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Elihay Vidal

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Entree Capital Team 2024

“The impact of the war in Israel will last at least five years”

13.02.24|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Entrée Capital joined CTech for its 2024 VC Series to share how actions taken today can set Israel up for success in the future.
נמרוד כהן TAU Ventures

“There has always been an element of risk around the Israeli tech industry”

12.02.24|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Managing Partner of TAU Ventures Nimrod Cohen joined CTech to discuss VC trends in 2024 amid a variety of uncertainties.
לוחמים חות'ים

Are the global underwater communication cables the next target of Houthi terrorism?

26.12.23|Elihay Vidal
The Yemeni terrorist militia has yet to directly threaten attacks against the internet infrastructures connecting the East and the West, but there are concerns that they could attempt to damage the international communication cables laid on the seabed of the Bab al Mandab Strait
פוטו סיכום 2023 כיפת ברזל

Israel perfectly positioned to spearhead a defense tech renaissance

18.12.23|Elihay Vidal
Israeli startups should prioritize defense tech, with TLV Partners' Yonatan Mandelbaum coining it "Patriotism as a Service." Aligned with Andreessen Horowitz's "American Dynamism," the call for innovation in defense tech is underscored by the evolving global landscape and accessible weaponry, emphasizing AI and a "Defense First" approach
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Israel's Generative AI map rapidly growing

12.12.23|Elihay Vidal
Israel currently ranks as the third-largest Generative AI venture capital ecosystem globally, boasting an impressive investment influx of over $2.2 billion in the last three years. Viola Ventures' Alex Shmulovich highlights shifting trends, emphasizing incumbent dominance in horizontal applications and vertical startups' rise with industry-specific solutions
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Digital deception: How fake Instagram profiles target IDF soldiers

03.12.23|Elihay Vidal
The IDF has revealed some of the names of the avatar accounts that are at the forefront of a network of fake profiles whose entire purpose is to gather information about the activities of the IDF
מגדל פיקוח שדה תעופה בלגיה מטוס GPS

Global aviation faces challenges amid surges in electronic warfare in the Middle East

23.11.23|Elihay Vidal
European and American aviation regulators have warned that deliberate interference with navigation systems leads to flights being diverted to alternative routes and pilots receiving inaccurate reports of their location
אלון מאסק Elon Musk

Musk sets clearer boundaries on antisemitism to halt abandonment of major advertisers from X

19.11.23|Elihay Vidal, Reuters
After major companies including Disney, Apple, Warner Bros., and IBM declared suspension of advertising on X, Elon Musk posted: “‘decolonization’, ‘from the river to the sea’ and similar euphemisms necessarily imply genocide and will result in suspension”.
ביל אקמן 2017

Bill Ackman demands Harvard take action against pro-Palestinian students

06.11.23|Elihay Vidal
The billionaire hedge fund manager asks on X: “How are these students not immediately suspended? How does this not violate Harvard’s code of conduct for students?” He demands suspension of the Harvard Law Review editor who accosted Jewish student on camera
ערן פייגנבאום מנכ"ל אורקל ישראל

Tech giants Oracle and Intel extend financial support to their employees in Israel

01.11.23|Elihay Vidal
Following the state of war the citizens of Israel find themselves in, Oracle employees in Israel would be receiving a special grant equivalent to an extra month's salary and Intel will give each local employee a grant of $5,000
אלון מאסק X 24.7.23

Not so fast: Musk admits that deploying Starlink terminals in Gaza will be difficult

29.10.23|Elihay Vidal
In response to the announcement by the Israeli Minister of Communications that the state will take all necessary measures against the move, Elon Musk admitted that the operation of terminals for the use of humanitarian organizations in Gaza will only be carried out in coordination with Israeli and US authorities.
מסוק קרב מסק"ר אפאצ'י הקברניט

The day WhatsApp changed from a messaging app to a lifesaver in war

22.10.23|Elihay Vidal
The October 7th war will be etched in the minds of Israelis as a war in which WhatsApp emerged as the most crucial means of communication, serving not just individuals to share their status and location but as a life-saving tool for soldiers and fighters in the field
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“We are in an AI arms race, and today deepfakes are the new AI cybersecurity threat”

05.10.23|Elihay Vidal
According to Michael Matias, CEO of AI cybersecurity startup Clarity, the instance in which scammers used Tom Hanks' image to create a fake ad is only the tip of the iceberg. Just like the emergence of network and application security, we now experience an exponentially rising attack vector of social engineering and phishing
מימין מיכל קיסוס הרצוג ד”ר אלדד רום ו סיון שמרי דהן

"Companies must be resilient to change"

20.09.23|Elihay Vidal
Michal Kissos Hertzog, CEO of Poalim Tech, addressed the problems faced by entrepreneurs in the current period. Dr. Eldad Rom, psychologist, founder of Rom Business Psychology and partner in Team8 venture group, pointed to the difficulties entrepreneurs are facing with the new reality. A conversation about the challenges of the hour ahead of Calcalist and Poalim Tech's Roadshow event
Lee Moser

"If in 2021 every second company could raise money, now the standard is much higher"

31.08.23|Elihay Vidal
Lee Moser, Managing Partner of AnD ventures, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector
Yonatan Mandelbaum

"The state of fintech in Israel is depressing - All the entrepreneurs have switched their risk tolerance to 'OFF'”

24.08.23|Elihay Vidal
Yonatan Mandelbaum, a Principal at TLV Partners, noted that even within the limited number of fintech startups that emerged in 2023, "I haven't seen anything that's genuinely new, interesting, or groundbreaking. Mostly, what we are seeing are companies that are essentially copycatting existing ones"
המעצר האלים של יזם ההייטק זיו מלצר

The violent arrest of a high-tech entrepreneur: Another step in the erosion of Israeli democracy

20.08.23|Elihay Vidal
The ongoing conflict within Israeli society highlights how the government is gradually yet consistently eroding democracy. This erosion is not limited to the so-called “legal overhaul” alone; the government is also employing tactics reminiscent of dictatorial regimes to suppress citizens' protests against it
מימין גל גיטר ו ניקול פריאל שותפים מנהלים ב קרן ה השקעות אייבקס ibex

“We don't expect to see a meaningful recovery in the venture industry before the second quarter of 2024”

15.08.23|Elihay Vidal
Nicole Priel and Gal Gitter of Ibex Investors spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector
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Israeli tech entrepreneurs ring opening bell at NYSE, protest judicial overhaul

26.07.23|Elihay Vidal
Guy Franklin, the founder and CEO of Israeli Mapped in NY, was the bell ringer alongside the NYSE President, Lynn Martin, and Israeli startup CEOs including Assaf Rappaport from Wiz, Adam Singolda from Taboola, Ori Goshen from AI21, Merav Bahat from Dazz, Amir Hever from UVeye, Yael Shemer from Tulu, and more
מגזין נשים 2.7.18 גיגי לוי משקיע פרטי ב סטארט אפים

“If the crisis extends longer, it will take us years to reverse the damage”

19.07.23|Elihay Vidal
Gigi Levy-Weiss, General Partner at NFX, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector
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