Author: David Leibermann

NSO Menagment team Isaac Benbenisti has announced his resignation as CEO of Israeli cyberattack firm NSO Group, less than two weeks after being appointed. The previous CEO of Partner Communications and Bezeq International was supposed to succeed founder and current CEO Shalev Hulio, but he has decided not to take the post owing to the […]

Doral Energy Solar Field in Israel (Company website) Dozens of farmers in Indiana are leasing their land to Israeli company Doral Renewable Energy Resources for what will be the largest solar farm in the United States. The Mammoth Solar Farm will cover 13,000 acres – almost 1,000 times the size of a football stadium – in […]

Psilocybe semilanceata, magic mushrooms Pharmocann, an Israeli firm that specializes in medical cannabis products, has established a joint venture with the Shamir Research Institute to conduct research and development on psychedelic medications derived from psilocybin semilanceata mushrooms (magic mushrooms). Psilocybin, or liberty cap is a fungus that produces psychoactive compounds. Whether fresh or dried it is […]

The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) is a new initiative led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United States (US) with the support of over 30 government countries from six continents including the recent addition of Canada, and the United Kingdom, as well as Israel. It had its official launch at […]

On Thursday, Blings.io won the Calcalist and Poalim Hi-Tech’s StartUp+ competition. The startup is developing a platform for creating dynamic and interactive videos, coming up with a new video format named MPFlyer (MPF) to replace all MP4 files. Calcalist is an Israeli business publication affiliated with the Hebrew daily newspaper Yedioy Ahronot. Hapoalim is one […]

Agora team (Facebook) Agora, an Israeli startup offering new tech for real estate firms, has completed a seed round of funding raising $9 million led by Aleph, with participation from River Park Ventures and Maccabee Ventures, along with strategic investors from the US real estate market.to further develop its investment management software and to expand […]

HoneyBook CEO Oz Alon, his wife Naama Alon CPO, and CTO Dror Shimoni  Photo: Amit Shaal The Israeli Fintech startup, which has already booked over $1.9 billion in bookings for 2021 alone, has raised more than $400 million in the last six months. Six months after raising a $155 million Series D round, Israeli Fintech […]

Oxeye founders L-R Ron Vider and Dean Agron / credit David Garb Oxeye, a next-generation cloud-native application security testing has raised $5.3 million seed financing round led by MoreVC, an Israeli seed-stage venture capital firm. The latest round of financing includes participation from i3 Equity Partners and other cybersecurity-focused investors as the company prepares to […]

Israel’s Manhattan Mansion / Source Douglas Elliman The State of Israel is selling the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations’ residence in Manhattan, New York, for $11.75 million, Ynet news reports. The Israeli government paid businessman Roy Chuck $ 99,000 for the property. The historic building is on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and […]

Spike, an Israeli startup that offers new e mail tech, has joined up with Facebook and its Occulus platform to become a part of the new Meta brand that Facebook is becoming. In doing so, Spike says that it is joining the metaverse. Founded by CEO Dvir Ben Aroya and CTO Erez Pilosof, Spike calls […]