Meir Orbach

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דרור בין מנכל רשות החדשנות

Israel Innovation Authority launching $25 million grant fund to support 100 startups

19.10.23|Meir Orbach
The program is aimed at Israeli startups with a limited future capital runway who are facing difficulties in raising the necessary capital
מימין תמונת לחימה מעזה אדם סינגולדה

Israeli high-tech leaders boycott Web Summit over organizer's critique of Israel's actions

16.10.23|Meir Orbach
Prominent Israeli entrepreneurs reacted strongly to Paddy Cosgrave's statements regarding Israel's conduct during the recent conflict with Hamas
איסוף תרומות ו ציוד ל תושבי עוטף עזה ב תל אביב

Global tech giants stand with Israel: Companies and funds offer support and donations

10.10.23|Omer Kabir, Meir Orbach, Lital Samet
Foreign tech giants and venture capital funds have expressed solidarity with Israel following murderous Hamas attack
מייסדי Lendbuzz לנדבאזז אמיתי קלמר ו ד"ר דן רביב

Auto finance platform Lendbuzz lands $345 million at $1.1 billion valuation, including $300 million in credit

04.10.23|Meir Orbach
According to the company, across ten consecutive profitable quarters, Lendbuzz’s revenue increased 135% in 2022, and over 80% in the first half of 2023, exceeding $200 million of annual revenue run-rate
מימין מיכאל דולינסקי אריק גומנובסקי שי מורג ו סיון קריגסמן מייסדי Ermetic

Ermetic CEO: "Two years ago I would have said that I wanted to build a giant company, but the market has changed"

04.10.23|Meir Orbach
Shai Morag discusses the thinking behind Ermetic's sale to Tenable, which officially announced the completion of its acquisition of the Israeli cybersecurity company for approximately $240 million in cash and an additional $25 million in restricted stock and RSUs
מגדל עזריאלי שרונה תל אביב

Investments in Israeli startups fall for a seventh straight quarter

01.10.23|Meir Orbach
Tech funding dropped by 63% over the first three quarters of 2023 compared to the first nine months of the previous year
ד״ר צחון בנטואיץ׳ מייסד משותף של קיוריס Quris AI

Pharma giant Merck expands collaboration with Quris-AI

28.09.23|Meir Orbach
This follows the successful initial collaboration, a preclinical study to assess Quris-AI’s ability to predict drug toxicity in comparison to traditional in vitro and in vivo approaches
צוות עובדי Gem Security ג'ם סיטי

Gem Security raises $23 million Series A to stop cloud-native threats

27.09.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup has developed a purpose-built Cloud Detection and Response platform that shortens the time to detect, investigate and contain cloud-native threats
מחשבי חלל רמון ספייס

“It will take some time, but I have no doubt that there will be Israeli space unicorns”

27.09.23|Meir Orbach
While the space sector presents numerous challenges and requires substantial investments, it also offers boundless opportunities for innovation and technological advancement. Israeli entrepreneurs, engineers, and investors are increasingly recognizing the potential
עינת גז מנכ"לית פאפאיה גלובל פאפיה גלובל

Israeli entrepreneur Eynat Guez to speak at World Fintech Show in Saudi Arabia

26.09.23|Meir Orbach
The Co-Founder and CEO of Israeli unicorn Papaya Global is the first Israeli woman entrepreneur to be invited to speak at a tech event in the Kingdom
Dig Security co-founders

Palo Alto Networks in advanced negotiations to acquire Dig Security in $300-$400 million deal

26.09.23|Meir Orbach
Palo Alto is closing on two acquisitions of Israeli startups, with negotiations currently also ongoing to purchase Talon Cyber Security for $600-$700 million
Cyberstarts founders

Cyberstarts secures $480 million for opportunity fund

24.09.23|Meir Orbach
The new opportunity fund, named Cyberstarts Scale, comes on the back of a $200 million opportunity fund raised in March 2022. It brings Cyberstarts’ total assets under management to $663 million
מוסף חג העצמאות 25.4.23 טאלון סייבר סקיוריטי  talon

Israeli cyber has seen $2.8 billion worth of exits in seven months

21.09.23|Meir Orbach
Cyber company Talon is expected to be acquired by Palo Alto for at least $600 million, the latest in a series of Israeli cybersecurity companies sold this year
מייסדי Legit Security מימין ליאב כספי רוני פוקס ו ליאור ברק

Legit Security nets $40 million Series B to secure application delivery from code to cloud

20.09.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup's ASPM platform continuously reduces application risk through discovery, analysis, correlation, and remediation of application vulnerabilities
מייסדי טאלון סייבר סקיוריטי מימין עופר בן-נון ו אוהד בוברוב Talon Cyber Security

Palo Alto Networks in negotiations to acquire Talon Cyber Security in $600 million deal

20.09.23|Meir Orbach
Talon, which develops a secure enterprise browser, has raised a total of $126 million since it was founded in 2021
 צוות Briya

Briya lands $11.5 million Series A for blockchain-secured healthcare data exchange platform

19.09.23|Meir Orbach
The Briya platform connects clinics and hospitals with academic and pharmaceutical research teams, addressing the primary challenges faced by organizations in the collection and exchange of healthcare data
כנס WorkTech רוני זהבי מייסד משותף ומנכ"ל HiBob   וידאו

HR platform HiBob raises $150 million at $2.7 billion valuation

19.09.23|Meir Orbach
"We raised funds opportunistically because successful companies can turn market constraints into opportunities,” said CEO Ronni Zehavi, who also noted that the company is ready for an IPO
מייסדי ביוניק  עידן ניניו ואייל ממו

CrowdStrike acquiring cyber startup Bionic for $350 million

19.09.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company was founded just four years ago and has raised $83 million to date