Author: David Rutman

HoneyBook Hits Unicorn Status Helping Freelancers Manage Small Businesses The company is now worth $1.1 billion. HoneyBook Founders (Company PR Kit) Israeli startup HoneyBook which offers a platform for the financial management of small businesses and for self-employed people has hit unicorn status with a valuation of $1.1 billion. The company reached this milestone when […]

Payoneer Teams with eBay on International Payments Payoneer made the deal as it looks to a $3.3 billion IPO. Scott Galit CEO Payoneer Israel’s Payoneer Inc., a global payment and commerce-enabling platform is now collaborating with eBay to enable sellers in select countries to get paid for their sales on eBay’s core marketplace. With the […]

Nir Zuk On Setting Up New Digital Bank In Israel He founded cybersecurity behemoth Palo Alto Networks. Nir Zuk (YouTube Screen Shot) Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk has a new fintech  project in the works. Multiple reports citing insiders say that he intends to open a new digital bank in Israel with former Israel […]

Israeli consulting group Tefen closing mega infrastructure project in Dubai worth $200 million Mally Bitzur-Parnes, CEO and Partner at Tefen / Photo credit Anat Kazula, PR Starting in August, Israeli consulting group Tefen is expected to build a smart industrial zone in Dubai, as PMO. The mega project is a collaboration between the Ministry of […]

Top 5 Movies About Business Fraud The true stories are the least believable. Do you want to see movies that tell the story of how people in business go about cheating the public at large? Do you like Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino, Jack Lemon or Alec Baldwin? Of course you do! These movies […]

Imperva Acquires CloudVector The price was not revealed. Israeli Cybersecurity company Imperva has revealed that it plans acquire application programming interface (API) security company CloudVector. The acquisition price has yet to be disclosed. IBM explains that Application programming interfaces, or APIs, simplify software development and innovation by enabling applications to exchange data and functionality easily […]

Taboola Under American Antitrust Investigation Its too early to know if this will effect its planned IPO. Taboola, the Israeli web content recommendation company, has revealed in an SEC filing that it is currently the subject of an antitrust investigation being conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice. The criminal investigation is related to the […]

Astonishing: an animal in the Gulf of Eilat could regenerate all of its organs This animal, a chordate, can regenerate all of its organs even when it is cut to three parts, and each piece knows exactly how to regain functioning in short time Tal Gordon underwater / Photo credit Tal Zaquin An extraordinary discovery […]

Israeli VC Fund Disruptive AI Expands Israel Arab Ties with AI-SQUARE Forum The project brings Israelis and Emiratis together. Yorai Fainmesser, Founder & Managing Partner of Disruptive AI Venture Capital. (pr pic) Disruptive AI, an Israeli venture capital fund which specializes in artificial intelligence, is expanding its operations into Turkey as part of its work […]

Israeli Video Startup Innovid Looks to $1.2 Billion IPO It will do so in an SPAC merger. Innovid CEO Zvika Netter (company PR pic) Innovid, an Israeli startup in the field of video advertising, is planning an initial public offering through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Calcalist reports that the company expects a $1.2billion […]