Author: David Rutman

Israel High Tech Scene Week In Review May 9 – 15 Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC Funding Israeli Home Nail-Painting Startup Raises $10 Million Seed FundingIsraeli startup Nimble, the developer of a home robot for automatic nail polish application, has raised $10 million seed. The round led by Entrée Capital and […]

Robert Durst Says He has Bladder Cancer as Trial Restarts It was suspended for a year due to the Covid crisis. The murder trial of Robert Durst for the killing of his friend Susan Berman will soon resume in Los Angeles. It had been suspended since the start of the Coronavirus epidemic. Durst is charged […]

Global-E Hits $3.55 Billion Valuation in NASDAQ IPO The company brought in $375 million. Global-e co-founders Amir Schlachet (from right), Shahar Tamari, and Nir Debbi. (Company PR pic) Israeli fintech startup Global-e Online Ltd held a successful IPO on the NASDAQ yesterday, Thursday, coming away with a $3.55 billion valuation. This is what the company […]

SpliSense Israeli Startup Offers Cystic Fibrosis Treatment The company just raised $28.5 million. Gili Hart, PhD, Executive Officer, SpliSense. (company pic) Israeli medtech startup SpilSense develops transformative mRNA-altering therapies for cystic fibrosis (CF) and other genetic pulmonary diseases. The company just raised $28.5 million in a Series B funding round. Orbimed, Israel Biotech Fund, Biotel […]

Hamas: Why Now? Turkey Erol Erdoğan and Hamas Ismail Haniye: credit Mehmettorun / wikimedia commons by Neville Teller When historians put large-scale events under the microscope, they often find the reason for them in a series of contributory factors that chanced to come together at the same time.  Is it possible, so close to events, […]

VisibleRisk Raises $25 million for Enterprise Cyber Risk Evaluation VisibleRisk is a joint venture between Moody’s and Team8. Israeli startup Visible Risk helps companies asses their risks for cyber-attacks and more. They completed a $25 million investment in VisibleRisk. VisibleRisk also announced the launch of a Cyber Rating product, building on the collaboration between Moody’s […]

Apple Service Provider Jamf Acquires Israeli Zero-Trust Security Firm Wandera for $400 Million Cybersecurity is easier if you don’t trust anyone. Wanders founders Roy and Eldar Tuvey. (from website) Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF), which describes itself as the standard in Apple Enterprise Management, has acquired Israeli company Wandera, a leader in zero trust cloud security and […]

Can Just 3 Songs Determine Who You Are? Will this mean more big brother? Just three songs from a person’s playlist could be enough for understanding everything you need to know about a person. It could even identify who the person is. This according to a new study performed by researchers at Tel Aviv University. […]