Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup November 30 – December 6 2024 New Startups / VC FundingFormer Israeli NBA Star Omri Casspi Secures $60 Million for Swish Ventures’ Second Seed Investment FundSwish Ventures, an investment fund founded by legendary Israel basketball player Omri Caspi, who once captained Israel’s national basketball team and also played […]
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enSights is an Israeli startup that offers a clean energy optimization and management platform. The firm raised $10 million in a Series A funding round co-led by venture capital firms JAL Ventures and XT VC. With over 6,000 clean energy assets managed on its platform, enSights aims to capitalize on the growing demand for clean […]
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Bananaz is an Israeli startup that offers a platform that it boasts “redefines” design change management for R&D and engineering teams. The firm exited from stealth mode backed by $5.3 million in seed funding from leading investors, 10D and Cardumen Capital. Founded in 2023, bananaz revolutionizes engineering workflows with AI and computer vision. By automating […]
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With the month of Kislev underway, we turn our attention to Hanukkah, our holiday of light and heroism. December, 1948. The State of Israel is seven months old, recovering from the War of Independence that claimed 6,500 lives. The heroes who defended Israel – the men and women of the newly established Israel Defense Forces […]
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FireDome is a new Israeli startup that uses technology similar to Israel’s world-renowned Iron Dome missile defense system to fight forest fires. To that end, the firm completed a $3 million pre-seed round led by climate-tech investors including U.S.-based Third Sphere and Israel’s Gravity. FireDome also previously received a $1.5 million grant from the Israeli […]
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In Israel a discussion is being held about … well, one must be careful with words. Let’s try to state this with utmost caution: There is a discussion about ways to somehow reduce the number of Palestinians in Gaza without using violence. And again, we must tread carefully. A year ago, Minister Avi Dichter said, […]
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Swish Ventures, an investment fund founded by legendary Israel basketball player Omri Caspi, who once captained Israel’s national basketball team and also played in the NBA, has secured $60 million in commitments from a diverse group of investors, including Sequoia Capital, Israeli and American institutional investors, and over 25 experienced entrepreneurs. Some notable investors include […]
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It’s 1:30 am and I’m sitting in Leah’s room. I just gave juice and Greg is preparing a new cartridge of diluted insulin and redoing the pump settings. At 12:40 am we were startled awake by the familiar – but always nerve-wracking – beeps of continuous glucose monitor alarms. As familiar as they are, my […]
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The ongoing wars against the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon were not the only things happening in Israel in November. Israel Startup Nation also had several local political headlines as well, from the ban on government advertising in an Israeli newspaper to plans to revive the government’s controversial judicial reform plan. […]
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Rabbi Chaim Mentz of Chabad of Bel Air traveled to Israel twice after Oct. 7 to show support. On one of his trips, he donated 5,400 NIS (approximately $1,450 U.S. dollars) to 36 young widows. He also visited Beit Halochem hospital, where he witnessed hundreds of wounded soldiers, many in their 20s and facing life-altering […]
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