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*Currently Available Profiles On IVC-Online
The Leading Data Source on Israel's High-Tech Industry since 1997
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| Multinationals |
Investors |
High-Tech Companies |
| 458 |
2,841 |
9,354 |
| Number of Unicorns |
Capital Raised in 2022 by Private Companies ($m) |
| 85 |
7,677 |
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*New Additions to IVC Database This Week
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| Financing Rounds |
Investors |
High-Tech Companies |
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Selected (*) Recent Database Additions & Activity (May 13 - May 19)
- Verbit Acquires U.S. Captioning Company (US)
- Ex.co Acquires Bibblio (UK)
- Optibus Acquires Trillium (US)
- OpenWeb Acquires ADYOULIKE (France)
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| IVC Is proud and delighted to welcome LeumiTech as its new partner, elevating The Israeli Tech Review upwards and onwards!
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In Q1/2022, Israeli high-tech companies raised $5.6 billion in 212 deals.
While this amount wasn’t a record – in comparison with 2021 numbers – it is still an impressive number considering the decline over the last 6 months on Nasdaq.
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Israeli Unicorns: A Flop in the Making
A closer look at some of these companies, using data drawn from the TipRanks platform, may give us a better idea of where Israel’s unicorn start-ups, and their investors, now stand.
(Source: Nasdaq & TipRanks, May 18, 2022)
Masterschool raises $100 million in Seed to address job shortages
Group 11 leads the Israeli startup’s impressive funding round.
(Source: Geektime, May 18, 2022)
Elah Fund backs up 'startup diversity' talk with a lot of money
“From a business perspective, diversity and inclusion has real substantive benefits.”
(Source: The Jerusalem Post, May 17, 2022)
Deliveries startup Avo shuts down Israel operations
Most of the company's employees in Israel are being laid off, while US operations are being cut back.
(Source: Globes, May 17, 2022)
Banking-as-a-service startup Unit closes on $100M at a $1.2B valuation
Unit, a banking-as-a-service startup, has closed on a $100 million Series C round of funding led by Insight Partners.
(Source: TechCrunch, May 17, 2022)
Investment firm Peak opening investment in high-tech startups to general public
The firm, which is led by former Technology Minister Izhar ShaI, has begun its operations in Israel and will allow local non-accredited investors to invest in local tech companies.
(Source: CTech, May 17, 2022)
Optibus taps $100M at a $1.3B valuation for its AI-based mass transit operations platform
The Series D funding values Optibus at $1.3 billion, which the Israeli startup says makes it the first “unicorn” in the public transportation tech space.
(Source: TechCrunch, May 16, 2022)
GE Healthcare Invests $50M In Israeli Telehealth Firm Pulsenmore
GE Healthcare, the billion-dollar American subsidiary of multinational conglomerate General Electric, entered into an agreement to invest up to $50 million in Israeli telehealth company Pulsenmore, the companies stated in a joint announcement on Thursday.
(Source: NoCamels, May 16, 2022)
Israel to invest NIS 600 million in spacetech R&D
The Israel Space Agency and Innovation Authority want to double the number of companies and employees in space tech, plan to launch a research satellite, and attract more high school students.
(Source: CTech, May 15, 2022)
CyberArk Ventures Launches with $30 Million Fund to Fuel Innovative Cybersecurity Technologies
CyberArk Aligns with World-Class Investors Including Venrock, YL Ventures, Team8 Capital and Merlin Ventures to Fund Cybersecurity Start-Ups with Disruptive Technologies CyberArk Announces Joint Investments in Dig Security, Enso Security and Zero Networks.
(Source: CyberArk, May 12, 2022)
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IVC Research on Israeli & Global Media (April-May 2022)
Actelis Networks' share price halves after Nasdaq IPO
According to IVC, the company raised $137 million in venture capital, its last round having taken place in 2016.
(Source: Globes, May 18, 2022)
Israeli startups raised 'only' $750m in April
Only one startup raised $100 million or more last month compared with six in March 2021.
(Source: Globes, May 1, 2022)
The lean Israeli startup is a thing of the past
Set-up costs are soaring, and conditions at the multinationals are just too good.
(Source: Globes, April 24, 2022)
Astonishing, Really: Israel Tech Investment Continues to Grow
A new report by IVC in partnership with LeumiTech – a company providing banking for high-tech companies, outlines tech investment in Israel, and even during the most challenging times – investment continues to grow.
(Source: Crowdfund Insider, April 16, 2022)
Israeli Startups Raised $5.6B In First Quarter Of 2022
Israeli tech companies raised $5.6 billion in 212 deals in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report published this week by IVC Research Center and LeumiTech, the banking arm of Leumi Group.
(Source: NoCamels, April 14, 2022)
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Israel Tech Related New Appointments/Positions (May 2022)
Admiral Mike Rogers Joins Talon Cyber Security to Lead Board of Advisors
(Source: Business Wire, May 18, 2022)
Melio Appoints Sivanne Goldfarb as Vice President of Risk, Credit & Data Products
(Source: PR Newswire, May 18, 2022)
Centrical appoints Linat Polak-Mart as VP of Product
(Source: CTech, May 17, 2022)
Vesttoo Appoints Insurance and Banking Executive Gaurav Wadhwa as Chief Financial Officer
(Source: PR Newswire, May 16, 2022)
Medtronic Israel names Arik Corcos as its new Country Director
(Source: CTech, May 15, 2022)
SQream Announces New Chief Operating Officer
(Source: PR Newswire, May 11, 2022)
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