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Meir Orbach

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כנס TechTLV - פאנל בזמן מלחמה HR מימין בלה בנגייב אביבית קליין רינת זילברשטיין ו רוני זהבי

"October 7th came without a manual, we had to be an island of stability for our employees"

15.01.24|Meir Orbach
In a panel entitled "HR at a time of war" at Calcalist's Tech TLV conference . Bella Bangayev, Director of Talent Acquisition at PAPAYA, said each reservist who returns to work is brought back in a gradual process that suits them. Ronni Zehavi, co-founder and CEO of HiBob, said, "In my opinion there will be significant waves of layoffs in Israel." Other panel participants were Rinat Zilberstein, VP R&D at AT&T, GM of Israel R&D Center, and Avivit Klein, VP of HR at Bank Leumi
דן ברהמי מייק פומפאו

Cyabra adds former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Board of Directors, $5.7 million to Series A

11.01.24|Meir Orbach
Through its AI technology, Cyabra exposes malicious actors, disinformation, bot networks, and GenAI text and images
שותפים בקרן השקעות וינטג' Vintage Investment Partners

Vintage Investment Partners raises $200 million for its 4th growth-stage fund

11.01.24|Meir Orbach
Growth IV will invest in 15-20 leading Israeli, European, and U.S. growth-stage technology startups. The new fund brings Vintage’s total assets under management to roughly $4 billion
מוסף חג העצמאות 25.4.23 הפגנה נגד ההפיכה המשטרית בתל אביב ההתייצבות הייטק בחזית

Government announces support package for Israeli high-tech sector

11.01.24|Meir Orbach, Sophie Shulman
Amid the severe damage suffered by Israel’s high-tech industry last year, the Israel Innovation Authority is launching a series of aid initiatives to the tune of NIS 1.2 billion ($319 million), including a fund of half a billion shekels to invest in high-tech companies.
עובדי SISENSE סייסנס

Business intelligence unicorn Sisense sacking 13% of workforce in second round of layoffs in six months

11.01.24|Meir Orbach
Sisense has seen its team shrink by half since 2022, with 60 jobs now set to be cut after 100 employees were let go last July
מימין מנכ"ל ביוקאץ' גדי מזור ומייסד שותף בטראקס יואל בר אל

State of the unicorns 2024: Fighting for revenue

10.01.24|Meir Orbach
A promise of future income no longer ensures unicorn status. Interest rate increases and the recession in the industry sent investors looking for actual revenue and companies that will streamline and lay off
מימין ממייסדי צלזיוס אלכס משינסקי מייסדי וסטו יניב ברטלה ו אלון ליפשיץ ומייסד RapidAPI אידו ג'ינו

State of the unicorns 2024: The fall of the Zombiecorns

10.01.24|Meir Orbach
A number of unicorns crashed after the euphoria of the tech bubble of 2020-2021 and became worthless zombies. These companies were mired in criminal entanglements, and relied on misrepresentation of data and charm to cover up a lack of real business activity
מייסדי אוטומייז Authomize מימין רון ליברמן גל דיסקין ומנכל החברה דותן בר-נוי

Delinea acquires cyber startup Authomize for several tens of millions of dollars

09.01.24|Meir Orbach
Authomize employs 38 people who will join Delinea and form the base of its R&D center in Israel
DigitalOwl founders

Insurtech startup DigitalOwl raises $12 million from insurance giant RGA

09.01.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup's platform provides automated reading, summarization, and analysis of medical records for insurance companies and lawyers, providing real-time, highly accurate assistance in their underwriting, claims settlement, and fraud prevention processes
מעבדה דגימות דם מחקר חיסון קורונה הוליווד פלורידה אוגוסט 2020

Cancer care startup C2i Genomics acquired by Veracyte for up to $95 million

08.01.24|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company, which has developed a test platform using whole-genome tumor sequencing, had previously raised $112 million
יואל מארק מנהלת מרכז הפיתוח של Oath יאהו לשעבר בחיפה

UAE-based Technology Innovation Institute to open Israeli AI/IR Research Center headed by Yoelle Maarek

08.01.24|Meir Orbach
“I am opening in Haifa, Israel, an AI/IR Research Center for the Technology Innovation Institute (TII). TII is the UAE-based institute that invented Falcon, one of the leading open-source Large Language Models,” Maarek wrote on LinkedIn. “We will work on some of the most interesting challenges in AI and at the same time contribute to the vision of scientific collaboration articulated in the Abraham Accords.”
מגזין עצמאות 4.5.22 מימין דניאל גבאי ו מיכאל גבאי מייסדי טריגו trigo

Frictionless retail startup Trigo laying off 15% of team

04.01.24|Meir Orbach
The computer vision company that develops infrastructure for autonomous retail stores and retail analytics is cutting 30 jobs
Imagindairy founders

Foodtech startup Imagindairy receives FDA approval for animal-free milk proteins

04.01.24|Meir Orbach
Imagindairy creates animal-free milk proteins from microorganisms via proprietary precision-fermentation technology that allows the production of a broad spectrum of dairy analogs, from raw milk to cheese, without involving animals
מימין: דרור דוידוף מנכ"ל ומייסד משותף אמיר ג'רבי CTO ומייסד משותף אקווה סקיוריטי

Aqua Security raises $60 million at over $1 billion valuation

03.01.24|Meir Orbach
The cyber unicorn, which has now raised $325 million since its founding in 2015, said the new funding is an extension of its Series E from March 2021
מגזין נדלן מרץ 2023 מגדל עזריאלי שרונה תל אביב

Dramatic drop in Seed funding doesn't bode well for future of Israeli tech

03.01.24|Meir Orbach
According to data from Start-Up Nation Policy Institute (SNPI), Israeli startups raised $7.3 billion in 2023, the lowest since 2018 and a 60% decrease from 2022. There was also a 50% decrease in the number of companies who raised a Seed round compared to 2022
מימין: שניים מהמייסדים אבי שועה אבי שוע מנכ"ל ו גיל גרון

Cyber unicorn Orca Security laying off 15% of workforce

03.01.24|Meir Orbach
Orca, which has raised $640 million to date and was last valued at $1.8 billion, is parting ways with around 60 employees
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

Israeli startups raise $1.45 billion in Q4 despite war, end 2023 with $6.9 billion in total

28.12.23|Meir Orbach
The fundraising activity in 2023 was similar to 2018-2019. The data reflects a 44% decrease in the number of deals and a 56% drop in the amount of raised capital compared to 2022
ועידת MIND THE DATA רון רימון מייסד משותף WhiteSource

Mend.io acquires cyber startup Atom Security

24.12.23|Meir Orbach
The previously bootstrapped Atom Security was founded earlier this year and the acquisition is valued at several million dollars. This marks Mend's fifth acquisition in the last three years, totaling tens of millions of dollars
ענת בונשטיין מוביליון

Dr. Anat Bonshtein appointed as partner at Mobilion Ventures

24.12.23|Meir Orbach
Dr. Bonshtein previously served as the director of the National Program for Smart Transportation and Fuel Alternatives in the Prime Minister's Office
משרדי אנבידיה NVIDIA תל אביב

Nvidia donates $15 million to non-profits amidst war

24.12.23|Meir Orbach
Thousands of employees from 30 different countries donated $5 million, an amount that was tripled by Nvidia with an additional $10 million donation
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