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Victor Orlovsky Fort Ross Ventures ויקטור

Israeli Startups Want More Cash But With Lower Valuations During Covid-19 Era, Says VC Partner

06.05.20|Adi Pick
Victor Orlovski, founding partner at Fort Ross Ventures spoke to CTech about what the coronavirus pandemic means for investors and local entrepreneurs
שיימה שריף NFX

"We Know From Past Crises That Some Great Startups and Companies Will Rise"

04.05.20|Allon Sinai
Shayma Sharif’s recent promotion to principal in Gigi Levy-Weiss’ VC NFX was just the latest landmark in her unique journey from East Jerusalem to the heart of the Israeli venture capital world
מימין מנכ"ל חממת נילסן אינובייט דב ירקוני מנכ"לית לאומי טק יפעת אורון

Over Half of VCs Have Stopped or Cut Down Investments, Survey Finds

26.03.20|Meir Orbach
A survey of 131 venture capital funds conducted by Israeli startup Wizer shows that 25% intend to completely stop investments and another 32% will reduce spending
תל אביב קו רקיע Tel Aviv Skyline

March Madness: VC Launches Online Start Up Competition

26.03.20|Elihay Vidal
Ground Up Ventures is launching a competition for startups, the chosen companies will pitch to a live audience of global investors via video
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More Capital Than Venture: Israel’s Tech Companies Under Covid-19’s Shadow

18.03.20|Meir Orbach and Hagar Ravet
Industry veterans are preparing for uncertain times but are also seeing opportunities—to reduce inflated valuations, birth new domains, and adopt more efficient models and methods
Cardumen Capital

Spanish-Israeli Venture Fund Cardumen Capital Raises $60 Million in Commitments

12.03.20|Amarelle Wenkert
Cardumen focuses on early stage deep tech startups. The fund is led by former Samsung Ventures investors Gonzalo Martinez de Azagra and Roy Gottlieb
גד חולדאי קרן פיטנגו

Pitango Venture Capital Appoints Gad Huldai as Partner

01.03.20|Meir Orbach
Huldai, who served as a venture partner at Pitango for the last three years, will join the firm’s early stage fund
סנטינל וואן

Insight Partners Backs SentinalOne in $200 Million Investment

19.02.20|Meir Orbach
The month-long Israeli investment spree of New York-based venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners continues
מימין אורן יונגר סגן נשיא ו גלן סולומון מנכ"ל משותף GGV Capital

An Alibaba Early Backer Looks to Israel

11.02.20|Meir Orbach
GGV Capital manages some $6 billion in assets across seven funds, counting Airbnb, Slack, Grab, and Houzz among its portfolio companies. To entice Israeli startups to hop on its bandwagon, the fund has sent over two of its leading executives
 מייסד ומנכ"ל ־S Cube גדעון שלום בנדור

A Fifth of Israeli Startups Incorporate Abroad, Report Says

05.02.20|Sophie Shulman
A recent report by IBI Capital subsidiary S-Cube Financial Consulting found that the number of startups choosing to incorporate outside of Israel went up 10% in 2019
משה זילברשטיין מנהל הפעילות של ישראל קרן השקעות Next47 נקסט47

Siemens' Venture Arm Next47 Opens Israeli Office

28.01.20|Meir Orbach
Next47 invests in late-stage B2B companies and has $1.2 billion under management. Moshe Zilberstein was appointed director of Next47's Israeli outpost
מימין לשמאל אורן קניאל ו רשף מן מייסדי AppsFlyer   2

Our Dream Is to Be the Next Salesforce or Facebook, Says Appsflyer CEO

23.01.20|Meir Orbach
Oren Kaniel spoke to Calcalist following AppsFlyer's Tuesday announcement that it had completed a $210 million funding round at a company valuation of $1.6 billion
סנייק snyk

Open Source Vulnerabilities Hunter Snyk Raises $150 Million

21.01.20|Hagar Ravet
Google backed Snyk in a $70 million round as recently as September
אמיר אורעד מנכ"ל Sisense ועידת ניו יורק 2019

Sisense In the Process of Raising a $100 Million Round Led by Insight Partners

09.01.20|Golan Hazani
The round is being raised according to a company valuation of $1.1 billion; Insight Partners has been making headlines this week with a series of deals involving Israeli companies
כנס כלכליסט ניו יורק גף הורינג

Insight Partners in Negotiations for Senior Israeli Venture Fund Gemini V

09.01.20|Meir Orbach
Earlier this week, the New York venture firm confirmed that it had acquired Israeli IoT security startup Armis for $1.1 billion
ועידת התחזיות 31.12.19 אורן זאב משקיע

I Hope 2020 Is a Year of Recalculation, Not Collapse, Says Oren Zeev

31.12.19|Tomer Hadar
The Israeli angel investor spoke Tuesday at Calcalist’s Forecasts 2020 conference in Tel Aviv
שירה גרינברג כלכלנית ראשית ב משרד אוצר

The Israeli Tech Industry Is too Dependent on U.S. Economy, Says Israeli Finance Ministry

30.12.19|Hagar Ravet
The ebb and flow of private VC money during recessions and peak economic times might necessitate changes in the startup funding criteria of the Israeli government, according to a review published Monday by the Ministry
קרן NFX גיגי לוי פיט פלינט ג'יימס קורייר

Spinning Wheel: Venture Funds Are Now Battling Over Startup Investments, Says Venture Capitalist

30.12.19|Hagar Ravet and Meir Orbach
Gigi Levy-Weiss was known as Israel's busiest angel investor. Today, he invests through his venture firm, Silicon Valley-based NFX Guild, which relies on technology to appeal to entrepreneurs
מימין: איה פטרבורג אדוארד קוקירמןי פעת אורון ו יוסי ויניצקי

The Traditional Early Stage Investment Model Is Obsolete

25.12.19|Sophie Shulman
Early stage investments used to mean small sums, high risk, and the promise of high returns. Now, longer exit timeframes and the private money saturating the market mean specialized funds must adapt, or risk extinction
קרן גלילות נופר עמיקם

Glilot Capital Promotes Nofar Amikam to Partner

14.11.19|Meir Orbach
Until now, Amikam served as the vice president of value creation at Glilot, a venture capital fund focused on investments in artificial intelligence and big data companies