Author: David Rutman

Top 5 Movies to Learn About Business A great way to spend your time while social distancing. Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling in The Big Short Do you want an entertaining way to learn a little more about what really happens in the business world? Well you are in luck. Here is our list of […]

Israel High Tech Scene Week In Review Mar 28 – Apr 3 Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups Israeli Startup Offers Cloud Based Customer Knowledge Platforms (JBN)The company just raised $52 million in new funding. Zoomin Software offers companies a platform through which they can organize all of their information into one place. This […]

Facebook Sued for Fraud by Servicefriend Founder Shahar Ben Ami Ben Ami claims Facebook reneged on its promises to him. Shahar Ben Ami (center) and Servicefriend Team (Facebook) Servicefriend’s founder has sued Facebook over what he considers to be fraud. Shahar Ben Ami, who was also the company’s CEO, filed the suit in Tel Aviv […]

Marc Benioff and Mark Cuban Both Invest in NFT Platform SuperRare A Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is a kind of cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. Marc Benioff and Mark Cuban are now investors in their very own NFT company. Ashton Kutcher joined them in a $9 million Series A round of funding I the NFT platform startup SuperRare. […]

Elbit Systems Acquires BAE Systems Rokar for $31 Million Elbit has also made deals with German police. Israel’s Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) ha acquired BAE Systems Rokar International Ltd. (“Rokar”) from BAE Systems, Inc., the U.S. headquartered subsidiary of BAE Systems plc (LON: BA) for approximately $31 million net of […]

Kaltura Delays IPO Over Low Demand Could this be an ominous sign for other planned IPOs? Kaltura Executive Team — Company Photo Israeli Video Startup Kaltura expected to make a whopping splash in the market with a $2 billion NASDAQ IPO. Well not anymore. The company has been forced to suspend its plans for an […]

Top 5 Jewish Baseball Players of All Time Its opening day today! Hank Greenberg (Wikipedia) (This is dedicated to my dad whose birthday just so happens to be today.) It is opening day in America. Major League Baseball returns today. Last year they held a truncated season with only 60 games because of the Coronavirus. […]

Israeli Startup Spiral Offers New Banking App for Charitable Donations Spiral, a new Israeli fintech startup, will offer the offer a new form of banking app with a twist: the Spiral app will be for making charitable donations. The company has raised $14 million in a funding round led by Team8. Founded in 2019 by […]

Audioburst Platform Brings Podcasts to Any App Audioburst offers an audio search and delivery platform. Israeli startup Audioburst offers an audio search and delivery platform. The company has now launched its Platform for Apps, the world’s first podcast feed for mobile apps. The app provides recurring revenue for the thousands of app developers looking to […]

Israel’s Airwayz Uses AI-Based Systems for Drone Flights The company participated in drone delivery flight tests held in Hadera. Airwayz, an Israeli startup, offers software-based AI that allows any drone of any type to be part of an autonomous drone fleet and perform multiple tasks in a variety of fields. Just connect your drones to […]