Meir Orbach

20 stories about Meir Orbach
Dean Leitersdorf

Decart pledges millions to Technion in strategic AI push

07.07.25|Meir Orbach
Dr. Dean Leitersdorf, the company’s founder and CEO, is himself a graduate of the Technion’s excellence program, which will now be renamed the Technion–Decart Excellence Program.
בניין אינטל ב חיפה

Intel Israel begins latest round of layoffs, including Kiryat Gat factory for first time

07.07.25|Meir Orbach
Hundreds expected to lose jobs as chip giant extends cuts beyond R&D hubs in Haifa and Petah Tikva.
Red Dot Capital Partners

Red Dot Capital closes $320M fund to back early-growth Israeli tech

07.07.25|Meir Orbach
Finout, Stigg, Oligo, and Bria AI are among the first bets of the new fund as the VC scales AUM to $750M.
QEDMA עובדי חברת קדמה

IBM-backed Qedma raises $26M Series A to fight quantum computing errors

03.07.25|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup claims its noise-resilience software could accelerate the path to practical quantum computing.
Moran Zilbershtein

TAU Ventures appoints Moran Zilbershtein as General Partner

03.07.25|Meir Orbach
Zilbershtein previously served as the Economic Attaché of Israel in San Francisco and VP Value Creation at Glilot Capital Partners.
בר וינקלר ו רועי ללזר מייסדי וונדרפול Wonderful

Wonderful raises $34M in Seed funding to bring multilingual AI to global call centers

02.07.25|Meir Orbach
Israeli startup aims to unlock non-English markets with advanced AI agents.
retrain.ai founders

After raising $34M, Retrain.ai shuts down and puts its AI platform up for sale

02.07.25|Meir Orbach
Founded by Kaltura’s Shay David, the HR-focused AI startup has laid off 20 employees and is now looking for an acquirer.
לארי אליסון אורקל 2024

Larry Ellison leads $23M Series B in Imagene AI to build ‘OpenAI for precision medicine’

01.07.25|Meir Orbach
Israeli startup’s AI platform analyzes biopsies and patient data to match treatments faster.
שותפים ב קרן ההון סיכון  ICI Fundבאמצע גילי אלקין המייסדת

ICI secures $50M for Fund II, eyes 15 more investments by the end of 2026

01.07.25|Meir Orbach
The VC firm has already notched exits with Eureka and Suridata.
ד"ר כפיר אברמן ראש מרכז הפיתוח של דקארט בסן פרנסיסקו

Decart joins AI hiring frenzy with dozens of new SF roles under Kfir Aberman

29.06.25|Meir Orbach
DreamBooth co-author to lead Israeli firm’s Bay Area push amid global AI talent scramble.
Otterize team

Cyber unicorn Cyera acquires Otterize for tens of millions to tackle cloud identity sprawl

26.06.25|Meir Orbach
The move adds intent-based access control to Cyera’s platform as it positions itself at the center of cloud data protection.  
מימין ליאור פרוסור פאשה רומנובסקי ו אלון ליפשיץ

Hanaco Ventures winds down fundraising as founders chart new investment paths

26.06.25|Meir Orbach
Lior Prosor joins forces with Arkin Group on a new fund, while Alon Lifshitz launches Aurelius Capital to back dual-use and defense technologies.  
מייסדי  Bonfy

Ex-Skybox and Idaptive CEOs raise $9.5M to tackle AI content risks with Haim Saban-backed Bonfy.AI

26.06.25|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup aims to protect enterprises from IP leakage, privacy violations, and reputational damage.
Melio leadership

From PayPal roots to global exit: Inside Melio’s $3B sale to Xero

26.06.25|Meir Orbach, Sophie Shulman
Melio shareholders will receive $2.5 billion upfront, mostly in cash, with an additional $500 million in contingent payments over three years, primarily aimed at retaining Melio’s 600 employees.
Melio leadership

New Zealand's Xero acquires Melio for up to $3 billion, marking one of Israel’s largest tech exits

25.06.25|Meir Orbach
The deal gives the New Zealand accounting software firm a major payments foothold in the U.S.
מנכ"ל מליו מתן בר וסמנכ"ל הטכנולוגיות אילן אטיאס

Fintech unicorn Melio on verge of being acquired in $2 billion deal

24.06.25|Meir Orbach
The Israeli payments platform could mark 2025’s second major local fintech exit after Next Insurance.
יובל גולן מנכ"ל חברת Waltz

Waltz secures $25M in debt to back foreign investment in US real estate

24.06.25|Meir Orbach
Startup targets $1B in loan originations as demand from Latin America surges.
מייסדי פורסייט רובוטיקס מימין פרופ' משה שהם ד"ר יוסי נתן דניאל גלוזמן

ForSight Robotics raises $125M Series B to advance AI-powered eye surgery system

24.06.25|Meir Orbach
Israeli medtech firm’s ORYOM platform aims to expand access to precision eye care globally.
קמפוס מיקרוסופט בהרצליה

Microsoft gives Israeli employees time off, while Mobileye and others rush to aid displaced workers

22.06.25|Meir Orbach
Cyber and AI firms pivot from innovation to emergency logistics and welfare amid war with Iran.  
Visby kit

Visby Medical raises $55M to bring lab-grade STI testing home

19.06.25|Meir Orbach
Israeli-founded startup’s FDA-cleared test delivers PCR results in 30 minutes.