Author: David Leibermann

New Startups / VC Funding BloXroute Raises $70 Million For BlockchainbloXroute, an Israeli startup that developed a blockchain distribution network (BDN) that helps DeFi traders on Ethereum, Polygon, and BSC, has completed a $70 million Series B funding, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. According to Investopedia, Decentralized finance (DeFi) is defined as an emerging […]

by Neville Teller The two-month truce between the combatants in the Yemen civil war, brokered by the UN on April 2, has been swiftly followed by dramatic action calculated to bring about a more permanent end to the hostilities, and even the start of a reconstruction program.  On Thursday, April 7 Yemen’s ineffective, unpopular and […]

GuruShots Bangkok Exhibition GuruShots, an Israeli startup that fuses photography with mobile gaming, has been acquired by Zedge, Inc, a global app publisher that served 44 million users across the portfolio in January 2022. Founded in 2014, GuruShots offers daily photo challenges that place your photos against others taken by people from all over the […]

ESO telescope captures surprising changes in Neptune’s temperatures An international team of astronomers discovered a startling decrease in Neptune’s overall temperature followed by a huge increase in its south pole. The team that tracked Neptune’s atmospheric temperatures over a 17-year period was surprised. “This change was unexpected,” says Michael Roman, a postdoctoral research associate at […]

Sanolla’s leading team. L-R Jacob Bridger, VP Business Development, Dr. Doron Adler, co-founder and CEO, David Linhard, co-founder and COO. Photo: Moran Maayan sounds that people cannot hear: The world’s first stethoscope capable of listening to infrasound – acoustic wavelengths that humans cannot hear, has received FDA granted 510(k) clearance for clinical use. Sanolla, an […]

Microsoft says that it is doing its part to help Ukraine defend against the Russian invasion. Microsoft is doing so by blocking internet domains that the company says Russia has been using to attack Ukrainian internet traffic and hack systems in the country. In a blog post, Microsoft explained that the company has recently observed […]

New Startups / VC FundingAppwrite Raises $27 Million For Open Source Developers’ PlatformAppwrite, an Israeli startup that offers an open source Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform for web, mobile and flutter developers, has raised $27million in a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. Open-source software is generally software that is open for all to use […]

Lebanon PM Najib Mikati met the Emir, Sheikh Tamim al-Thani, and discussed ties between Lebanon and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries/ Photo: Lebanon government by Neville Teller The good news is that a two-month truce between the warring parties in Yemen, brokered by the UN, went into effect on April 2.  At last, there […]

PM Bennett with Ayelet Shaked. Israeli politics has been thrown back into disarray The resignation on Wednesday of Yamina MK Idit Silman, the coalition whip in Naftali Bennett’s eight-party coalition, has thrown Israeli politics back into disarray, stripping the coalition of its parliamentary majority and paving the way for a Likud-led administration. “I will continue […]

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 […]