Retired NBA player Omri Casspi launches VC Fund
The $50m Sheva fund was cofounded with veteran early-stage investor David Citron and will focus on newer startups.
The $50m Sheva fund was cofounded with veteran early-stage investor David Citron and will focus on newer startups.
Prop-tech company Veev raised the most money in March, while three other Israeli startups also raised more than $100 million each.
The $40 million in financing was approved within 72 hours of due diligence conducted using Liquidity’s proprietary artificial intelligence technology.
Investments of $100 million or more went to two cybersecurity companies, one media experience cloud company and one sports-tech company.
January kicks off another year of mega rounds for Israeli companies in fields including cyber, alternative protein, HR tech, biopharma.
A unique attitude to business and life enabled Israeli high-tech to reach new heights at a difficult time for the whole world.
In 2021, mega-rounds of $100 million or more became more common as overall totals skyrocketed. December was no exception to that trend.
Jerusalem-based venture fund becomes the first Israeli VC to be licensed in United Arab Emirates through the Abu Dhabi Global Market.
10 Israeli companies closed financing rounds of $100 million or more over the past month.
Firstime Ventures’ fund to invest in Israeli entrepreneurs operating in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Orca Security, with $550 million, leads 6-figure investment rounds closed in October.
MeaTech is developing a sustainable alternative to industrialized animal farming using 3D bioprinting and tissue engineering technologies.
Snyk, Papaya, Melio are just some of the Israeli companies that closed investment rounds of at least $100 million in the past month.
Israeli digital health companies raised $1 billion in the first half of 2021, topping the amount invested in all of 2020.
Business, governmental and academic ties are blossoming between Israel and the UAE a year after normalization began.