Author: David Leibermann

AI21 Labs founders (right to left) Amnon Shashua, Ori Goshen and Yoav Shoham. (Photo Courtesy) July was not a very big month for Israel Startup Nation in the area of fundraising. The biggest raise of July was just $64 million – a lot less than some of the earlier raises in 2022. This is, in […]

GreenOnyx Foodtech Startup GreenOnyx, an Israeli foodtech startup, raised $18 million from private entities. Even before the raise the company reputedly had an $80 million valuation. According to a report in Calcalist, 12 million was already received by the company and another $6 million will be transferred soon. And there are also negotiations going on […]

Emily Weiss (Facebook pic) Glossier, a cosmetics firm founded by Jewish businesswoman and entrepreneur Emily Weis, is expanding its business. Not long after Weiss stepped down as the company’s CEO, Glossier announced its first retail partnership with LVMH-owned Sephora. The Sephora stores will offer Glossier’s popular Boy Brow” and “Cloud Paint” makeup products. And just […]

Margaret and Sylvan Adams Family Foundation (Facebook pic) A group of 70 Afghan refugees, many of them female athletes and cyclists, who escaped after the Taliban regained control of the country, finally arrived in Rome today after a long journey that lasted many months. There they were greeted by Israel – Premier Tech owner Sylvan […]

Frontegg founders Sagi Rodin and Aviad Mizrachi (company pr pic) Frontegg, an Israeli startup that offers a modern user management platform for the Product-led era, brought in $40 million in Series B funding co-led by Stripes and global software investor Insight Partners. The company offers Busines to Busines – B2B – solutions that can be […]

Mark Zuckerberg Instagram 4th July Post Several lawsuits were filed against Meta, the parent company of Instagram, alleging that Instagram harmed the emotional health of teenage girls. Specifically, the suits alleged that the plaintiffs suffered from eating disorders. Just last fall it was revealed that Facebook knew for years that Instagram can be dangerous to […]

CRISPR Dr. Uri Ben-David, Dr. Adi Barzel & Dr. Asaf Madi (Photo Credit Tel Aviv University) A new study from Tel Aviv University identifies risks in the use of CRISPR therapeutics. For example, sometimes cleaved chromosomes do not recover and genomic stability is compromised. The researchers explained that this, in and of itself, in the […]

AID Genomics Covid testing ad Aid Genomics, an Israeli firm that develops molecular diagnostic technologies designed to elucidate the genetic DNA profiles of both diseases and patients alike, announced on Sunday that it is shuttering its research and development center and firing 400 employees. The news comes on the same day that America’s Asurion revealed […]

Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel Startup Israel New Startups / VC FundingDeci Raises $55 Million For Deep Learning DevelopmentDeci, an Israeli startup that offers an artificial intelligence AI deep learning platform that it says harnesses AI to solve the AI efficiency gap, raised $25 million in a Series B funding round led by global software […]

Coronavirus COVID-19 source Global Health Security (GHS) Index A groundbreaking new study from Tel Aviv University found a promising treatment for long-term COVID-19 symptoms. The treatment is based on advanced Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). Researchers from Tel Aviv University exposed patients with long-term COVID-19 symptoms to intensive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) treatment and found significant […]