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Unicorn cutbacks: Lightricks to lay off 80 employees - 12% of workforce

04.07.22|Sophie Shulman
Lightricks is the latest in a growing list of unicorns to lay off employees despite having hundreds of millions of dollars in their account, joining the likes of Cybereason, Trax, and Snyk
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Lightricks acquires Popular Pays in deal valued at tens of millions of dollars

24.03.22|CTech
The Israeli unicorn believes that the combination of its creator suite and Popular Pays’ tools for connecting, collaborating, and tracking partnerships between brands and creators will set the standard for the next generation of the creator economy
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AI Week kicks off to celebrate artificial intelligence progress

07.02.22|James Spiro
The three-day conference is highlighting how AI technology is revolutionizing business strategy, policy, and future development
ועידת היוניקורנס  Shaul Meridor

How did Lightricks’ CFO adjust to the private sector?

15.12.21|James Spiro
Speaking at the Unicorn Forum, Shaul Meridor, CFO of Lightricks, discusses the move from the public sector to the private sector
פורום היוניקורנס מימין בועז דינטי שאול מרידור ד"ר גיא נבון אהרון מנקובסקי ו פיליפ בואזיז

“Companies with a real product are the ones we will see in the long-term"

12.12.21|Tomer Hadar
Said Shaul Meridor, CFO of Lightricks, at a panel with Philippe Bouaziz, Deel CFO, Aaron Mankovski of Pitango, Qumra’s Boaz Dinte, and Dr. Guy Navon, Director of Discount Tech Capital during the Calcalist and Discount Tech Unicorn Forum
ד"ר זאב פרבמן לייטריקס ועידת Mind The Tech

Lightricks announces $130 million Series D at $1.8 billion valuation

19.09.21|Golan Hazani
This is expected to be the Israeli company’s final funding round before going public, probably within the next six months to a year. Lightricks is expected to either merge with a SPAC at a valuation of over $3 billion or choose the route of a traditional IPO
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For Lightricks, attracting talent means taking them away from the Tel Aviv bubble

23.03.21|CTech
Now that offices are opening up again, the Jerusalem-based company had to find ways to convince employees to travel the distance
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To keep creativity alive, Lightricks initiated its ‘Creativity Festival’

18.02.21|CTech
It can be hard to be creative when working from home during a year-long pandemic. Here’s how Lightricks inspired its staff
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Will Jerusalem Become Israel’s High Tech Capital?

21.05.20|Adi Pick
In 2019 alone, $233.5 million were invested in Jerusalem-based companies and startups, a 21% increase from the year before
פרויקט הסטארטאפים 2019  CLOUDINARY איתי לחן מנכל

Investors Are for the Weak: These Tech Entrepreneurs Chose Bootstrapping Over VC Affluence

23.01.20|Hagar Ravet
Bootstrapped companies target quick profitability and avoid pressure from investors. Following WeWork’s crash and Uber’s and Lyft’s failure to take off, the time has come to look at business models that focus on more than just growth
לייטריקס זאב פרבמן ירון אינגר ניר פוצ'טר עמית גולדשטיין איתי צידון

Facetune Developer Lightricks to Open R&D Center in Haifa

08.12.19|Hagar Ravet
In July, the company announced it had raised a $135 million funding round according to a $1 billion company valuation
ועידת Mind the tech TLV פאנל החברות פורצות הדרך  מימין ד"ר זאב פרבמן אורן קניאל יוסי נער

Israel Is on the Way to Becoming an Outsourcing Country, Says AppsFlyer CEO

26.11.19|Naomi Zoref
AppsFlyer CEO Oren Kaniel, Lightricks CEO Zeev Farbman, and Cybereason CEO Yossi Naar participated in a panel Monday during Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv
לייטריקס זאב פרבמן

CTalk: Facetune Developer Lightricks Considering IPO Within 2 Years, Says CEO

25.11.19|CTech
CTech reporter Adi Pick spoke with the Facetune developer’s CEO Monday during Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv
לייטריקס זאב פרבמן

Facetune Developer Lightricks Raises $135 Million at $1 Billion Valuation

31.07.19|Hagar Ravet
In November, when the company completed a $60 million funding round, it was valued at $330 million
פרויקט הסטארטאפים 2019  MONDAY.COM

Calcalist's Top 50 Startups 2019: #11-#17

08.05.19|Hagar Ravet and Meir Orbach
Super-fast databases and user-generated marketing content
Intel אינטל ישראל

Israeli Tech Companies Organize Stand-Up Nights, Single Mingles to Win Over Talent

06.01.19|Maayan Manela and Adi Pick
From singles nights and stand up comedy to giving away drones and computers, Israeli tech companies are getting creative in their recruitment efforts
מייסדי לייטריקס הייטקיסט

Facetune Developer Aims to Double Workforce and Expand to Android

26.12.18|CTech
Jerusalem-based Lightricks is looking to hire 150 people for research and development, design, and marketing positions
מוסף 50 הסטארטאפים המבטיחים אפליקציית Factune של לייטריקס Lightricks

Facetune Developer Secures Additional Funding to Change How the World Creates Content

19.11.18|Meir Orbach
Jerusalem-based Lightricks completed a $60 million round, out of which $45 million will be used to buy stock off existing shareholders
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Jerusalem-Based Content Creation Startup Lightricks to Set Up Shop in Europe

14.08.18|Meir Orbach
Lightricks, the developer of selfie touch up app Facetune, currently has over 100 employees and is looking to hire designers, developers, and programmers to man its new London office
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Enlight Videoleap Wins Apple’s iPhone App of the Year Award

08.12.17|Hagar Ravet
One of nine winners, Enlight Videoleap is a video editing app created by Israel-based startup Lightricks