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שמואל האוזר ראש ה רשות ל ניירות ערך כנס פינטק Fintech

Regulator Sends Hyped Blockchain Stocks on Tel Aviv Exchange Crashing

12.12.17|Lilach Baumer and Dror Reich
Israel's securities authority announced it will block bitcoin-related companies out of stock indices
מנכ"ל טבע החדש קור שולץ 1

Teva to Unveil Strategic Plan, Layoffs Thursday

12.12.17|Dror Reich
Last month the debt-riddled drug maker announced a rehabilitation plan amidst rumors of upcoming employee cuts
בקבון חוות שרתים Backbone server farm

Israeli Regulator to Wall Bitcoin Company Out of Stock Indices

12.12.17|Raheli Bindman, Uri Tal-Tenne, Dror Reich
Natural Resource Holding is down 36% on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
חנות למכירת ביטקוין דיזינגוף 99 תל אביב

Bitcoin ATM in Israel Shuts Down Due to Demand Overload

11.12.17|Hagar Ravet
The bitcoin fever has hit Israel, but the global demand is crashing the infrastructure
בניין ה בורסה משכן חדש רחוב אחוזת בית תל אביב

New Israeli Venture Funds Advance in Race for Government Tender

11.12.17|Hagar Ravet
In July, the Israeli Ministry of Finance announced a tender for up to four government-backed technology growth funds
בנימין נתניהו וראש ממשלת הודו נרנדרה מודי בים

Israeli Entrepreneurs Need to catch up to ‘Transforming India’

10.12.17|Devsena Mishra
How India's growth could provide new opportunities for India-Israel relations
ד"ר אמיר ולדמן מייסדי הום סקינוביישנס מעורב בפרשת מובילאיי

Israeli Defendant Denies Mobileye Insider Trading Charges

08.12.17|Tomer Ganon and Ran Abramson
Amir Waldman, former vice president of Israel-based medical device company Syneron Medical, is being accused by the SEC of making over $4 million from insider trading in Mobileye securities
רקפת רוסק עמינח מנכ"לית בנק לאומי

Blackstone, Warburg Pincus, Permira in Bidding for Israeli Credit Card Issuer

07.12.17|Golan Hazani
Leumi Card is a subsidiary of Israel-based Bank Leumi, which must sell the company by 2020 following new Israeli legislation
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Teddy Sagi Backs Clean Energy Startup for $3 Million

07.12.17|Lilach Baumer
Israel-based SmartGreen develops a system for optimizing and reducing energy consumption. Its customers include HP, McDonald's Israel and Hong Kong-based electric company China Light & Power
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