March 11, 2014 | Israeli company Immune Pharmaceuticals, which develops treatments for inflammatory disease, has raised $11.7 million on Nasdaq. The funds were raised in a private offering held by the company.

March 11, 2014 | Israeli-owned company SafeCharge, which develops payment technologies for online merchants and gambling, is planning an IPO on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). SafeCharge is planning to raise $100 million, which will go mostly towards the acquisition of companies in the same field.

March 10, 2014 | Israeli gaming marketing company XL Media is planning to hold an IPO on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in two weeks. The company will attempt to raise $40 million at a company value of $100 million.

March 10, 2014 | Israeli company XTL Biopharmaceuticals, which is focused on developing a treatment for lupus, has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hold a public offering on Nasdaq in an attempt to raise $40 million. The proceeds will be directed towards various clinical trials the company is planning.

March 9, 2014 | Israeli online payment company Payoneer has announced the closing of a Series D financing round, raising $25 million. The round was led by Susquehanna Growth Equity. This financing round comes in contrast with reports of a planned IPO by the company.

March 9, 2014 | Axis Innovation, a global network helping startups intersect with international investors, will be holding Axis Tel Aviv, the premiere event connecting promising Israeli startups to leading international investors this month in Tel Aviv. Axis Tel Aviv delivers a unique opportunity for global investors to get up close and personal with exciting companies from Israel’s startup ecosystem whose technologies disrupt the status quo in a wide variety of tech sectors.

March 9, 2014 | Israeli biomed company BiolineRX held a secondary public offering on Nasdaq. The offering is considered a success, as the company surpassed its goal of $21 million, raising $24 million. The company said that it will use the proceeds for clinical trials of its leukemia and celiac disease treatments.

March 9, 2014 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with California Governor Jerry Brown, for joint research and development. The agreement focuses on a collaboration between academic and research institutes on both sides in the fields of water technologies, energy, storage technologies and cyber security. Photo: Crossed Flag Pins

March 5, 2014 | UpWest Labs, the accelerator for Israeli companies in the Silicon Valley, has announced a new program to empower female Israeli entrepreneurs. The program is financed by Google for Entrepreneurs, as part of its $1 million “#40Forward: 40 startup communities rethinking the gender gap” initiative.

March 4, 2014 | Newly-established WBP Venture Partners has its eyes set on the Far East. The fund, established by US, Chinese and Israeli businessmen, will raise $50 million to be invested in Israeli high-tech companies that want to conduct their business in China.

March 3, 2014 | Israeli startup Replay Technologies, which offers a service called FreeD for full 3D real-time replays for sporting events, has announced that it has raised $9 million in a Series B financing round. TheMarker reports that the round was led by Guggenheim Partners. Most recently, the company presented its technology at the 2014 NBA All-Star game held last month.

March 3, 2014 | Cloud-based security solutions company CyberSense has announced the closing of a Series A financing round, raising $5 million. The round was led by BRM Group and Opus Capital.

February 26, 2014 | Israeli app CamMe, which enables users to take pictures of themselves without touching their smartphones, has won the prestigious “Most Innovative Mobile App” award at the Mobile World Congress. The app was developed by PointGrab, which specializes in gesture recognition, and enables users to use gestures to take selfies, while the actual smartphone is up to 16 feet away.

February 26, 2014 | Israeli startup Cell Buddy, which developed a SIM card for flat-rate data charges abroad, has won first place at the Four Years From Now event, part of the Mobile World Congress. Cell Buddy was the only Israeli company out of 10 finalists. The company will receive thousands of euros worth of free services to help promote the startup’s activity.

February 26, 2014 | Israeli company Wibbitz, the text-to-video startup that developed an app to automatically generate narrated videos from various text inputs, has won Best Mobile Publishing Product or Service at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The announcement was made by the GSMA, which selected this year’s winners of the Annual Mobile Global Awards.

February 25, 2014 | The world’s largest mobile technology event, the Mobile World Congress, is on its way in Barcelona. Among the thousands of companies presenting, there are roughly 200 Israeli telecom and mobile app companies. The congress opened yesterday and will end this Thursday.

February 25, 2014 | Israeli startup company SimilarGroup has announced the closing of a Series C financing round, raising several tens of millions of dollars (the exact about was not disclosed). The funds were raised from South African media company Naspers.

February 25, 2014 | Israeli company 6Scan, which develops website security solutions for small businesses, has announced the closing of a Series A financing round. One of the investors was Gregor Freund, founder of Zone Labs, which was acquired by Check Point Software in 2004. The amount raised was not disclosed.

February 24, 2014 | Israeli startup Magisto, which developed an app that automatically created video clips from images and video input, has raised $2 million from Mail.ru. Following the investment, Mail.ru will integrate Magisto’s technology into its social network Odnoklassniki. Magisto has raised $20.5 million to date.

February 24, 2014 | Israeli company Real Imaging, which develops breast cancer diagnostics technologies, has raised several million dollars from Chinese firm China Everbright Investment Management. This is the company’s first financing round and the first investment in an Israeli company made by Everbright.

February 20, 2014 | International hardware giant Intel has chosen Israeli company N-Trig to take part in the development of its new education-focused tablet. N-Trig will develop the tablet’s touchscreen and ultra-accurate stylus pen. The tablet will be used to improve children’s writing skills, science and math, art and music.

February 20, 2014 | Israeli company Varonis Systems, which develops software platforms to analyze unstructured data, has filed with the SEC to hold an IPO on Nasdaq. The company will attempt to raise $91 million at a company value of $405-453 million, after money.

February 19, 2014 | Israeli company Neuronix, which developed an innovative treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, has raised $5.5 million from a private investor. Neuronix’s treatment is a combination of magnetic stimulation of the brain and cognitive training.