Technology

Israeli Startups Adapt To COVID Reality But Face Key Struggles – Report
A new survey has shown that startups are thinking creatively and adopting new strategies but company culture may be suffering.
November 26, 2020

TAU Students Nab Gold Medal At Synthetic Biology World Championship
The TAU team ranked higher overall than teams from some of the world's top universities including MIT and Harvard.
November 26, 2020

Percepto To Integrate Its Solution Into Boston Dynamics’ Spot Robot
The Israeli drone maker has raised $45 million to launch its 'transformative solution' to monitor industrial sites.
November 25, 2020

The 5 Biggest Opportunities For Israeli Startups In The UAE Right Now
Israel's experience and innovative solutions in a number of key areas and industries could be of tremendous value to the UAE.
November 25, 2020

Israel’s AppsFlyer Raises Funds From Salesforce At $2B Valuation
The SaaS mobile marketing analytics and attribution platform Appsflyer has raised more than $300 million to date.
November 25, 2020

Israeli-Founded Insurtech Firm Hippo Secures $350M Investment With Japanese Group
The investment comes four months after the Palo Alto-based Hippo raised $150 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion.
November 25, 2020

6 Israeli Innovations Feature On TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Inventions Of 2020
TIME magazine selects 5 Israeli inventions for its annual 100 Best Inventions of 2020 list - from an automated beehive to sugar tech.
November 24, 2020

Israeli Startup BeyondMinds Raises $15M For AI-As-A-Service Solution
Founded in 2018, BeyondMinds' customer base includes Microsoft, Samsung, KPMG, and leading defense companies and financial institutions.
November 23, 2020

Israeli Startup AI21 Labs Raises $34.5M For AI-Based Language Tech
AI21 Labs was founded by some of the leading minds in artificial intelligence including veterans of an elite IDF tech unit.
November 22, 2020

Israeli Startup Says It Has Edited Cannabis Plant Gene To Resist Fungus
CanBreed says this is the first time a commercial company has managed to gene-edit cannabis using CRISPR technology.
November 22, 2020

US-Israeli AI Transcription Firm Verbit Raises $60M In Series C Round
Founded in 2017, Verbit harnesses artificial and human intelligence to provide a smart transcription and captioning solution.
November 22, 2020

ControlUp Raises $27M In A Series C Funding Round, Led By JVP
ControlUp leverages AI to help IT teams troubleshoot and remediate problems with on-premise, hybrid, and cloud infrastructure.
November 19, 2020

Japanese Financial Services Group ORIX Invests $60M In Israel’s OurCrowd
Israel’s OurCrowd announced on Thursday that Japanese financial services group ORIX Corporation has invested a strategic $60 million in its active venture investing platform. This is ORIX’s first collaboration with Israel’s startup sector. OurCrowd plans to provide the group with access to a wide variety of innovative technologies and companies, according to the announcement ORIX […]
November 19, 2020

9 Israeli Companies Among Top 100 Emerging Market ‘Tech Challengers’
These 'tech challengers' are driving the next generation of innovation in emerging markets, says a new Boston Consulting Group report.
November 19, 2020

Cybersecurity Firm Cato Networks Raises $130M At Over $1B Valuation
Shlomo Kramer, also the co-founder of cybertech giant Check Point, and Gur Shatz, founded Cato Networks in 2015.
November 18, 2020