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The Leading Data Source on Israel's High-Tech Industry since 1997
Active Multinationals Active Investors Active High-Tech Companies
419 2,643 9,424
 
Number of Unicorns Capital Raised in 2021 by Private Companies ($m)
60  17,490
 
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  • Valens ($30m, $1.1b valuation, IPO, NYSE, SPAC deal with PTK Acquisition Corp.)
  • GuardiCore ($600m, Acquired by Akamai)

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Speedata Exits Stealth with $70 Million in Funding to Develop First-of-its-Kind Dedicated Analytics & Database Accelerator to Expedite Big Data Analytics
With data analytics pivotal to the future of every industry, Speedata's unique Analytics Processing Unit (APU) will significantly accelerate cloud-based big data and analytics workloads by orders of magnitude.

(Source: PR Newswire, September 30, 2021)

Velo3D Completes Merger with JAWS Spitfire Acquisition Corporation to Become a Publicly-Traded, Additive Manufacturing Technology
Company Velo3D’s Common Stock to Begin Trading on the New York Stock Exchange Under the Ticker “VLD” on September 30, 2021 Transaction Delivers $274 Million to Support the Adoption of Velo3D’s End-to-End Manufacturing Solutions
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(Source: Business Wire, September 30, 2021)

Valens Semiconductor and PTK Acquisition Corp. Announce Closing of Business Combination
Valens to Begin Trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the Symbol "VLN" and Ring the Opening Bell on September 30, 2021.

(Source: PR Newswire, September 29, 2021)

SCADAfence Named Global Entrepreneurial Company of the Year 2021 By Frost & Sullivan
SCADAfence, the global technology leader in cybersecurity for Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments, announced today that it has been awarded the "Global Entrepreneurial Company of the Year" by research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.

(Source: PR Newswire, September 29, 2021)

BMW, LG unveil new products using smart glass tech by Israeli company Gauzy
Tel Aviv-based firm develops dynamic lighting and shading systems for use in various industries such as automotive, home appliances and consumer electronics.

(Source: The Time of Israel, September 29, 2021)

EquityBee snaps up $55M for a marketplace that connects employees with capital to help them exercise their stock options
The Series B is being led by Group 11, with Battery Ventures, Latitude, Local Globe, Greenfield Partners and ICON also participating.

(Source: TechCrunch, September 29, 2021)

Israeli customer success co Totango raises $100m
The company leverages data to orchestrate and transform revenue experiences.
(Source: Globes, September 29, 2021)

Akamai To Acquire Israel's Guardicore In $600 Mln Deal - Quick Facts
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) announced Wednesday its definitive agreement to acquire Tel Aviv, Israel-based Guardicore for approximately $600 million. The deal is expected to enable the company to extend its Zero Trust Solutions to help stop ransomware.

(Source: Nasdaq, September 29, 2021)

Scaling Lessons from the founder and CEO of OurCrowd, Jon Medved
We discuss all things strategy for scaling a business, after Jon successfully built one of the worlds largest crowdfunding platforms, OurCrowd.

(Source: Think & Grow, September 28, 2021)

Tech giants battle for data center real estate in Israel
Data Centers have become big real estate business as Amazon, Google, Oracle and Microsoft scramble to meet Israel's urgent cloud migration needs.

(Source: Globes, September 27, 2021)

Startup investors looking beyond the money in ESG
Three early-stage investors explain why they are giving more weight to the impact startups create rather than just focusing on financial growth.

(Source: CTech, September 26, 2021)

Technion rated top in artificial intelligence in Europe
Israel's leading tech institution, the Technion, has been rated the number one institute in leading European machine-learning research in a rating by CSRankings.

(Source: The Jerusalem Post, September 25, 2021)

The buzz on the brightest Israeli bumblebee startups
These 10 Israeli companies are helping repair and save the world’s dwindling bee population from going extinct through new and innovative technologies.

(Source: CTech, September 24, 2021)
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IVC-Meitar Tech Review for the first half of 2021 is out !
 
All-time record of amount raised in the first half of 2021 - $11.9 billion, more than the total amount raised in 2020 ($10.3 B).
Another strong quarter for the Israeli high-tech industry - $6.52 billion were invested in 230 deals.
38  investments of over $100 million each were responsible for approximately 50% of the total amount raised in the first half of the year.

 
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