovsky passes unexpectedly at 44

25.03.24|Meir Orbach
Izkovsky founded Simply (formerly JoyTunes) in 2011 with brothers Yigal Kaminka and Yuval Kaminka, the latter of whom serves as the company’s CEO and with whom Izkovsky served in unit 8200
משרדי סייבריזן

Cybereason crisis continues with dozens of jobs to be cut in third round of layoffs

20.03.24|Meir Orbach
After being on the verge of an IPO in 2021, Cybereason has since seen its CEO resign, hundreds of employees get laid off, all while experiencing a 90% drop in value from $3 billion to $300 million
Neureality founders Yossi Kasus Moshe Tanach Tzvika Shmueli

NeuReality raises $20 million to make AI data centers faster and cheaper

19.03.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s efficient AI-centric system architecture enables companies to run generative AI applications and large language models (LLMs) without overinvesting in scarce and underutilized GPUs
מגזין עצמאות 4.5.22  מימין רונן דר ו עמרי גלר מייסדי Run:AI

The Israeli startup earmarked by Nvidia as key to solidifying AI dominance

18.03.24|Meir Orbach
After breaking new ground with the $6.9 billion acquisition of Israel’s Mellanox five years ago, Nvidia is hoping that the purchase of Israeli startup Run:ai will ensure it finds new growth engines and remains on top in the AI race
מגזין ספורטס אילוסטרייטד

Minute Media strikes deal for Sports Illustrated rights

18.03.24|Meir Orbach
Sports Illustrated’s publishing portfolio includes Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, and Sports Illustrated Kids. The Israeli company will oversee all digital and print editorial operations across the SI portfolio
דין אגרון רון וידר Dean Agron Ron Vider founders Oxeye

GitLab acquiring cloud security startup Oxeye for $30-40 million

18.03.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup has developed technology for detecting and solving weaknesses in code in the development stages of applications
מובילאיי אינטל Mobileye

Mobileye closing aftermarket division, laying off 130 employees

18.03.24|Meir Orbach
The unit that provides retrofitted advanced driver assistance technology has seen its revenues decline meaningfully to roughly $40 million on an annual basis, and in recent years has not positively contributed to Mobileye profitability
Flow Security

$50 million plus per founder: Cyber M&A flurry creates new list of millionaires

18.03.24|Meir Orbach
The entrepreneurs behind Avalor, Flow Security and Gem Security are set to cash in over $50 million each after being acquired over recent weeks by cyber giants Zscaler, CrowdStrike and Wiz, respectively
Avalor co-founders משמאל כפיר תשבי CTO ורענן רז מנכ"ל

Zscaler acquiring cyber startup Avalor for $350 million

14.03.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup, which raised $25 million in Series A funding last April, will operate as an independent unit within Zscaler and continue the development of its data solutions to enhance Zscaler's cloud security platform
נהיגה מרחוק בכלי רכב לוגיסטי שנע בתוך מחסן

Remote driving startup Phantom Auto announces closure, lays off over 100 employees

13.03.24|Meir Orbach
The company employed dozens of workers in Israel and had raised approximately $95 million to date
אריה זילברשטיין רון קוניגסברג ו אופיר ברוקנר מייסדי Gem Security ג'ם סיטי

Cyber decacorn Wiz acquiring Gem Security for $350 million

13.03.24|Meir Orbach
Israeli startup Gem, which has developed a Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) platform, has raised $34 million to date
תמר בר אילן ויותם שגב, מייסדי סייארה

Cyber startup Cyera targeting over $200 million in funding at $1.5 billion valuation

13.03.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli data security company is set to triple its valuation from its $100 million Series B last June
ד"ר נועם ברזיס וד"ר זוהר ברונפמן מייסדי Pecan

Pecan AI parts ways with a third of its workforce in second round of layoffs

12.03.24|Meir Orbach
The startup is laying off approximately 30 employees, meaning that in a little over a year it has gone from around 130 employees to about 60