Sophie Shulman

20 stories about Sophie Shulman
מימין אדם ביין ו דיוויד פישר מייסדי קרן 01A

How Facebook’s former CRO and Twitter’s top brass are betting big on Israel

06.07.25|Sophie Shulman
Stanley Fischer’s son and his Silicon Valley partners at 01A are doubling down on Israel, funding seven startups so far and scouting dozens more.
משרדי אנבידיה NVIDIA ביוקנעם

Nvidia doubles down on Israel with multi-billion dollar mega campus

06.07.25|Sophie Shulman
Move sets stage for Nvidia to surpass Intel as Israel’s largest private employer, with thousands more hires planned.
דן בודנר מנכל ורינט  VERINT

Verint’s quiet goodbye: How a once-promising Israeli tech star became a modest buyout

03.07.25|Sophie Shulman
An exit worth over $1 billion masks years of missed growth, strategy stumbles, and changing markets.
האלוף במיל' גיורא איילנד

Ex-IDF Major General Giora Eiland raising $100M defense fund

02.07.25|Sophie Shulman
The retired major general joins VC firm Champel Capital to back Israeli defense tech amid post-war boom.
בניין ו משרדי ורינט verint רחוב משכית 33 הרצליה

Thoma Bravo in talks to buy Verint as CRM market faces AI upheaval

02.07.25|Sophie Shulman
Deal talks surface as the Israeli-American software firm struggles with falling stock and AI headwinds.
מוסף שבועי 26.9.19 בני לנדא במפעל Lusix ב רחובות

History repeats: Landa Digital Printing’s collapse mirrors Indigo’s rocky path

01.07.25|Sophie Shulman
From bombastic promises to market reluctance, Benny Landa’s new crisis revives old lessons.
שלמה קרמר מנכ"ל קייטו

Cato Networks raises $359 million at $4.8 billion valuation, keeps IPO on ice

30.06.25|Sophie Shulman
A third of the new funding goes to employees as Shlomo Kramer delays long-expected listing.
מימין יואב קנול אהרון אפלבאום פרד לנדאו מייסדי קרן דיפנס טק

Kinetica eyes $150 million to fuel Israel’s defense-tech surge

30.06.25|Sophie Shulman
The VC fund counts top Israeli generals, Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale, and U.S. security leaders among its backers and advisors.
תל אביב מגדל עזריאלי מרכז עזריאלי

$9.3B raised marks strongest half for Israeli startups since 2022

30.06.25|Sophie Shulman
Even without the exceptional $2B capital raise by Safe Superintelligence, an AI company with ties to Israel but not clearly defined as an Israeli company, total fundraising still reached $7.3B for the half year, a pace well above the roughly $10B raised in all of 2024.
etoro איטורו פתחת המסחר נאסד"ק 4

Fintech finds its floor as Melio sells amid market reset

26.06.25|Sophie Shulman
The Israeli startup opts for acquisition over IPO, signaling realism in the sector.
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.
מאור שלמה Base44

Vibe coding fever: Solo entrepreneur’s Base44 acquired by Wix for $80 million

18.06.25|Sophie Shulman
31-year-old Maor Shlomo built the viral AI app-maker as a side project that began last year during a post-reserve trip. Base44 only employs six people and hasn't raised any external funding.
מימין נשיא רוסיה ולדימיר פוטין ונשיא ארה"ב דונלד טראמפ

Trump eyes final blow to Iran-Russia-China axis

18.06.25|Sophie Shulman
Israel hands him a rare chance to dismantle the anti-Western coalition that has eluded U.S. presidents for decades. 
הנהלת Vast Data ווסט דאטה מימין אייברי פאם רנן חלק שחר פינבליט מייקל ווינג ו ג'ף דנוורת

Vast isn’t the next Wiz, but it’s quietly headed for a $25B valuation

12.06.25|Meir Orbach, Sophie Shulman
Vast has built a deep-tech moat and turned cash-flow positive - with Nvidia’s support and none of Wiz’s media buzz.
הרצליה פיתוח Israel Tech Hub

Four warning signs that reveal the true state of Israeli high-tech

05.06.25|Sophie Shulman
RISE Institute dismantles the myth of resilience with data on jobs, startups, capital, and AI leadership.
מנכ"ל REE דניאל בראל

REE Automotive cutting 50% of staff after $70M loss

04.06.25|Sophie Shulman
The electric vehicle company restructures in a desperate bid to stay afloat after valuation falls from $3 billion four years ago to just $23 million.
etoro איטורו פתחת המסחר נאסד"ק 3

Tectonic shifts are forcing venture capital to abandon the traditional model to survive

03.06.25|Meir Orbach, Sophie Shulman
The collapse of the classic startup playbook is forcing a fundamental reinvention. 
Buildots founders

Buildots raises $45M at $300M valuation to modernize global construction with AI

29.05.25|Sophie Shulman
The Israeli startup aims to cut project delays in half and expand across North America and Europe.
הרצליה פיתוח Israel Tech Hub

Startup baby boom on the way? Over 1,000 Israeli founders operating in stealth

27.05.25|Sophie Shulman
A report from Dealigence and Google for Startups points to quiet optimism in high-tech. 
ג'וש וולפה שותף מייסד בקרן LUX

“Despite disgusting descriptions of the IDF, the world still wants Israeli tech”: Lux’s Josh Wolfe on global demand for defense innovation

26.05.25|Sophie Shulman
In an exclusive with Calcalist, the Lux Capital co-founder explains why wartime Israel has become the envy of the world’s security establishment.
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