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אדם נוימן 20.7.19 WeWork

SoftBank to Use WeWork IPO to Increase Stake, Report Says

15.09.19|CTech
On Tuesday, Reuters reported that SoftBank is pressuring the co-working giant to shelve its IPO due to its drastically slashed target valuation
אדם נוימן מייסד ו מנכ"ל WeWork 2017

Despite SoftBank’s Pressure, WeWork Moves Ahead With IPO, Report Says

11.09.19|CTech
WeWork has now further cut its target valuation to between $15 billion and $18 billion, Reuters reported
מאסיושי סון מסיושי מאסאיושי מייסד סופטבנק פברואר 2019

SoftBank Pressures WeWork to Suspend IPO, Report Says

10.09.19|CTech
The move came after WeWork started considering listing at a valuation of $15 billion to $20 billion, according to a report by the Financial Times
מאסיושי סון מייסד סופטבנק

WeWork's Troubles, SoftBank's Problem

08.09.19|Sophie Shulman
SoftBank has already been burned by the lackluster IPOs of Uber and Slack. The current chaos surrounding WeWork’s upcoming IPO and the cut to its valuation could call SoftBank’s business model into question
אדם נוימן מייסד ו מנכ"ל WeWork 2017

WeWork Files Confidential IPO Prospectus

30.04.19|Sophie Shulman
WeWork's potential IPO comes at a time where other tech juggernauts such as Lyft, Pinterest, and Uber are listing
מימין שי וינינגר ו  דניאל שרייבר מייסדי Lemonade למונייד

SoftBank Leads $300 Million Round for Online Insurer Lemonade

11.04.19|Meir Orbach
The investment brings Lemonade's total funding to date to $480 million. The company, which offers customizable property and casualty insurance policies at a flat monthly rate in 27 U.S. states, is now expanding to Europe
מוסף arm שבב מעבד

Arm to Let Employees Go as Part of Global Re-Alignment of its IoT Group

03.04.19|Hagar Ravet
The company is currently in the process of laying off several dozen Israeli employees, according to one person familiar with the matter
אדם נוימן מייסד ו מנכ"ל WeWork 2017

WeWork Landed Additional $2 Billion From SoftBank, Rebrands as The We Company

09.01.19|Tofi Stoler
In October, the Wall Street Journal reported that SoftBank was in talks to invest between $15 billion and $20 billion in the shared real estate company
מייסד סופטבנק מאסיושי סון

SoftBank Ventures Invests in Fourth Israeli Startup, Venture Partner Says

03.01.19|Meir Orbach
Once completed, the transaction will bring the fund’s total investment in Israeli companies to about $20 million, according to Benjamin Weiss, venture partner at SoftBank Ventures Asia
אדם נוימן מייסד ו מנכ"ל WeWork 2017

SoftBank Corporation Commits Another $3 Billion to WeWork

14.11.18|Lilach Baumer
The new investment, made in the form of a warrant, gives WeWork an estimated company valuation of $42 billion
The Team8 team

SoftBank, Walmart, Airbus Partner with Israeli Startup Foundry Team8

23.10.18|Amarelle Wenkert
Team8 announced it has raised a second $85 million fund from an “international coalition” of strategic partners in an event in New York City
מייסד סופטבנק מאסיושי סון

SoftBank Considers Majority Stake in WeWork, Report Says

10.10.18|CTech
The Japanese group might invest $15 billion to $20 billion in the co-working company, the Wall Street Journal reported
מתחם של חברת מנרב ב בית ה חולים הדסה עין כרם

CTech’s Thursday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

14.06.18|CTech
Israeli defense contractor IAI reveals “suicide” drone. LR Group sets up biotech startup hub at Jerusalem medical center
Ariel Efrati CEO Telco Systems

SoftBank Subsidiary Arm to Establish Labs in Israel in Partnership with Telco

14.06.18|Lilach Baumer
Network technology firm Telco Systems turned to Arm for the collaboration as the company continues a pivot from hardware to software
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Mobile Security Company Zimperium Acquires Mi3 Security

14.06.18|CTech
The two companies plan to combine their teams and integrate their technologies to offer stronger cyber threat detection and security for mobile phones
מימין שי וינינגר ו  דניאל שרייבר מייסדי Lemonade למונייד

How Lemonade Convinced the Market It Is Disrupting Insurance

30.04.18|Reut Shpigelman and Raphael Kahan
The home-insurance startup’s head of marketing and content explains her strategy for connecting with customers
משרדי wework וושינגטון ארה"ב

WeWork Raises $700 Million in First Bond Offering, Report Says

29.04.18|CTech
The New York-based coworking real estate company initially planned to sell $500 million worth of bonds, but faced high demand, Bloomberg reported
אינוביז Innoviz עמית שטיינברג עומר דוד כילף אורן בוסקילה אורן רוזנצווייג

BMW to Use Low-Cost LiDAR Developed by Israeli Startup in Upcoming Autonomous Vehicle

26.04.18|Hagar Ravet
Israel-based Innoviz develops and manufactures LiDAR imaging systems that are smaller and more affordable
חלל של WeWork ב לונדון

After Cold Shoulder from Israeli Investors, WeWork Turns to U.S. Bond Market

25.04.18|Oren Freund
The coworking real estate company is aiming to raise half a billion dollars in an offering that is expected to open this week. Bond documents provide the first-ever glimpse into WeWork’s financials
חן שחר מנכ"ל פלייסייט PlaySight

SoftBank Backs Sports Analytics Company PlaySight

25.04.18|Meir Orbach
Israel-based PlaySight develops technology that employs multi-angle video and proprietary analytics to improve on-court performance