Month: August 2022

Theranica’s Nerivio – Linkedin Theranica, an Israeli medtech startup and prescribed digital therapeutics company that is developing advanced neuromodulation devices for migraine and other idiopathic pain conditions brought in $45 million in a Series C funding round. Founded in 2016, Theranica says that it brings electrical neuromodulation therapy to a new level. The International Neuromodulation […]

Otonomo Team (company pic) Otonomo Technologies Ltd., an Israeli mobility intelligence company, is the latest Israel Startup Nation firm to make cutbacks in its workforce and is even in danger of being dropped from the NASDAQ as a publicly traded company. The company, which only went public on the NASDAQ a little over a year […]

Prime Minister Yair Lapid meets Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman, in July 2022 / photo credit JORDANIAN ROYAL PALACE REUTERS by Neville Teller             As Israel’s foreign minister, Yair Lapid was generally accounted a notable success.  Proactive by temperament, he seemed tireless in his efforts to improve Israel’s standing on the world stage.  He […]

Magic Mushrooms are a popular psychedelic “party drug” that are illegal basically everywhere. But recent studies have shown that hallucinogens like “Magic Mushrooms” offer numerous benefits for the treatment of a variety of psychological issues such as PTSD. And now, researchers from NYU have found that psilocybin – the psychedelic compound found in “magic mushrooms” […]

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman / Facebook Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund run by billionaire activist investor Bill Ackman, has appointed Ryan Israel as Chief Investment Officer. Some observers are speculating that Bill Ackman may be ready to pass the torch onto someone else. On the appointment, Bill Ackman told his investors, “I […]

AccessiBe AccessiBe, an Israeli startup that offers a platform for making websites accessible to people with disabilities, raised $30 million in an extension of its Series A round led by private equity firm K1 Investment Management LLC. The funding round has now brought in a total of $58 million in investment. Yes, it is true! […]

Assaf Resnick, co-founder and CEO of BigPanda. Courtesy BigPanda, an Israeli unicorn that develops an AIOps event correlation and automation platform, has raised an additional $15 million in new investments from existing customers UBS and Wells Fargo. This raise is an extension of the company’s $190 million raise made in January which at the time […]

Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC FundingXinteza Unveils Way To Synthesize Cannabinoids From Non-Cannabis PlantsXinteza, an Israeli biosynthesis technology company, says that it has found a way to produce cannabis type synthesis from other plants in the Cannabacae family that are not known for producing the drug commonly known as marijuana. Xinteza […]