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In 2018, Investors Doubled Down on Israeli Artificial Intelligence Startups

10.01.19|Hagar Ravet
Israel-linked AI companies brought in $1.89 billion in funding in 2018, according to a new report
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Life Sciences Venture Fund aMoon Raises $600 Million for Second Fund, Report Says

09.01.19|Hagar Ravet
The Israel-based firm first announced in April it was raising a second fund with a hard cap of $750 million
צביקה נטר מנכ"ל ומייסד שותף ב אינוביד

Goldman Sachs Backs Video Advertising Startup Innovid With $30 Million Investment

07.01.19|Meir Orbach
Innovid lists Disney, Fox, Bank of America, and Loreal among its customers
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
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The Ten Biggest Investment Rounds in Israeli Tech in 2018

31.12.18|CTech
As the year comes to a close, CTech takes a look at the biggest funding rounds of the past 12 months
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Over Five Years, 3,307 Israeli Startups Went Belly Up

24.12.18|Adi Pick and Hagar Ravet
The now-defunct companies raised nearly $4 billion between them, almost a quarter of which was raised by once ambitious electric car company Better Place
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TLV Partners Appoints Adi Yarel Toledano as Partner

09.12.18|Hagar Ravet
Yarel Toledano has 20 years of experience in Israeli venture capital. In her previous role as partner at Magma Ventures, she played a role in investments in Waze and Onavo
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Textile Technology Startup Twine Solutions Raises $22 Million

05.12.18|Meir Orbach
Twine Solutions offers a digital on-demand thread dyeing system that can continuously dye a single raw white thread to one of millions of shade choices
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Qualcomm Sets Up $100 Million AI Fund, Invests in AI Startup AnyVision

29.11.18|Lilach Baumer
The company will invest in startups developing autonomous cars, robotics and machine learning platforms via its venture arm, Qualcomm Ventures
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Blockchain Entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg, Binary Options Firm Exchange Legal Blows

21.11.18|Lital Dobrovitsky, Meir Orbach, and Hagar Ravet
On Tuesday, Tel Aviv district court has rejected a disposition of property claim filed against Moshe Hogeg, an Israeli blockchain entrepreneur and owner of Beitar Jerusalem Football Club
אלן פלד מייסד ומנהל קרן וינטאג'

Israel-based Vintage Raises a $290 Million Fund of Funds

14.11.18|Meir Orbach
The closing of this new fund of funds brings Vintage's assets under management to $1.8 billion
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Pitango Promotes Ayal Itzkovitz to Managing General Partner

14.11.18|Lilach Baumer
The Israel-based venture capital firm has over $2 billion in assets under management
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Yuri Milner Sets His Sights (Much) Higher

09.11.18|Uri Pasovsky
Since 2015, venture capitalist Yuri Milner has invested $200 million in space-related projects. He traces the new found passion to his childhood
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Life Sciences Venture Fund aMoon Nearing Cap of Second Fund, Says Co-Founder

08.11.18|Lilach Baumer
The Israel-based firm announced in April it is raising a second, $500 million fund with a hard cap of $750 million. Credit Suisse is a major investor
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Seniors Take a Back Seat, a Changing of the Guard at Israeli Venture Capital Firm JVP

08.11.18|Meir Orbach
Kobi Rozengarten, Gadi Tirosh, and Raffi Kasten stepped down from their positions as general partners at the Jerusalem-based firm. Joy Marcus, formerly executive vice president at Condé Nast Entertainment, joined as venture partner
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Venture Capital Firm SGVC Closes Third Fund at $52 Million

06.11.18|Meir Orbach
SGVC was founded by Israeli-born entrepreneur and financier Dov Frances
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As Capital Flows and Market Matures, Israeli Entrepreneurs Dream Big

05.11.18|Hagar Ravet
While tech companies’ choose to stay private longer, a record number of privately held growth companies now call Israel home, some with a valuation topping $1 billion
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Jerusalem-Based Shavit Capital Raises $100 Million for Fifth Fund

31.10.18|Lilach Baumer
The Israeli venture capital firm specializes in late-stage life sciences investments
ועידת הדיגיטל והמובייל אהוד שניאורסון שותף בלאמברג קפיטל

Human Threat Hunters Are the Next Big Thing in Cybersecurity, Says Former Unit 8200 Head

30.10.18|Yoav Stoler
Venture firm Blumberg Capital announced the appointment of Ehud Schneorson as managing director in September, after he retired from command of the Israeli equivalent of the NSA
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Israeli Innovation Hub Gets Top Marks in Global Competitiveness Index

17.10.18|Adrian Filut and Lilach Baumer
Israel was ranked 20th out of 140 countries on the index, weighed down by cumbersome business-related bureaucracy