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Edge founders Omri and Asaf Gazit

Edge raises $30 million Series A to transform gameplay moments into playable content

11.07.22|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s content platform for gamers enables users to clip their most exciting game highlights and turn them into standalone game pieces called “Playables”
מחשב PC אינטל NUC 12 גיימינג

Israeli gaming industry reached $8.6 billion in revenue in 2021

11.07.22|CTech
Israel is home to some 190 gaming companies with around 14,000 employees, a 250% increase from 2017
Elay De Beer Buff Technologies

The future of gaming “will be a hybrid between the virtual and the real world”

05.07.22|James Spiro
Buff Technologies CEO Elay De Beer speaks to CTech about gaming, the metaverse, and our consumption habits
פלייטיקה חברת משחקים הרצליה פיתוח

Playtika majority stake to be acquired at $8.5 billion company valuation

28.06.22|Sophie Shulman
The Israeli-founded gaming giant, which will continue to be traded on Nasdaq, is changing hands once more, with private equity firm Joffre Capital to acquire a 20% controlling stake. The valuation represents nearly a 46% premium on Playtika’s share price at the end of trading on Monday
מחשב גיימינג

“Game over” or “Play on”? What does the future hold for Israeli game makers

22.06.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
The value of the global mobile games market is weakening for the first time and the Israeli high-tech bubble has burst, so should game makers in Israel be apprehensive?
משחק מובייל גיימינג סלולרי נייד

Game on: How Turkey has become a mobile gaming powerhouse

22.06.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
In the shadow of a shattered economy, Turkey has become a hyper-casual gaming incubator, attracting international venture capital funds and exporting gaming companies that are sold at lofty valuations
טייניטאפ tinytap אפליקציות ילדים

Edtech startup TinyTap acquired by blockchain gaming unicorn Animoca Brands at $50 million valuation

16.06.22|CTech
Animoca Brands said it will leverage the acquisition of the Israeli company to establish a new business segment for blockchain-based UGC educational content
Odeeo team

Odeeo secures $9 million Seed funding for gaming audio advertising platform

14.06.22|CTech
The Israeli startup’s technology enables brands and studios to use audio adverts along with visual elements in a game
Raz Friedman

Raz Friedman leaving Playtika to join MonkeyLeague as Chief Product Officer

06.06.22|CTech
MonkeyLeague has plans for creating a vast web3 esports ecosystem with a multitude of interconnected roles and ways to engage as well as earn
רוברט אנטוקול מייסד ומנכ"ל פלייטיקה

Playtika to lay off 250 employees in North America and Europe

31.05.22|Meir Orbach
The gaming giant is looking to consolidate some of its activities and therefore decided to close its R&D centers in London and Montreal, and to transfer the activity of its Los Angeles studio to Israel and Poland
מגזין עצמאות 4.5.22 גל גולדשטיין צור תמם סהר אזרן אלון שקדי תום עמל ו אהוד רוזנברג מייסדי קנדיבור Candivore

Gaming startup Candivore raises $10 million to build on Match Masters success

26.05.22|CTech
The hit mobile game has more than 30 million downloads while counting more than 5 million monthly active users, generating $7 million in March 2022 alone
ProDrops co-founders

ProDrops secures $5 million Seed from Playtika for gaming and eSports collectibles product

15.05.22|CTech
The Israeli startup’s collection and trading card game allows gamers to connect with their idols off social media, off-stream, and in-game while creating additional revenue streams for gaming content creators
NOVOS co-founders

NOVOS raises $6 million Seed round to train gamers

05.04.22|CTech
The Israeli startup’s platform tracks the strengths and weaknesses of each gamer based on their in-game performance and provides them with a customized training plan
עידו יבלונקה

Stealth startup Kooply raises $18 million Seed round for mobile gaming development platform

29.03.22|Meir Orbach
While the company is not currently sharing full details of its product, the Israeli startup’s vision revolves around building a game creation platform that brings together players, creators and developers in a mobile-centric community
מימין: דני ביקון, מנהל החממה. דן גרינברג, סמנכ"ל עיצוב באיירון סורס

“Academia is helping create a gaming ecosystem”

29.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
Bezalel Academy, ironSource, Hebrew University, Ministry of Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem municipality have founded Gamehub, an incubator devoted to gaming. “Content needs to be the main focus,” says Manager Dani Bacon, who isn’t worried about startups relocating to Tel Aviv
מירי נודלמן, מתכנתת ומהנדסת דאטה בפלייטיקה

Derogatory treatment could deter female gamers from becoming game designers

18.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
Female gamers receive unequal treatment, and this could later deter them from becoming game designers, programmers, and developers says Miri Nudelman, a data engineer at Playtika
צוות Overwolf

Overwolf acquires Tebex for $29 million to expand creator economy platform

15.03.22|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company is expanding into a new creator category - private server owners and creators
רימון שושן, מדריכת תכנות לנערות בעמותת QueenB

“Teaching young girls to code is shattering the stigma that ‘programming is only for boys’”

15.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
Calcalist spoke with the Israeli women changing the future of gaming, with Part 3 featuring Rimon Shushan, NOC engineer, and a programming mentor at QueenB, an organization that helps teach young girls programming
מימין: רתם בן דוד ומיכל יששכרי

“Women work harder than their male counterparts to earn senior positions”

14.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
Despite the increase in the number of female gamers, the number of those who design games is still relatively low. Calcalist spoke with several Israeli women who are changing the future of gaming, with Part 2 featuring Rotem Ben-David and Michal Issachary of CrazyLabs
שי סגל, מעצבת XR בסטארט-אפ Resight

“Things are changing. Having a female gaming community is important”

13.03.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
Despite the increase in the number of female gamers, the number of those who design games is still relatively low. Calcalist spoke with several Israeli women who are changing the future of gaming, with Part 1 featuring Shay Segal, Head of Design at Resight
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