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eli rata

OurCrowd appoints Eli Rata as Chief Architect and Vice President

11.04.22|CTech
Rata, who immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia, will take the helm of the 50-member team, which supports over 200,000 investors
Jonathan Glazer Liron Wand Pitango

Liron Wand and Jonathan Glazer join Pitango as Venture Partners

10.04.22|CTech
Wand, formerly at Google and Facebook, joins Pitango Growth’s team, and Glazer, the former Head of the Ambulatory Care Service in Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center’s Emergency Department, joins the Healthtech team
דובי פרנסס Group 11

Group 11 strikes $50 million deal with StepStone Group for third fund holdings

06.04.22|Meir Orbach
Dovi Frances' fintech VC is selling 27% of its third fund which includes unicorns Tipalti, TripActions, Next Insurance, HomeLight, and Sunbit
Nadav Shimoni Arkin

Arkin Holdings is going all-in on digital health

04.04.22|James Spiro
“For us, digital health was at the beginning a lot of hype with buzzwords, but over the years the family essentially decided that it is a must,” Head of Digital Health Investments at Arkin Holdings, Dr. Nadav Shimoni, told CTech
צוות ורטקס

Vertex Ventures raises $400 million for two new funds

28.03.22|Meir Orbach
Vertex VI will serve as a $230 million early-stage fund, while Vertex Opportunity II is a $170 million fund designed to further support companies as they scale
Yonatan Sela SquarePeg יונתן סלע

VC Square Peg appoints Yonatan Sela as Partner as it expands its activity in Israel

21.03.22|CTech
The VC fund, which manages $1.2 billion across several different funds, invests primarily in Australia, Southeast Asia, and Israel
ג'ארד קושנר  יועץ הנשיא טראמפ חברת נדל"ן  The Kushner Cos

Jared Kushner coming to Israel in search of tech investments

20.03.22|Golan Hazani
Kushner and the three other executives of the Affinity Partners fund, which has already secured $3 billion in funding, plan to meet with Israeli companies worth between $300 million and more than $1 billion
מגזין כלכליסט טק מימין רננה אשכנזי יעל אלרואי נופר עמיקם עדי גוזס מנהלות קרנות הון סיכון

"Women in venture capital is still a big deal"

20.03.22|Sophie Shulman
Four female representatives of the next generation of executives in venture capital funds met for an open discussion on entrepreneurship, risks, technological trends and the bugs in Israeli high-tech
מימין עדי גוזס אנטריי קפיטל יעל אלרואי ויולה ונצ'ורס ליאור הנדלסמן קרן גרוב עדי הורוויץ'-לביא

What’s in store for the markets in 2022? VCs weigh in with some predictions

16.03.22|Yafit Ovadia
With fluctuating valuations, IPOs, acqui-hiring, and rising inflation, what can investors expect in 2022? Partners at Israeli venture capital firms weighed in with their assessments
גל גיטר שותף מנהל ב- Ibex Investors יצטרף לדירקטוריון Blue Dot

The reshaping of the venture capital landscape

16.03.22|Gal Gitter and Daniel Cohen
"The era of easy money and non-discriminating investors is likely coming to an end," write Gal Gitter and Daniel Cohen of Ibex Investors
Baha Tourani  NGT Healthcare 2

Nazareth-based VC firm NGT HealthCare II raises $92 million for its Impact Fund

09.03.22|James Spiro
The fund will invest in technologies in the field of health and help promote Arab entrepreneurship
Guy Fusion 2022

Startup Nation’s pre-Seed challenge

06.03.22|James Spiro
Guy Katsovich, Founding Partner at Fusion, speaks to CTech about investment trends and the blurring lines of investment rounds
ליאור סיימון שותפה חדשה ומנכ"ל סייברסטארטס Cyberstarts גילי רענן

Cyberstarts raises $200 million to double down on its Seed companies

28.02.22|CTech
The new Opportunity Fund will focus on follow-on investments in the cybersecurity-focused VC’s portfolio companies that are raising Series A and Series B
יו”ר תנובה חיים גבריאלי מפעל תנובה

Tnuva launches foodtech VC fund

27.02.22|James Spiro
Tnuva NEXT will conduct 2-3 investments each year either in the incubator or to support post-Seed and Series A rounds
טדי ווארדי קרן אינסייט

Insight Partners announces new $20 billion fund, remains buoyant on Israeli software

24.02.22|Meir Orbach
The U.S. VC has invested in around 75 Israeli companies to date, including the likes of Armis Security, monday.com, JoyTunes, and Lightricks
Ben Rabinowitz Amiti Ventures

Amiti Ventures raising new $130 million fund

21.02.22|Meir Orbach
The fourth fund will be led by Ben Rabinowitz and Maya Pizov, with Managing Partner Modi Rosen electing to part ways after partnering with the VC three years ago for its third fund
Fresh Fund

The VC aiming to be the “family and friends” of early-stage founders

21.02.22|James Spiro
Fresh.Fund offers pre-Seed funding to early-stage founders looking to penetrate Startup Nation