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Meir Orbach

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Samer Haj-Yehia and Andy Walter

Vintage Investment Partners adds Dr. Samer Haj-Yehia and Andy Walter to its strategic advisory board

30.01.24|Meir Orbach
"Both Samer and Andy are world class professionals that are universally respected. More importantly, both bring unique experience and perspectives to Vintage that we are thrilled to tap”, said Alan Feld, Founder and Co-Managing Partner of Vintage
אולם דיונים ב בית משפט עליון

Senior VC executive charged with sexual offenses against two women

30.01.24|Meir Orbach
The name of the investor will be published next week after his appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected. The indictment states that the investor had sexual relations with two women against their will
אבי חסון מנכל SNC סטארט אפ ניישן סנטרל

Startup Nation Central laying off around 18% of workforce as donations dry up

29.01.24|Meir Orbach
“The unprecedented events we are experiencing since October 7th have changed the priorities of Jewish philanthropy. As an organization funded solely by donations, we had to make adjustments to our activities, in view of the foreseen challenges in raising donations in 2024,” said SNC
ג'ון אווירט שותף ב StepStone VC

"There is currently a trillion dollars trapped in VC funds and investors are desperate for liquidity”

29.01.24|Meir Orbach
"The current market situation is the perfect storm for us. Investors, who may have initially expected 7x or 5x returns in venture capital, are now willing to liquidate even for a 2x return,” explained John Avirett, a Partner at StepStone VC, who is in Israel raising money from institutional investors for a new $3 billion secondary fund
Tom Livne

Transcription unicorn Verbit searching for new CEO to replace Tom Livne

28.01.24|Meir Orbach
The company's revenues have plateaued around $80 million over the past year, with no visible signs of significant growth on the horizon. The company and Livne are in agreement that a new CEO is needed to lead Verbit to the next phase
מייסדי סילק סקיוריטי

Armis on verge of acquiring cyber startup Silk Security for tens of millions of dollars

28.01.24|Meir Orbach
Silk, which has developed a platform for sustainable cyber risk resolution, raised $12.5 million in Seed funding last August
גוגל ו יוניטי סופטוור

Tech titans start 2024 with mass layoffs, but is the worst yet to come?

25.01.24|Meir Orbach
Layoffs signal broader industry challenges, prompting fears of further job losses
מערכת נטרול רחפנים של חברת די-פנד הישראלית

Anti-drone systems were sent to war despite previously malfunctioning in US

24.01.24|Tomer Ganon, Meir Orbach, Yuval Azulay
Systems that the Israeli company D-Fend sold to the USA through Elta suffered malfunctions, and 15 of them were returned to D-Fend. During the war, similar systems were loaned to the Ministry of Defense, although the CEO of D-Fend admitted: "There is a real risk that the malfunctions will return and repeat themselves." D-Fend: "The quality of the systems is not in doubt."
Asaf Peled

Minute Media acquires STN Video for $150 million

24.01.24|Meir Orbach
The sports content unicorn raised around $100 million in debt and equity from HSBC Innovation Banking and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock at a valuation of over $1 billion in order to help fund the deal
עופר סמדרי לאוניד בלקינד ו אלדד לבני מייסדי Torq

Cyber startup Torq adds $42 million to Series B

23.01.24|Meir Orbach
According to the company, it registered 300% revenue growth and 500% customer growth in its third year of operation in 2023
עילית רז ג'ונקו joonko

Former Joonko CEO Ilit Raz suing company for $300,000 in legal expenses

23.01.24|Meir Orbach
Raz, who left the company amid allegations from the board that she “engaged in egregious, unethical, and fraudulent conduct”, is alleging corporate failure to cover attorney expenses related to an investigation
Silverfort

Silverfort raises $116 million Series D for identity security platform

23.01.24|Meir Orbach
According to the company, the investment follows another record year of more than 100% growth where Silverfort added tens of millions in new Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
עובדי Bluewhite

Bluewhite raises $39 million to bring autonomous innovation to farms worldwide

23.01.24|Meir Orbach
The company’s product is retrofitted onto any tractor and leverages computer vision and AI to navigate and execute multiple tasks autonomously, from crop seeding and spraying to mowing and harvesting
Red Dot Capital Partners

Red Dot Capital Partners completes first close of $250 million early growth fund

22.01.24|Meir Orbach
The fund leads investments in Israeli companies that show first signs of product market fit and have reached revenues of $1-5 million, usually in A-C rounds
Avalor co-founders משמאל כפיר תשבי CTO ורענן רז מנכ"ל

Zscaler in negotiations to acquire cyber startup Avalor for $250-350 million

21.01.24|Meir Orbach
Avalor, which came out of stealth with a $25 million Series A last year, has developed an open data platform which can integrate data from legacy systems, data lakes, data warehouses, SQL databases, applications, and more, and then normalize and analyze it
בניין HP אינדיגו בפארק המדע קריית ויצמן

HP Indigo firing 50 employees in Israel in another round of layoffs

21.01.24|Meir Orbach
One year after cutting 100 jobs in the country, the American conglomerate is laying off an additional 2% of its local team
Vicarius co-founders

Cyber startup Vicarius raises $30 million Series B for vulnerability remediation platform

17.01.24|Meir Orbach
Since the company’s last round of funding in 2022, Vicarius has grown its customer base to over 400 customers, adding global organizations like PepsiCo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Bupa, and Equinix
Xyte Headshots משמאל: המייסדים עומר ברוקשטיין מנכ"ל ומייסד-שותף ובוריס דינקביץ׳ סמנכ״ל טכנולוגיות ומייסד-שותף

Xyte raises $20 million Series A and lends $10 million from BlackRock to help OEMs manage their devices

16.01.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s platform enables OEMs across different industries to cloudify, service, support, and commercialize their connected devices
צוות הליוס

Snyk acquires cyber startup Helios for several tens of millions of dollars to boost cloud-to-code risk visibility

16.01.24|Meir Orbach
The cyber unicorn will combine Helios’ full-stack runtime data collection and insights with its developer security platform with the aim of providing customers a comprehensive picture of all company applications
אמיר שבט וידאו

Former Twitter exec Amir Shevat launches new early-stage VC

16.01.24|Meir Orbach
The former head of Twitter’s developer platform said that Darkmode Ventures, which has raised $5 million, has invested in 12 companies to date, ten of which include Israeli entrepreneurs
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