Meir Orbach

20 stories about Meir Orbach
מסתם של חברת אינוולב

Innovalve acquired for $300 million in cash by medical device giant Edwards Lifesciences

16.07.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup has developed an artificial mitral valve that can be replaced using a minimally invasive catheter to help treat patients suffering from heart disease. 
מייסדי וויז, מימין לשמאל: רועי רזניק , עמי לוטבק , אסף רפפורט ו ינון קוסטיקה

Google in negotiations to acquire Wiz in $23 billion deal

14.07.24|Meir Orbach
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google parent Alphabet is looking to purchase the Israeli cybersecurity company in what would be its largest acquisition ever. Wiz raised $1 billion at a $12 billion valuation earlier this year.
Buildots founders

Buildots secures $15 million in funding for AI-driven construction management platform

11.07.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s platform provides a performance-driven approach that measures individual tasks, increasing overall efficiency, and lessening costs, while reducing delays by up to 50%. 
CYBERPROOF

CyberProof laying off over 7% of workforce

10.07.24|Meir Orbach
The UST subsidiary is parting ways with 20 of 85 employees in Israel as part of the global cutbacks 
מאי פיאמנטה מנכלית Vee

After layoffs and pivot, Vee raises $7M for nonprofit management solutions

10.07.24|Meir Orbach
Initially founded to help nonprofits develop their activities by connecting them with organizations and their workers, Vee is now leveraging AI agents to help nonprofits scale 
Amir Faintuch Jonathan Amit Volumez

Cloud infrastructure startup Volumez adds another $20 million to Series A

09.07.24|Meir Orbach
The new funding takes the Series A to $40 million in total after initially raising $20 million last April 
מימין רונן דר ו עמרי גלר סגני נשיא ב NVIDIA ומייסדי Run:AI

Nvidia's $700 million acquisition of Run:ai stalled by lengthy regulatory review

07.07.24|Meir Orbach
Administrative changes made by the American regulator have resulted in the deal being examined only now, which may lead to a significant delay in its completion. It is estimated that the deal will eventually be completed, but long after the originally scheduled date. 
חברת הסטארט-אפ agRE.tech

New AgriTech startup wants to blend solar power and smart farming

02.07.24|Meir Orbach
Elad Levy, former CEO of Roboteam, is behind agRE.tech, which has developed a system that latches onto the photovoltaic infrastructure, using AI to enable robotic operations in the agricultural space
מייסדי וויז, מימין לשמאל: רועי רזניק , עמי לוטבק , אסף רפפורט ו ינון קוסטיקה

Wiz leads Israeli tech to its best quarter of funding in two years

30.06.24|Meir Orbach
Even without the $1 billion funding round by the cyber decacorn, local startups raised over $1.9 billion, the most since the fourth quarter of 2022
שער מוסף שבועי 27.6.24

Call of Dudi: Inside the mind and life of a tech multimillionaire

30.06.24|Diana Bahur-Nir , Meir Orbach
From a humble upbringing in Israel to Wall Street to London, and ultimately becoming a multimillionaire, David (Dudi) Gershon continually sets his sights higher. Now, he claims his new app will eliminate the need for physical cash.
מטה אי ביי ישראל ב רחוב הגביש נתניה 1

eBay to lay off dozens of employees in Israel amid global restructuring

26.06.24|Meir Orbach
This is the third round of layoffs for the company in Israel and the fourth worldwide, with one round previously bypassing Israel. In the previous round, an estimated 30 employees were fired
Sensi.AI team

Sensi.AI raises $31 million Series B for elderly care platform after loss of key team member in war

26.06.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup's audio-based solution enables elderly individuals to continue living at home rather than being hospitalized. Yuval Halivni, the company’s data operations lead, was killed on October 9th while serving in the reserves
פשה רומנובסקי

Pasha Romanovski leaving VC firm Hanaco

23.06.24|Meir Orbach
The co-founder and General Partner is stepping down after eight years that included success stories and several recent scandals  
מייסדי סמפריס מימין גיא טברובסקי  , מיקי ברזמן , מתן ליברמן Semperis

Semperis enters unicorn club with $125 million round at over $1 billion valuation

20.06.24|Meir Orbach
The cyber company also named a new CFO, CRO and CLO as it continues to gear up for a potential IPO 
PointFive founders

IntSights founders unveil new cloud cost optimization startup, raise $16 million in Seed funding

19.06.24|Meir Orbach
Alon Arvatz, Gal Ben-David, and Amir Hozez’s new startup, PointFive, aims to uncover deep, infrastructure-level savings opportunities, enabling enterprise organizations to promote continuous cloud cost efficiency 
צ'אג chegg משרדים חילופי עובדים

Chegg shutting down Israel operations, laying off entire workforce

18.06.24|Meir Orbach
As part of a 23% cut in its global team, Chegg is closing its Israel office, resulting in the layoff of dozens of employees 
Zencity team

Zencity secures $40 million Series C for community engagement platform for local governments

18.06.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup counts 8 of America’s 10 largest cities among its customers and plans to spend the new capital on advancing its artificial intelligence capabilities 
מייסדי ראפיד

Rapyd lays off dozens of employees, transferring positions from Israel to Eastern Europe, South America

18.06.24|Meir Orbach
The fintech unicorn is cutting 30 positions in Israel and is moving them abroad due to the desire to cut costs