Author: David Leibermann

Starkware founders L-R Uri Kolodny, CEO, and Eli Ben-Sasson, President. StarkWare builds technology to scale blockchain so it can be more widely used/Credit Natalie Schor In less than a year, the valuation of the Israeli startup StarkWare which provides scalability and privacy solutions for blockchain technology has increased fourfold. StarkWare has raised $100 million at […]

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have made a major breakthrough in the study and treatment of illnesses such as autism and schizophrenia. The scientists discovered a mechanism shared by mutations in different genes associated with these and other conditions. The researchers, led by Prof. Illana Gozes from the Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry […]

Michael and Daniel Shnaider of Warmy (company courtesy) Warmy is a new Israeli startup that basically “warms up” your e-mail address so that your business mails will be more likely to get through to their intended end targets. Founded in 2020, the company offers a refreshingly novel product, unlike most of its fellow Startup Nation […]

George Carlin’s American Dream on HBO Judd Apatow loved George Carlin so much that he produced a documentary about the late comic for HBO called “George Carlin’s American Dream.” The documentary airs on Friday, May 20 at 8 p.m. on HBO. George Carlin, who died in 2008 at the age of 71, was an inspiration […]

Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC FundingBuildots Brings In More Than $100 Million For Construction TechBuildots, an Israeli startup that uses AI and computer vision to modernize construction management, raised $60 million in a Series C round mutually led by Viola Growth and Eyal Ofer’s O.G. Tech. The funding comes less than […]

Livorno Fortezza Vecchia vista dal porto A new Tel Aviv University study unveils unknown evidence of organized gang rape of Jewish female slaves from Moroccan in Livorno in 17th century Italy. According to historian Prof. Tamar Herzig, Vice Dean for Research at Entin Faculty of Humanities, Dr. Bernardetto Buonromei, a high-ranking state official in Livorno’s […]

Elena Bunina, former Yandex CEO has moved to Israel amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Wikimedia Commons Ilya Vartanian / Yandex Company) Yandex, the crown jewel of Russia’s tech sector for more than two decades and branded “Russia’s Google,” is interested in moving to Israel with all of its staff. With the Russian invasion of […]

Classiq Founders L-R Dr. Yehuda Naveh, Amir Naveh, and CEO Nir Minerbi/ Photo Eyal Toueg Classiq, an Israeli startup that aims to make it easier for developers to create quantum algorithms and applications, has raised additional funding from HSBC, NTT Finance, and Intesa Sanpaolo. This round which comes after an earlier Series B round brings […]

Shai Agassi (Wikipedia) Shai Agassi is back in the automobile business. He is probably best known for having been the man behind Israel’s very own electric car company Better Place. It was hoped that the company would give Israel its very own Tesla. But, unfortunately, it was not to be and Better Place declared bankruptcy […]

Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC FundingRedefine Meat Raising Another $250 Million For Meat SubstitutesThe Israeli startup Redefine Meat is raising an additional $250 million in funding. The company develops meat substitutes with 3D printing that it says taste just like the real thing. Calcalist reported that Bank of America is working […]