CTech’s Daily Israeli Tech News Roundup

U.K. Gambling Commission executive switches sides, joins online gambling company Playtech. During his 11 years at the UKGC, Mr. Bayliss was in charge of online and remote gambling, assessing the regulatory impact of related products and technologies and advising on policy development. Read more

Tel Aviv. Photo: Glavo/Pixabay

Digital wallet startup colu raises $20 million in ICO. Tel Aviv-based Colu, which uses blockchain technology to create localized digital currencies, also raised $8.5 million in equity investment. Read more

Mind the Tech NY 2018: New York to host Israeli tech conference. Leading figures from industry and government will convene March 12-14 at Calcalist’s second New York City tech conference Read more

Merck and WuXi AppTec announce launch of biotech incubator in Israel. The incubator program has a five year budget of 20 million euros. This is Merck’s third incubator program in Israel. Read more

Japan’s NTT invests $3 million in car data broker Otonomo. The Israel-based startup offers technology to monetize the data collected by cars. Read more

Israeli, Italian, Romanian startups to participate in Tel Aviv accelerator program by Booking.com. Six Israeli startups are among the nine startups selected by the travel ecommerce company for the program. They will participate in a three-day program and compete for grants of up to €25,000. Read more

Opinion: to reclaim their audiences, publishers must unlock the power of innovative visual storytelling, writes Apester CEO. Facebook’s new content policy is favoring user-generated content to publisher content. It is wake-up call for publishers to seize the opportunity and innovate storytelling. Read more