The OurCrowd Global Investor Summit has opened in Jerusalem, Israel, with a focus on medical technology – as the Coronavirus causes havoc across the tech world. Speaking at a press conference, OurCrowd…
Israeli Tech Firms Pull in Record Funding in 2019
Israeli tech firms received $8.3 billion in venture capital last year, crowning a record-breaking decade for the digital nation. The figure, which represents a 30% increase on 2018’s $6.4bn, and caps the…
“AI Goes Beyond Algorithmic Brilliance” – OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved
Jon Medved, CEO of equity crowdfund OurCrowd, is one of Israel’s leading AI investors. But, the enigmatic, Hawaiian shirt-loving VC says, deep tech brings its own deep and unique issues for entrepreneurs.…
Anger in Israel as Airbnb Bans Settlement Properties from Site
Airbnb will pull property listings in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, prompting a political backlash in Jerusalem. The vacation rental firm had come under criticism for failing to mention that dozens of homes…
Israeli Agritech Outfit Taranis Wins $20m Funding Round
Taranis, a Tel Aviv-based startup that uses aerial imaging, field sensors and weather forecasts to optimize farming yields, has secured a $20 million capital funding round. The injection was led by Viola…
Temasek Acquires Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Sygnia for $250m
Temasek, Singapore’s state-controlled investment vehicle, has acquired Israeli cybersecurity company Sygnia for around $250 million. Sygnia, headquartered in Tel Aviv, only came out of stealth last year. It was launched in 2015…
For Yossi Yamin, Space Lab Technician, The Sky was Never the Limit
Many of the world’s most amazing experiments aren’t even carried out on earth. The International Space Station (ISS) is home to some striking research, including the creation of the universe’s coldest place;…
ThetaRay Raises over $30m to Scale its AI Cybersecurity Solution
Israeli AI and Big Data cybersecurity firm ThetaRay has won a $30 million-plus funding round, as it scales up its cutting edge crime prevention solution. The company, headquartered in Hod Hasharon and…
Somatix Co-founder and CEO Eran Ofir: “To Succeed, You Must Be in Touch with Reality”
Eran Ofir is co-founder and CEO of Somatix, a gesture-driven health and wellbeing wearable tech company. Founded in 2015 in New York City, the firm is now backed with $7.5 million in…
Purple Pays: XM Cyber and the Importance of Security Automation
“The state of global cybersecurity is not faring well,” warns XM Cyber co-founder and CEO Noam Erez, “and the consensus is that it’s about to get worse.” That outlook might seem bad…