Author: David Rutman

Curv Digital Asset Startup Looking to $200 Million Exit Curv secures Cryptocurrencies. Israeli startup Curv, which offers a cloud based platform for securely managing cryptocurrencies, expects to be bought out for more than $200 million. There is no word yet as to the identity of the potential buyer. The company has raised $29.5 million to […]

Israeli Video Startup Kaltura Looks to $1 Billion IPO Yet another billion dollar exit for Startup Nation. Kaltura Executive Team — Company Photo Kaltura, an Israeli startup which provides live and on-demand video SaaS solutions, has filed with the SEC for its IPO. Kaltura expects to raise up to $100 million in the initial public […]

Compass Real Estate Platform Going Public In Spite of Losses The company lost $270 million in 2020. Compass Founders Ori Alon and CEO Robert Refkin Compass, a real estate brokerage company, has filed its plans for an IPO with the SEC. The move comes in spite of the Compass‘ recent layoff of 15% of its […]

Israel’s Wiz Cloud Security Is Now a Unicorn With $1 Billion Valuation Israel may soon have more Unicorns than not. Assaf Rappaport CEO and Co Founder Wiz (Company Photo) The startup Wiz, which offers cloud computing services, is set to become the next Israeli unicorn. Startup Nation seems to be awash with new unicorn these […]

A world-first: Israeli researchers connect a real locust ear to a robot to be able to “hear” A technological and biological development that is unprecedented in Israel and the world has been achieved at Tel Aviv University The locust ear inside the chip. researchers connect a real locust ear to a robot to be able […]

Israel’s Axonius Is Now a Unicorn With $1 Billion Plus Valuation Axonius is a cybersecurity firm. Axionus Co-Founders Dean Sysman, Ofri Shur, and Avidor Bartov (company pic) Axonius, an Israeli cybersecurity startup, is now worth more than $1 billion. The company just declared this to be the case today as it added another $100 million […]

Queen Rock Tour App Now Available Something new to do during Covid lockdowns. Queen: Rock Tour Rock band Queen now has its own video game app, which will help fans suffer through the Covid-19 shutdowns. Queen: Rock Tour lets fans pretend that they themselves are playing Queen’s hits. It’s kind of like playing the Guitar […]

Israeli Scientists Develop Healthy “Biological Antibiotic” to Replace Antibiotics Overuse of antibiotics is a major health issue in the world today. Dr. Natalia Freund Tel Aviv University Dr. Natalia Freund and doctoral candidate Avia Watson at the Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine may have just discovered a healthy alternative to traditional antibiotics. Using […]

Managing Nuclear Threats: President Biden’s Primary Policy Imperative IRAN NUCLEAR Arak heavy water plant By Louis René Beres, Emeritus Professor of International Law, Purdue University “It must not be forgotten that it is perhaps more dangerous for a nation to allow itself to be conquered intellectually than by arms.” Guillaume Apollinaire, The New Spirit and the […]