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Pitango scores Polish exit
OpenAI has bought Polish company NeptuneAI, in which Israel VC firm Pitango was the first investor through its Polish arm TDJ Pitango Ventures.
Israeli startup Zafran Security raises $60m
Zafran has also launched its agentic exposure management suite, positioning it to complete the entire end-to-end lifecycle across asset inventory, vulnerability detection, risk assessment, and autonomous remediation workflows.
An electric plane in your garage
Israeli startup AIR’s eVTOL aircraft could revolutionize private aviation, and has already received groundbreaking approval from the US authorities.
Meron Capital raises third fund
The $70 million fund will invest at the pre-seed and seed stages, and is intended to strengthen the firm's approach of working closely with founders from the early stages.
Israeli housing rental platform Venn raises $52m
By owning the resident relationship, Venn helps housing operators unlock new revenue from services like insurance, credit, cellular, utilities, on-demand home services, maintenance, and more.
Israeli quantum computing co Classiq raises $40m
The company acts as the software foundation for practical, scalable quantum computing, spanning algorithm design, software optimization, deploying across the most advanced computing infrastructures.
Israeli VC fundraising back on the rise
After raising only $260 million in the first half of the year, Israeli venbture capital firms have announced $1.37 billion in new funds since the end of the war, IVC-Gornitzky-KPMG reports.
Cosmetics and dog food meet AI
The founders of ironSource have an e-commerce startup that acquires pet food and cosmetics brands. Zyg Edge has raised over $40 million.