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מייסדי Backbone Hosting מימין: פייר לוק קווימפר אמיליאנו גרודצקי מתיו וישון ו ניקולס בונטה

Canadian Crypto Mining Company Finds Way to Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

07.12.17|Orr Hirschauge, Amarelle Wenkert and Dror Reich
Backbone Hosting Solutions will be merged with Israeli shelf company Natural Resource Holdings. The latter’s stock price shot up over 4000%
קרן ויולה פינטק דני צידון תומר מיכאלי

Viola Group Launches New Fintech Fund with $100 Million in Commitments

06.12.17|Hagar Ravet
The Israel-based technology investment group already has several vehicles dedicated to investments in early-stage companies, growth capital and a venture debt arm
אתיופיה אורומו הפגנות Ethiopia Oromo Protests

Ethiopia Used Israeli-made Surveillance Technology to Spy on Journalists, Dissidents

06.12.17|Omer Kabir
A new report details how Ethiopia targeted advocates of the Oromo ethnic group across 20 countries infecting their computers with spyware
ClearSky קליר סקיי חדש

Iranian Hackers Have Set Up a News Outlet to Court Possible Targets, Security Firm Says

05.12.17|Omer Kabir
Hacker group “Charming Kitten” used false identities to ferret out information, says Israel-based cybersecurity firm ClearSky
אורי לוין waze וייז המהלך האסטרטגי חדשנות בניהול

New Fund to Navigate Startup World by Following Waze Founder

04.12.17|Hagar Ravet and Raheli Bindman
A new Israeli public venture fund competing for government backing has teamed up with Waze co-founder Uri Levine to invest in his portfolio companies
ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו שבוע הסייבר

Israeli Prime Minister Hints at Tax Reductions Following Approval of U.S. Tax Reform

03.12.17|Adrian Filut
"We cannot fall behind, not when it comes to tax and not when it comes to reduced regulation and bureaucracy," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a government meeting Sunday
בניין ה בורסה משכן חדש רחוב אחוזת בית תל אביב

Japanese Technology Holding Company IRI Wants to Raise $30 Million in Tel Aviv IPO

03.12.17|Dror Reich
Tokyo-headquartered Internet Research Institute registered in Israel in August
ערן יניב מנכ"ל פרפקטו perfecto

Mobile Quality Assurance Company Perfecto Mobile in Negotiations with Possible Buyers

03.12.17|Meir Orbach
Perfecto Mobile has raised around $90 million to date. The company lists as customers Dell, FedEx and Toyota
משרדי yotpo  ניו יורק

YouAppi, Yotpo, Monday.com Top Deloitte Israel’s Technology Fast 50

30.11.17|Lilach Baumer
Mobileye, Mellanox and CyberArk are also on the list
לוגו ctech

CTech’s Daily Israeli Tech News Roundup

29.11.17|CTech
The CEO of Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten on the company’s global expansion plans, Mobileye co-founder and CEO on the company's model for safe driverless cars, and a lot of international relations: Japan, China and the U.S.
מימין עודד ליברמן מנכל נוירודרם עם נציגי הרוכשת מיצובישי טנאבה

Japan's Orix, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Considering Additional Israeli Investments

29.11.17|Lilach Baumer
Israel's Minister of Economy Eli Cohen met with the CEOs of both companies during a state visit to Japan
אוניברסיטה הטכניון טכניון חיפה

Israeli Universities Climb in Global University Employability Ranking

28.11.17|Lilach Baumer
The Technion came in at first place among all 150 universities in digital skills and ranked third in corporate links
טקס קבלת ה צוללת אחי רהב ל בסיס חיל הים ב חיפה צוללות חיל הים

ThyssenKrupp Considering Investing in Israeli Startups

27.11.17|Adrian Filut
The company said it is looking for cooperation possibilities in the local innovation hub as a way to fulfill reciprocal procurement agreements signed with Israel
שאול אלוביץ יושב ראש יורקום תקשורת

Apax Mulls Acquisition of Probed Israeli Telecommunication Provider

27.11.17|Aviv Guter
The British venture capital firm held a stake in Israel’s Bezeq until 2010. Now Bezeq's controlling shareholder is in heavy debt and facing charges
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Biomed Company Protalix to Lay Off a Fifth of its Workforce

26.11.17|Dror Reich
The Israel-based NYSE American-listed company is currently undergoing a streamlining process
לוגו ctech

CTech’s Daily Israeli Tech News Roundup

23.11.17|CTech
Teva’s troubles lead to more employee cuts and Periggo completes the sale of its business unit in Israel, but Dutch cannabis is joining the kibbutz. Also, Israel’s private eyes say Black Cube broke the rules.
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Perrigo Completes Sale of Israel Business for $110 million

23.11.17|Lilach Baumer
The buyer, New York-based investment firm SK Capital, has $1.9 billion assets under management
מנכ"ל טבע החדש קור שולץ 2

Troubled Drugmaker Teva to Axe over 4,000 Jobs

23.11.17|Golan Hazani
Less than a month after stepping in as CEO, Kåre Schultz starts tightening the belt. The company is expected to oust Chief Scientific Officer Michael Hayden
דפנה אבירם ניצן Dafna Aviram Nitzan

In Race to Reform Business Regulation, Israel Still Falls behind

22.11.17|Daphna Aviram-Nitzan
Despite making regulatory improvements, the past decade saw Israel continue its slip down the World Bank's annual ease of doing business rankings. But this descent can still be reversed.
Airbnb השכרת דירות שכירות

Israel to Tax Airbnb Businesses

22.11.17|Omri Milman
Regulation will be published in the upcoming weeks, an Israeli tax authority executive said