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Thursday, July 16, 2020
-Tel Aviv, Israel
IVC ONLINE PROPRIETARY DATABASE*
ACTIVE ISRAELI HIGH-TECH CO’S
ACTIVE INVESTORS
ACTIVE MULTINATIONALS
9,110
2,391
378
*Updated Daily
ISRAELI HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY UPDATES (JUL 12- JUL 16)
Israeli high-tech companies record $5.82 billion in exit activity on 52 transactions in the first half of 2020,
with a vast majority of activity seen early in the year ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic and corporate buyers inability to deploy capital for acquisitions causing a significant slowdown.
(Source: IVC-MEITAR)
Israeli-U.S. Binational Industrial R&D Foundation approves $8 million dollars of new financing for 10 projects,
with a focus on developing cutting edge tech in cybersecurity and healthcare.
(Source: Company Press Release)
Tel Aviv's own Amiti Ventures secures $110 million for its third fund to invest in Israeli high-tech at the Seed and Series A stages,
bringing its total assets under management to $180 million while continuing to focus on early stage financing in semiconductors, big data, and cybersecurity startups.
(Source: Geektime)
Be'er Sheva headquartered blockchain security software company Valid Network secures $8M in Series A financing to expand its R&D department and open a New York office,
with San Mateo California VC TenEleven Ventures acting as lead investor and Israel's JVP also participating in the round.
(Source: PR Newswire)
Boston headquartered private equity behemoth Advent International formally agrees to purchase publicly traded cybersecurity software provider ForeScout for $1.43B,
with California based Crosspoint Capital Partners acting as an advisor on the transaction.
(Source: Reuters)
Tel Aviv headquartered IoT development platform Seebo secures $9M in Series B financing to expand its global footprint,
with Autodesk's corporate venture capital fund among those participating and Israeli VC Ofek Ventures leading the round.
(Source: Company Press Release)
RECENTLY PUBLISHED MACROECONOMIC PIECES (2019-2020 YTD)
*New
IVC-Meitar 1H'20 Exits Report
IVC-ZAG Q2'20 High-Tech Capital Raising Report
Corporate Innovation in Israel
(Created by
Mind The Bridge and powered by IVC)
Israeli Healthcare Sector Update
Discussion with Giza Venture Founder (Zeev Holtzman) on Israeli High-Tech
Israeli High-Tech Unicorn and Charging Ponies Update
IVC-ZAG Q1'20 High-Tech Capital Raising Repo
rt
IVC-Meitar 2019 Full-Year Exits Report
IVC-ZAG 2019 High-Tech Capital Raising Report
RECENT DATABASE ADDITIONS & SELECTED ACTIVITY (JUL 12- JUL 16)
Financing Rounds
GoTo
($19M Series A)
Nectin
($6M Series A)
Pi-Cardia
($25M Series C)
Env0
($3.5M Seed)
Exits
ForeScout
(Taken Private by
Advent International
)
VC / PE Fundraising Activity
VGames Fund
(New $30M game focused VC fund)
New Startups
Nasus Pharma
(Biotech)
Engini.AI
(Business Analytics Application)
Leadion
(Online Advertising
)
Weelrn
(E-Learning)
PeNeLPi
(AI Chatbot Application)
ShareTeGo
(Social Technology Platform)
UPCOMING ISRAELI HIGH-TECH EVENTS (Q3-Q4'20)
*New
Vehicle & Transporation Technology Innovation Meetings
(Sep 16-17)
2020 Atlas Award Ceremony
(Oct 14)
TRAVELTECH ISRAEL 2020
(Oct 21-22)
IVC UPDATES
*New
IVC impact investing tag
is now available in our advanced search function
IVC dynamic Israeli unicorn dashboard
has recently been updated
IVC Life Sciences sub-sector reclassification
has been updated
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