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Gil Mandelzis Photo: Eyal Touaeg Israeli fintech co Capitolis buys UK co Capitalab

The $46 million acquisition will allow Capitolis, a market leader in the optimization and compression space, to offer more optimization and compression solutions to the industry.

Omri Casspi credit: Ilya Melnikov Omri Casspi closes $60m Swish Ventures seed fund

Former NBA basketball star Omri Casspi tells "Globes" about the transition from sport to investment and why he is leaving Sheva to set up a new venture capital fund.

Amiram Shachar credit: Upwind Upwind Security raises $100m at $900m valuation

The Israeli company has developed a comprehensive cloud security platform

Aviv Kochavi credit: Yossi Cohen Former IDF chief joins Canadian VC fund AWZ

Aviv Kokhavi's appointment comes at a crucial time as demand for advanced defense technologies is growing due to the wars in Israel and Ukraine.

Raising dollars credit: Shutterstock Israeli startups raised over $700m in November

Israeli privately-held tech companies have raised about $9 billion in the first eleven months of 2024.

Prof. Tamir Tuller and Dr. Eyal Afergan  credit: Eyal Izhar Regulator approves alternative proteins, but you can't try them yet

As ImaginDairy becomes the third alternative protein producer to receive regulatory approval in Israel, why are promising food technologies finding it hard to get onto market shelves?

Patrick Collison  credit: Shutterstock Stripe founder Patrick Collison's Israel visit stirs strong feelings

Many responses to Collison's post about his visit on X were virulently anti-Israel. The question, though, is what is Stripe looking for here?

Knostic founders Gadi Evron and Sounil Yu credit: Knostic Israeli co Knostic uncovers unexpected ChatGPT vulnerability

Knostic has published research this week, which uncovers a new cyberattack method on AI search engines, which takes advantage of an unexpected attribute - impulsiveness.

Nvidia offices in Yokneam credit: Nvidia Nvidia, Weizmann Inst., Pheno.ai develop glucose monitoring model

They have developed GluFormer, an AI model that can predict an individual’s future glucose levels and other health metrics based on past glucose monitoring data.

Gil Mandelzis Photo: Eyal Touaeg Global banks invest $20m in Israeli fintech co Capitolis

The investment by Citi, UBS, Morgan Stanley and State Street will be used to further grow Capitolis’ capital marketplace and portfolio optimization businesses.

Assaf Rappaport and Merav Bahat credit: Ben Hakim and Netanel Tobias Wiz buys Israeli cybersecurity co Dazz for $450m

Wiz is acquiring the unified security remediation company, which was cofounded by CEO Merav Bahat, one of Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport's closest friends from when they worked together at Microsoft.

Cyera founders Tamar Bar-Ilan ands Yotam Segev Photo: Menash Cohen Israeli data security co Cyera raises $300m at $3b valuation

Cyera has more than doubled its valuation since its most recent financing round in April 2024, when it also raised $300 million.

Fiber-optic guided drone credit: Tehiru Israel to expand use of fiber-optic guided drones

The Ministry of Defense is expanding deployment of a new generation of drones, already used extensively in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Sean Maguire credit: Sequoia Capital Sequoia bets on Israel because of the war

Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire tells "Globes" why the venture capital fund has resumed operations in Israel since the start of the war, after closing its office here in 2016.

Elevance Health Israeli development center head Udi Goori  credit: PR US health insurance co Elevance closing Israeli center

The reason for the closure is probably to do with problems at the US health insurance giant itself, which has seen its share price fall 15% in the past month.

Cyberattack credit: Shutterstock US co Bitsight buys Israeli co Cybersixgill

US cyber risk management company Bitsight will pay $115 million for the Israeli cyber threat intelligence data company.

Iddo Gino credit: Eyal Izhar Nokia acquires Israeli API co Rapid

Valued at $1 billion two years ago, the company is mainly being bought for its $150 million in cash and less for its API platform.

ScaleOps founders CEO Yodar Shafrir and CTO Guy Baron credit: ScaleOps Israeli cloud management co ScaleOps raises $58m

ScaleOps optimizes resources with its fully automated, real-time cloud resource management platform powered by AI.

Venture capital panel at defense startup conference credit: Tali Talmid Israel's Defense Ministry sees startups as vital for war effort

Representatives of the Ministry of Defense DDR&D, venture capital investors and entrepreneurs participated in a conference for startups operating in security, which was held at the initiative of the Fusion Fund and the Pearl Cohen law firm.

Amiram Shachar credit: Upwind Israeli cybersecurity co Upwind raises $100m - report

Upwind, cofounded in 2022 by CEO Amiram Shachar, who previously founded cloud security management company Spot.io, which was sold to NetApp for $450 million in 2020, is raising the money at s $850-900 million valuation, "TechCrunch" reports.

Adaptive Shield team credit: Assaf Shushan CrowdStrike buys Israeli cloud security co Adaptive Shield

The acquisition price has not been disclosed, but it is estimated at $300 million, which represents a handsome return for investors in the Tel Aviv-based startup.

British ambassador to Israel Simon Walters  credit: FCDO/British Embassy Israel New initiative connects Israeli tech to UK healthcare

The Dangoor Health-Tech Academy will foster collaboration between Israeli startups and Britain's National Health System, initially focusing on AI or automation-driven healthcare solutions.

Raising dollars credit: Shutterstock Israeli startups raised nearly $1b in October

Israeli privately-held tech companies raised over $8 billion in the first ten months of 2024, up from $6.9 billion in all of 2023.

NextSilicon CEO Elad Raz credit: Allblocks NextSilicon welcomes rival Nvidia's Blackwell platform

Elad Raz, CEO of Israeli chip unicorn NextSilicon insists that the company's new Maverick chip beats Nvidia's chips in terms of performance-to-power-consumption ratio.

Verax AI founders Leonid Fainberg and Oren Gev credit: Maxim Golovnov Israeli AI software co Verax AI raises $7.6m

Verax AI develops enterprise-grade software solutions that provide visibility and control of AI in production.

MIND founders Hod Ben Nun, Eran Barak and Itay Schwartz credit: Ohad Kab Israeli data loss prevention co MIND raises $11m

MIND was cofounded in 2023 by CEO Eran Barak, who previously founded Hexadite which was acquired in 2017 by Microsoft for $100 million.

Melio founders Ilan Atias and Matan Bar credit: Dana Tamari Exclusive: Payments platform Melio raises $150m

The new investment has been led by US fintech company Fiserv at a valuation of $2 billion, "Globes" has learned.

Innoventric lead team credit: Eyal Toueg Israeli heart medical device co Innoventric raises $28.5m

The company has developed a device for the treatment of transcatheter tricuspid regurgitation (TR) using a revolutionary cross-caval technology.

DoorLoop's team credit: Pazit Asulin Israeli proptech co DoorLoop raises $100m

The property management software company plans to expand its Tel Aviv workforce from 50 to 200 employees over the next 18 months.

Armis Founders Yevgeny Dibrov and Nadir Izrael credit: Armis Israeli co Armis Security raises $200m at $4.3b valuation

The cybersecurity company's valuation has risen $900 million since its most recent financing round less than three years ago.

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