Author: David Rutman

Israel High Tech Scene Week In Review Apr 4 – 10 Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC Funding AmplioSpeech Offers Special Education Platform (JBN)The company just raised $27 million. Israeli startup AmplioSpeech has developed a digital platform that connects students, educators and therapists with advanced technologies to help students with special needs. […]

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Home Prayer Covid Limitations This will make it easier for Jews to hold services in smaller groups. In a move which is certain to come as a relief to many Jews in America, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down limitations on the number of people allowed in a private […]

Why dealing with Iran is a non-starter Iran nuclear deal: agreement in Vienna. L-R Foreign ministers/secretaries of state Wang Yi (China), Laurent Fabius (France), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany), Federica Mogherini (EU), Mohammad Javad Zarif (Iran), Philip Hammond (UK), John Kerry (USA).14.07.2015 / Photo: Dragan Tatic by Neville Teller             On Friday, April 2 all the signatories […]

Israel Leads World in Unicorns – Two More Billion Dollar Startups This Week Alone It has nine new ones so far this year. Israel is not known as Startup Nation for nothing. And now Startup Nation may be known as Unicorn nation. A unicorn is a startup, which is still a privately held company that […]

Top 5 Inspirational True Story Movies About Entrepreneurs See them for their true stories and enjoy them because they are great movies. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator These are not just informative movies. These are really good movies, with great actors and performances, and compelling stories. They feature Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Blanchet, Jeff Bridges, Will […]

The Guide to Managing Seed Investments in Startups By Jonathan Gan You thought of an idea for a start-up; you started to build a cool technology product; you might have even started a company and launched a product. Indeed, at one point or another, you began to deal with one of the most burdensome, frustrating, […]

Cellebrite Digital Intelligence Firm Looking to $2.4 Billion NASDAQ IPO It hopes to be the latest Israeli startup with a billion plus exit. Israeli startup Cellebrite, a leading digital intelligence solutions provider, will soon be listed on the NASDAQ through an SPAC merger with TWC Tech Holdings II Corp. Cellebrite anticipates a $2.4 billion valuation […]

JPMorgan Chase Chief Jamie Dimon Calls for Tougher Regulation On His Own Firm He did so in a letter to investors. Jamie Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase, has called for tougher regulations on the American financial system; even though, this would, of course affect his own firm. . He also wrote about the benefits […]

Israeli fintech startup TipRanks Receives $77 Million Investment to Support Retail Investor Frenzy TipRanks, the only company that ranks analysts, became the standard in Wall Street and is used by most banks. Israeli-based fintech company TipRanks has raised $77 million investment led by Prytek and More Investment House. Founded in 2012 by Uri Gruenbaum and […]

Cofense acquires Israeli AI-Based Email Security Provider Cyberfish The purchase price was not disclosed. Cofense, a provider of phishing detection and response (PDR) solutions has acquired Cyberfish, an Israeli cybersecurity startup which provides next-generation phishing protection powered by Computer Vision and advanced Machine Learning (ML) technology. The purchase price was not disclosed. Phishing is the […]