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Chinese Delegation to Explore Cannabis Research Opportunities in Israel

07.01.19|Tzally Greenberg
A Chinese delegation will be landing in Israel next week to meet with Israeli cannabis researchers and companies
מייסד סופטבנק מאסיושי סון

SoftBank Ventures Invests in Fourth Israeli Startup, Venture Partner Says

03.01.19|Meir Orbach
Once completed, the transaction will bring the fund’s total investment in Israeli companies to about $20 million, according to Benjamin Weiss, venture partner at SoftBank Ventures Asia
 JFROG שלומי בן חיים יואב לנדמן פרד סימון

The Ten Biggest Investment Rounds in Israeli Tech in 2018

31.12.18|CTech
As the year comes to a close, CTech takes a look at the biggest funding rounds of the past 12 months
פקק תנועה לונדון

Smart Mobility Startup Valerann Raises $5 Million Seed Round, Tech.eu Reports

25.12.18|CTech
The Tel Aviv-headquartered company announced a partnership with Bosch and Jaguar Land Rover in November
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Over Five Years, 3,307 Israeli Startups Went Belly Up

24.12.18|Adi Pick and Hagar Ravet
The now-defunct companies raised nearly $4 billion between them, almost a quarter of which was raised by once ambitious electric car company Better Place
ניו יורק מוניות תנועה פארק אווניו

Cloud Security Startup Avanan Raises $25 Million

17.12.18|Hagar Ravet
Avanan offers organizations a cloud-based platform for monitoring and protecting employee usage of public applications
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Can More Israelis Join the Country’s Tech Boom? Two Reports Draw Conflicting Conclusions

16.12.18|Amarelle Wenkert and Hagar Ravet
Jewish, non-Orthodox men take up 74.1% of the country’s tech jobs. Two-thirds of the tech companies that participated in a survey reported having zero Arab employees
אחות בית חולים סיעוד

Israeli Medical Device Company WhiteSwell Raises $30 Million

11.12.18|Lilach Baumer
WhiteSwell will use the funding to develop its catheter-based technology to treat a condition related to heart failure
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Israel and Brazil Sign R&D Collaboration Agreement

10.12.18|CTech
The joint venture will have a budget of $5 million over five years, to be financed by both countries
מדטרוניק מנכ"ל עומאר ישראק

Medtronic CEO Lands in Israel, Set to Meet with Netanyahu

02.12.18|Meir Orbach
In October, the company announced the acquisition of Israel-based surgical robotics company Mazor Robotics Ltd. for $1.34 billion
ברנארד מאייר מנכ"ל סקודה העולמית מכוניות 2

Skoda Expands Israeli Presence with Three Startup Collaborations

02.12.18|Lilach Baumer
The Czech automaker established a technology scouting outpost in the country in 2017
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Israel Comes as Close Second on List of Biggest Investors in Israeli Tech

26.11.18|Adi Pick
American investors top the list with 35% of all capital raised by Israeli companies between 2013 and 2018
קרן פיטנגו איל איצקוביץ'

Pitango Promotes Ayal Itzkovitz to Managing General Partner

14.11.18|Lilach Baumer
The Israel-based venture capital firm has over $2 billion in assets under management
ערן וסטמן ויולה צמיחה

Vidyo’s Eran Westman Joins Viola Growth as Partner

14.11.18|Meir Orbach
In June, the fund announced the appointment of former Goldman Sachs SVP Rafi Carmeli as partner
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Escaping the Trap of the Valuation Cap

12.11.18|Zachi Zach
Raising money through a convertible round could be a good idea if you believe that your startup’s valuation is due to go up. Just don’t lose sight of the valuation cap, writes lawyer and entrepreneur Zachi Zach
בריאות דיגיטלית מדעי החיים רפואה טיפול 2

Life Sciences Venture Fund aMoon Nearing Cap of Second Fund, Says Co-Founder

08.11.18|Lilach Baumer
The Israel-based firm announced in April it is raising a second, $500 million fund with a hard cap of $750 million. Credit Suisse is a major investor
כנס דנסטק 50 עמי אפלבאום יו"ר רשות ל חדשנות

Israel Innovation Authority to Sign Cooperation Agreement With Automotive Supplier Adler Pelzer

07.11.18|CTech
The agreement will see the authority assist Adler Pelzer with scouting for technologies developed in the local tech hub
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Israeli Pitch Dark Startup Contest Winner Gets Spot in the Limelight

06.11.18|Naomi Zoref
21 Israel-based startups battled to win the favor of judges in complete darkness at an event hosted by Citigroup in Jaffa Monday
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Israel Moves Forward with Plan to Relocate Military Tech Bases

05.11.18|Nimrod Busso and Lilach Baumer
A plan to relocate some of Israel’s biggest military technology bases to the country’s south has drawn the attention of multinationals seeking to tap local talent
כנס פינטק 15.5.18 פאנל דור ההשקעות יפעת אורון

As Capital Flows and Market Matures, Israeli Entrepreneurs Dream Big

05.11.18|Hagar Ravet
While tech companies’ choose to stay private longer, a record number of privately held growth companies now call Israel home, some with a valuation topping $1 billion