Author: David Leibermann

Amir Becker Sygnia Amir Becker, former head of the vaunted IDF 8200 cybersecurity unit, is joining the Israeli cybersecurity consulting firm Sygnia. He will serve as Sygnia’s new Vice President of Incident Response. As the Head of the Cyber Operations Division of Unit 8200, Amir Becker led the development and implementation of IDF’s updated cyber […]

Research into the ‘magic’ mushrooms – Jerry Rosenbaum Proffesors at Harvard University will deep research into the ‘magic’ mushrooms in light of growing evidence that they effectively treat mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The university is restarting research into the ‘magic’ mushrooms, and their psychedelic effect sixty […]

Pontera (from website) Pontera, an Israeli fintech startup, just changed its name from FeeX and raised $80 million across three recent funding rounds led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with The Founders Kitchen, Hanaco Ventures, Hyperwise Ventures and , Blumberg Capital. Founded in 2012 by David Weisz and CEO Yoav Zurel Pontera (formerly FeeX) boasts […]

J Rosner and Jennifer Elias Phot by Eduardo Feldman ADayInTheLife photography (Guest Author Jennifer Elias was born and raised in France and graduated with a Double Masters’ Degree in Strategic Management and Business Law from EM Lyon Business School, in France. After working at Ernst and Young Paris she moved to Israel. She is the […]

Larry David’s University of Maryland student ID HBO’s University of Maryland student ID HBO Larry David is a total fraud. At least that is what he says about himself in a new documentary about him called “The Larry David Story.” “Why not me?” Larry asks. And why not him. Larry David clearly made “Seinfeld” what […]

Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli Startup WSC Sports Raises $100 MillionWSC Sports, an Israeli startup that develops tech for AI-driven sports highlights, has closed a $100M Series D round, led by ION Crossover Partners (ICP). The company plans to use the new funding to support its aggressive growth plans for […]

Exodigo drone in action Exodigo, an Israeli startup that has developed a 3D imaging, sensors and AI subterranean mapping platform, has raised $29 million in Seed funding led by Zeev Ventures and 10D Ventures with participation from SquarePeg Capital and JIBE Ventures. Strategic industry leaders Tidhar Construction. Founded by CEO Jeremy Suard, CPO Yogev Shifman, […]

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has settled a civil suit over the violation of users’ privacy for $90 million. The case was first brought a decade ago and a preliminary settlement agreement was filed on Monday with the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California. It will need to receive final […]

Access control interfaces are a must for modern systems: Permit team/ Photo: Adi Lamm Permit.io, the full-stack authorization framework that enables developers to quickly integrate access control into cloud-native applications, emerged from stealth today with $6 million in venture funding. Or Weis, former CEO and Co-Founder of Rookout, and Asaf Cohen, a former software engineer […]

Blackstone acquires James Packer’s Crown casino empire. Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone Australia’s largest casino operator Crown Resorts has decided to enter into takeover negotiations with Blackstone after the US private equity firm increased its offer to approximately A$8.9bn (US$6.5 billion). Blackstone already owns 9.99 percent of Crown. Crown’s shares increased by as much as 9% following the […]