Author: David Leibermann

Coro’s co-founders (PR Pic) Coro, an Israeli cyber security startup that offers an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform for mid-market organizations, has hit a valuation of $500 million, halfway to unicorn status. It did so with a $60 million Series C round of financing which capped a total of $80 million raised in the last […]

The magic spells in Hebrew incantation bowls (Photo Yoli Schwartz, Antiquities Authority) Israel has always been known as a leading world innovator in a variety of fields. So it is no surprise when its scientists make major breakthroughs, from new medical treatments to, the cutting edge of technology. And, as the place where the events […]

New Startups / VC FundingIsrael’s Beewise Raises $80 Million From UAE InvestorsBeewise Technologies, an Israeli startup working on climatech precision robotics to help the environment by saving the Earth’s bees from extinction, raised $80 million in a Series C funding round of funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from Sanad, an investor located in […]

BeamUP team company photo by Ariel Efron) BeamUP, an Israeli startup that offers an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based platform that designs and manages enterprise building systems, has launched its service with a $15 million round of seed investment led by Israel-based StageOne Ventures and US-based Ibex Investors. So we can now say that BeamUp is […]

Granulate co-founders Asaf Ezra and Tal Saiag (company Photo) Intel Corporation has an agreement to acquire Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd., an Israel-based developer of real-time continuous optimization software. While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Calcalist reports that it could be worth as much as $650 million. Founded in 2018 by CEO Asaf […]

Cyera co-founders Yotam Segev, CEO, and Tamar Bar-Ilan, CTO Cyera, an Israeli startup offering cloud data security, launched from stealth with $60 million in funding. The company says that it will now lead the “data-first revolution” in cloud security. The financing, which comes just ten months after Cyera’s formation, was led by Sequoia Capital. Israel […]

Papaya Global Israeli startup Papaya Global, a fintech unicorn that offers a cloud based platform for companies to handle their payrolls, is acquiring Azimo, a British company that offers a digital cross border payments platform for as much as $200 million. The exact price was not revealed, but Calcalist reported that it could be worth […]

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Koby Gideon (GPO) Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett met on Sunday with the American Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of the historic “Negev Summit set to begin Sunday evening in Israel. Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid will host the […]

Datagen team (from website) Datagen, an Israeli startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) for data-as-code, closed $50 million USD in Series B financing led by new investor Scale Venture Partners. This latest round of funding brings Datagen’s total financing to over $70 million. Code as data, or data as code, refers to the duality between […]

Howard Schultz Starbucks CEO (Wikipedia) Howard Schultz is making a comeback. He will take over as interim CEO of Starbucks while the company looks for a permanent replacement for Kevin Johnson who announced his retirement last week. “Although I did not plan to return to Starbucks, I know the company must transform once again to […]