Meir Orbach

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מיקרוסופט קמפוס הרצליה

Inside Microsoft's Israel R&D Center: Almost $1B in annual income and an average monthly salary of $18k

17.12.23|Meir Orbach
According to documents seen by Calcalist, Microsoft's R&D center in Israel employs about 2,700 people and spent around $570 million on salaries in FY 2023
צוות Zero Networks

Zero Networks raises $20 million Series B to prevent attackers from spreading in corporate networks

13.12.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup developed a fully automated SaaS platform that learns all network traffic and creates granular security policies that restrict user and machine access to only strictly necessary assets
מימין: אלון לביא ודור אייזנר

Guardz raises $18 million Series A to help secure and insure small businesses from cyberattacks

13.12.23|Meir Orbach
The funding, which comes just 10 months after the company’s launch from stealth, will enable Guardz to expand its holistic platform for MSPs to seamlessly manage small business cybersecurity
CorrActions team

CorrActions raises $7.25 million to prevent vehicle accidents through AI-based brain activity monitoring

12.12.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup has developed AI-based software that detects abnormalities in the cognitive state of drivers and passengers
הנהלת Vast Data ווסט דאטה מימין אייברי פאם רנן חלק שחר פינבליט מייקל ווינג ו ג'ף דנוורת

VAST Data closes $118 million Series E, nearly triples valuation to $9.1 billion

06.12.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli-founded startup surpassed $1 billion in cumulative software bookings and $200 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) at the end of Q3, maintaining a positive cash flow for the last 12 quarters
AppsFlyer oolo

AppsFlyer acquires oolo, developer of AI-powered user acquisition and monetization platform

05.12.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli unicorn, which has reached $400 million in ARR, is purchasing the Israeli startup in an all-stock deal valued at an estimated several tens of millions of dollars
פורטליקס Foretellix גיל אמיד יואב הולנדר זיו בנימיני

Foretellix adds $42 million to Series C with new investors Temasek and Isuzu

05.12.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company, which provides safety-driven verification and validation (V&V) solutions for Automated Driving Systems and ADAS, took its Series C to $85 million
הנהלת Vast Data ווסט דאטה מימין אייברי פאם רנן חלק שחר פינבליט מייקל ווינג ו ג'ף דנוורת

VAST Data raising hundreds of millions of dollars at more than $9 billion valuation

05.12.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli-founded startup unveiled earlier this year the VAST Data Platform, a global data infrastructure offering, unifying storage, database and virtualized compute engine services in a scalable system that was built from the ground up for AI
Mine team

Mine raises $30 million Series B for data privacy platform

05.12.23|Meir Orbach
Over the past two years, the company’s vision has sharpened around its MineOS B2B platform and its aim to provide companies with One Source of Truth for Data inside the organization, which systems and assets they have and what data they keep inside
צוות אינקרדיבילד

Software development startup Incredibuild laying off 20% of workforce

05.12.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company, which raised $35 million in Series B funding in June 2022, is cutting around 40 jobs
Raftt team

Cyber unicorn Wiz makes first acquisition with purchase of Israeli startup Raftt

04.12.23|Meir Orbach
The value of the deal was not disclosed, but it is estimated that Wiz paid tens of millions of dollars for Raftt, which has developed a cloud-based platform for creating and sharing development environments
Tipalti טיפלתי נאסדק

Hackers extorting fintech unicorn Tipalti, threaten to leak data of clients Roblox and Twitch

03.12.23|Meir Orbach
According to hacker group ALPHV, it clandestinely accessed the Israeli company's computers on September 8th and has retrieved over 265GB of “confidential business data belonging to the company, as well as its employees and clients”
עמי אברהמי עמית הלר Veev

The untold story behind the collapse of proptech unicorn Veev

29.11.23|Meir Orbach
The startup only received $200 million of the $400 million it announced it raised in its Series D last year and is now undergoing liquidation, with home construction giant and investor Lennar tabling an offer to fund the company's ongoing activities
עובדי החברה CapitalOS

Fintech startup CapitalOS raises $9 million Seed round and $30 million in debt

28.11.23|Meir Orbach
The company’s embedded spend management infrastructure for B2B platforms provides the building blocks to launch within days, including underwriting, risk, capital, embeddable UI and APIs
עמי אברהמי עמית הלר Veev

After raising $600 million, proptech startup Veev is on the verge of closure

26.11.23|Meir Orbach
Veev, which informed its staff of the impending closure on Sunday, is believed to be in negotiations to sell its activity and assets
עודד ולין ותומר שי מייסדי EverSQL

Database optimization startup EverSQL acquired by Finland’s Aiven

22.11.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company, which has been bootstrapped since it was founded three years ago, aims to transform and automate database performance analysis through the use of AI
צוות עובדי קרטיהיל בישראל

Biomed company CartiHeal acquired by Smith & Nephew for up to $330 million

22.11.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli firm, which develops a biocompatible, coral-based, off-the-shelf implant for damaged joints, will initially receive $180 million in cash and up to a further $150 million contingent on financial performance
מייסדי טאלון סייבר סקיוריטי מימין עופר בן-נון ו אוהד בוברוב Talon Cyber Security

Palo Alto windfall: Founders of Talon and Dig set for lucrative paydays after acquisitions

16.11.23|Meir Orbach
The founders of Talon are expected to receive over $200 million from the sale to Palo Alto Networks, while the founders of Dig Security will net several tens of millions of dollars. Both companies were established only two years ago
Irit Kahan

Goldman Sachs Asset Management appoints Irit Kahan head of growth equity for Israel

16.11.23|Meir Orbach
“Goldman is very committed to Israel, especially at this time,” says Kahan about the investment firm’s new growth investment fund in Israel.