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The Leading Data Source on Israel's High-Tech Industry since 1997
Active Multinationals Active Investors Active High-Tech Companies
405 2,614 9,583
 
Number of Unicorns Capital Raised in 2021 ($m)
63  11,978

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  • Taboola ($260m, $2.6b Valuation, NASDAQ, SPAC deal)
  • SentinelOne ($1.225b, $9b Valuation, IPO, NYSE)
  • VDOO ($300m, Acquired by JFrog)
  • ​IronSource ($850m, $11.1b Valuation, IPO, NYSE, SPAC deal)
  • Payoneer ($750m, $3.3b Valuation, IPO, NASDAQ, SPAC deal)

New Israeli Unicorns (June 2021)

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Record Israeli IPOs on Wall Street in June
Israeli companies with a combined valuation of more than $37 billion held IPOs and completed SPAC mergers last month.
(Source: Globes, July 1, 2021)

SentinelOne completes NYSE IPO at $9b valuation
The Israeli cybersecurity company again upped its value and raised $1.2 billion on Wall Street.
(Source: Globes, June 30, 2021)

JFrog acquires Vdoo for $300 million in all-Israeli deal
One of the biggest deals ever between two Israeli companies will see Vdoo help accelerate JFrog’s vision of becoming the company behind all software updates and creating a world of Liquid Software.
(Source: CTech, June 29, 2021)

The clickbait giant Outbrain files for an I.P.O.
Outbrain, one of the top purveyors of clickbait ads, filed on Tuesday to raise at least $100 million through an initial public offering — one day before its top competitor starts trading publicly.
(Source: The New York Times, June 29, 2021)

Accel announces new $650 million European and Israeli early-stage fund
The VC giant has made 20 investments in Israel to date, including in unicorns Snyk, Melio and Fiverr.
(Source: CTech, June 29, 2021)
 
Taboola to Become Publicly Traded Following Business Combination With ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd.
IACA shareholders voted to approve the proposed business combination in a special meeting today.
(Source: Business Wire, June 28, 2021)

Payoneer begins trading on Nasdaq, closes lower following SPAC merger completion
Shares of payments company Payoneer closed down roughly 1.5% after its market debut Monday on the Nasdaq, giving it a market cap of just over $1 billion. The company went public by merging with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp., a blank-check company run by Bancorp founder Betsy Cohen.
(Source: CNBC, June 28, 2021)

How did Israel become a Global Cyber Power?
The impressive dominance shown by Israel in the business and military cyber arena is not accidental. This is the result of a program born two decades ago with the aim of developing the local ecosystem. As computing technologies continue to gallop forward, Israel will gain the security required for the online world we are living in.
(Source: Forbes Israel, June 28, 2021)

Israeli life sciences firms raised record $2.5 billion in 2020 – report
The 2020 figure represents a 55% year-on-year surge in funding in digital health, medical devices, biotech and pharma firms, IATI says; M&A deals plunge.
(Source: The Times of Israel, June 28, 2021)

Israel’s Innovid To Go Public In SPAC Merger At $1.3B Valuation
Innovid, an Israeli ad delivery and measurement platform for connected tv, announced on Thursday that it has entered a definitive agreement to become a publicly traded company by merging with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) ION Acquisition Corp. 2 Ltd. 
(Source: NoCamels, June 27, 2021)

Transmit Security’s serial unicorn entrepreneurs strike again
The Israeli cybersecurity company’s recent $543 million round was just the latest on a long list of successes by its founders, Mickey Boodaei and Rakesh Loonkar, highlighting how much easier it is for returning entrepreneurs to raise funds and recruit employees.
(Source: CTech, June 25, 2021)

Flurry of tech IPOs buoys renaissance for Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Once shunned by local firms, the TASE is now seeing massive growth and hoping to use dual-listings to lure the biggest prizes yet: billion-dollar unicorns.
(Source: The Times of Israel, June 24, 2021)
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IVC Research on Global Media (May-July 2021)

Israeli unicorns being 'born' faster than ever, report finds
New report from Catalyst Investments indicates that companies established since 2008 that reach $1b valuations do so in less than half the time of companies founded prior to 2008. IPOs and mergers and acquisitions reflect the same trends.
(Source: Israel Hayom, June 7, 2021)

Workplace collaboration firm monday.com eyes $6 billion valuation in Nasdaq IPO Valuation would be second-highest ever for IPO of Israeli tech firm, after Playtika, which listed shares on Nasdaq this year at $13 billion valuation, according to IVC data.
(Source: The Times of Israel, June 1, 2021)

Israeli startups raised nearly $2b in May
Israeli tech companies raised $8.6 billion in the first five months of 2021, fast approaching the record $10 billion raised in all of 2020.
(Source: Globes, June 1)

What the heck is a SPAC and why are Israeli companies so keen on them?
SPACs took off during the pandemic and created a major buzz in the Israeli ecosystem and on Wall Street as popular alternatives to IPOs.
(Source: ISRAEL21c, May 31)
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Israel Tech Related New Appointments/Positions (June-July 2021)
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IVC and Meitar are proud to present:
                 
The Israeli Tech Review Q1/2021

The quarterly capital amount soared to $5.37 billion in 172 deals.
The quarterly amount mounted 89% over Q4/2020 results and twofold compared to Q1/2020.
 
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Israeli VC Funds Capital Raising Special Report

$3.51 billion raised by 35 Israel VCs in 2020 – the best year ever for VC fundraising.
According to a new report by IVC in cooperation with SWEETWOOD VENTURES, an Israel-focused VC fund-of-funds, Israeli VC funds raised $12.7 billion by 124 funds in 2017-Q1/2021.
 
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