Israeli Startup D-ID Offers Powerful Counter To Facial Recognition Tech
D-ID, short for De-Identification, uses advanced deep learning and image processing technologies to render images unrecognizable to facial recognition algorithms.
June 01, 2020
Israeli-Founded Fintech Firm Fundbox Secures Another $20M
Fundbox raised $176 million in September with a number of investors including MUFG Innovation Partners, the corporate VC arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
May 28, 2020
Job Portal Offers 350 Open Positions For OurCrowd Portfolio Companies
The job portal currently lists 350 vacant positions from within OurCrowd's portfolio companies, with at least 90 positions added since the start of April.
May 24, 2020
Israeli Image Sensor Chipmaker Newsight Imaging Raises $7M, Led By Infinity Capital
Israel’s Newsight Imaging, the CMOS image sensor chipmaker for 3D machine vision and special analysis applications, has completed a $7 million Series A funding round, the company announced on Monday. The investment round was led by the US firm Infinity Capital with the participation of Dr. George So, a seasoned entrepreneur who has worked with […]
May 20, 2020
Israel Fast-Tracks Optimized Elite Defense Technologies To Fight COVID-19
Technological solutions that used to take months or years are being developed in days or weeks.
May 20, 2020
Porsche To Integrate Automotive Tech By Israel’s Tactile Mobility In Future Vehicles
Porsche previously participated in a $9 million investment round in Tactile Mobility.
May 20, 2020
Israeli Bio-Defense Lab Says It Found An Antibody That ‘Neutralizes’ The Coronavirus
The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) announced that it completed a 'groundbreaking scientific development' toward a potential COVID-19 treatment.
May 05, 2020
Mastercard, Enel X Selected To Operate Fintech-Cybersecurity Innovation Lab
The lab will be established within the southern Israeli city's tech hub, adjacent to the financial center of the National Cyber Directorate.
May 04, 2020
Intel To Buy Israeli Transit Data Firm Moovit For $1 Billion – Report
Some $100 million will be earmarked to retain Moovit employees for the next two years, according to TheMarker.
May 03, 2020
AI Road Safety Startup Nexar Raises $52M, Launches COVID-19 Solution
Founded in 2015, Nexar uses smartphones to create an AI-backed vehicle-to-vehicle network that works to predict and prevent accidents.
May 03, 2020
Israeli Startup Otonomo Raises $46M To Expand Its Global Footprint
The Israeli automotive data services platform will also use the funding to further scale its business, with R&D and full-service customer support for partners.
April 30, 2020
Israel At 72: Israeli VCs Are Cautiously Optimistic About The Future, Despite Pandemic
As Israel marks its 72nd Independence Day, six leading experts from Israel's top VC firms share their insight on how the country's high-tech ecosystem dealt with the coronavirus pandemic.
April 29, 2020
Israeli Digital Microscopy Firm Scopio Labs Raises $16M To Continue Expansion
The round will enable Scopio Labs to expand commercial operations across human and veterinary care in the United States and Europe,
April 28, 2020
S Capital Raises $120 Million 2nd Fund For Israeli Early Stage, Deep Tech Startups
The fund will invest across a broad range of technology sectors, including insurtech, fintech, machine learning, AI, enterprise software, cybersecurity and IT.
April 21, 2020
Haifa University Launches Innovation Hub For Holocaust Remembrance
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the University of Haifa launched an innovation hub encouraging students to use an entrepreneurial approach to develop new ways to honor victims of the Holocaust.
April 20, 2020