CTech's Weekly Roundup of Israeli Tech News
Israeli researchers 3D print a mini working heart from human tissue; The challenge for Beresheet 2.0: landing on the moon and sticking to the budget
12:2219.04.19
Israeli researchers 3D print a mini working heart from human tissue. The first-time achievement marks another step towards a future where organs for transplant can be created in a lab. Read more
3D printed heart. Photo: Tel Aviv University
The challenge for Beresheet 2.0: landing on the moon and sticking to the budget. On Thursday, Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed during its moon landing. Co-developer SpaceIL already announced a second spacecraft is in the works. Read more
3D printed heart. Photo: Tel Aviv University SolarWinds buys IT software company Samanage for $350 million. SolarWinds, which provides IT services to more than 300,000 companies, will integrate Semanage products into its portfolio of IT management products. Read more
Vimeo buys Israeli instant video startup Magisto. Magisto’s short video creation app has over 100 million users. Read more
Tufin prices NYSE IPO at $108 million. The Israel-based software company is set to start trading on NYSE on April 11. Read more
Report: Israeli tech saw $1.55 billion in investments in the first quarter of 2019. Five rounds that surpassed the $50 million mark accounted for 26% of total investments this quarter. Read more
Israeli company raises over $1 million to spike pizza with cannabis. Cannibble develops pre-made food and beverages such as cake mixes, sweeteners, iced coffee mix, and toppings for pizza and popcorn, which the company says could get consumers high. Read more
Riding around in a bubble. On Monday, Via, in collaboration with Israeli public transportation company Dan, launched its new on-demand shuttle van service in Tel Aviv. Read more
M&As
Businessman Zvika Barenboim to acquire software monetization company Somoto. Read more
Cloud computing startup Spotinst buys optimization company StratCloud. Read more
Just Eat buys Israeli POS startup Practi for $8.74 million. Read more
Fundings
IoT security startup Armis raises $65 million. Read more
Event planning startup Bizzabo raises $27 million. Read more
Radiology AI startup Aidoc raises $27 million. Read more
Text analysis startup Amenity Analytics raises $18 million. Read more
Industry 4.0 startup 3D Signals raises $12 million. Read more
