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Vertex Ventures strikes $150 million deal with StepStone for fourth fund holdings
Among the startups included in the Israeli VC’s fourth fund are several promising unicorns, including OwnBackup, Verbit, Yotpo and Axonius.

(Source: CTech, January 20, 2022)

Secret Network announces $400 million in ecosystem funding
Israeli startup SCRT Labs, the core development team behind Secret Network, announced a new $225 million ecosystem fund and a $175 million accelerator pool.

(Source: CTech, January 19, 2022)

Israel’s Viola Ventures hits $250M for its new fund, appoints Yael Alroy as partner
Viola Ventures, an Israeli VC, has closed its sixth fund of $250M. It now has $1.25B in assets under management, largely early-stage tech companies. Viola says the fund was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap.

(Source: TechCrunch, January 19, 2022)

OpenWeb Makes Strategic Acquisition of Hive Media Group, Providing More Value to Premium Publishers
The acquisition follows the company's Series E, reaching a $1.1b valuation in 2021.

(Source: PR Newswire, January 19, 2022)

Israeli fintech Personetics raises $85M for tools to help incumbents personalize banking services to compete with neobanks.
This latest round is being led by Thoma Bravo with Viola Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Nyca Partners and Warburg Pincus — all previous investors in the company — also participating.

(Source: TechCrunch, January 19, 2022)

To Accelerate Business Activities, GenCell Raises Some NIS 112.5 million from the Harel Group, Migdal Insurance, Meitav-Dash and Other Investors in a Private Placement of Shares
Harel invests approximately NIS 60 million to become a stakeholder in GenCell and Migdal Insurance increases its holding.

(Source: PR Newswire, January 18, 2022)

Israel worked magic in cybersecurity. Can it do the same for climate tech?
Experts say Israel is late to the game but can still become a key player, as an opportunity worth many trillions may help save the planet; government seen moving in right direction.

(Source: The Times of Israel, January 18, 2022)

Entrée Capital Doubling Down on Israel with $300m
Entrée Raises $300m for New Funds and Promotes Adi Gozes to Partner.

(Source: Entrée Capital, January 18, 2022)


Nvidia expands Israel R&D operations
Nvidia Israel, which already has 2,800 employees in seven centers, is establishing a new design and engineering group for CPUs.

(Source: Globes, January 18, 2022)

Medtech VC eHV raises $30 million for new fund
The new fund plans to raise a total of $40 million to invest in early-stage medtech companies.

(Source: CTech, January 17, 2022)

PresenTense and The Galilee Society launch life science and climatech accelerator for Arab researchers
ScienTech will assist leading STEM researchers translate science into innovative ventures and is being supported by the U.S. Department of State's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).

(Source: CTech, January 17, 2022)

UAE's Mubadala invests $100m in Israeli VC firms - report
The Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund is investing in Israel's tech sector, "The Wall Street Journal" reports.

(Source: Globes, January 16, 2022)

Opinion: Digital health startups facing rapidly transforming business models in 2022
“It is more important than ever for digital health startups to have an in-depth understanding of the market dynamics and tackle a real business problem,” writes Nadav Shimoni of Arkin Holdings.

(Source: CTech, January 16, 2022)


What happened to the insurtech revolution?
High-tech companies like Israel-based Lemonade stormed Wall Street promising to reinvent the staid insurance industry, but their plummeting share prices tell a tale of disappointment.

(Source: Globes, January 16, 2022)
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KPMG survey finds employee shortage isn’t prime concern in tech market
According to the accounting firm, the greatest challenge for Israeli tech companies at the growth stage is expanding overseas and then raising capital.

(Source: CTech, January 17, 2022)


2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What Now?
2021 was a banner year for Israeli startups, breaking new records in fundraising, newunicorns, and exits. But if we take out the rosy glasses, what are the risks ahead? What comes next?

(Source: Eze Vidra, VC Cafe, January 14, 2022)


Israel puts Chinese investments on notice
As per IVC Data and Insights, it invested $400 million in Israeli start-ups in 2018 and $243 million in 2019.
(Source: TFIGlobal, January 7, 2022)


Israeli Companies Raise Record $25.6B In 2021. What Will 2022 Look Like?
Once again, the Israeli high-tech industry has broken funding records by raising an “exceptional” $25.6 billion in 773 deals in 2021, more than doubling the amount it raised in 2020, according to a report published this week by the IVC Research Center and law firm Meitar.

(Source: NoCamels, January 4, 2022)


IVC-Meitar: Israeli startups raised record $25.6b in 2021
IVC - Meitar also reports that Israeli tech exits skyrocketed to $22.2 billion last year, with almost equal amounts of IPOs and M&As.

(Source: Globes, January 3, 2022)


Israeli tech companies raised $25.6 billion in ‘extraordinary’ 2021 — report
Foreign investments account for record $18.64b of total capital amid ‘new reality’; 23 firms IPO on Wall Street, says IVC-Meitar report.

(Source: The Times of Israel, January 3, 2022)
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IVC-Meitar Israeli Tech Review 2021 Out !

In 2021, Israeli high-tech companies enjoyed a record of capital investments, raising $25.6 billion in 773 deals.

This exceptional amount was 146% higher than the annual 2020 amount, mostly due to the large number of deals over $100 million that accounted for a 55% share of the total sum for 2021.

In Q4, Israeli start-ups saw 206 investment deals totaling $8.06 billion, continuing the uptrend from Q1.

 
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The Israeli Tech: Gender Distribution Report 2021

IVC Data and Insights and Google for Startups Israel 
shed the light on this hot topic. The data behind Ben Mittelman's 2-part exposé is now available to read and download: https://lnkd.in/eQ7HSsrd

This report describes a complex situation. The gender gap has narrowed, but only in specific places....

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