Tagged: israel

December 11, 2021 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Elron Ventures, an Israeli early-stage investment firm, has added multiple “domain experts” to join their Advisory Board. They are Jeff Trudeau, CISO of Chime, Gil Gur Arie, Chief Global Data Insights & Analytics at Ford Motor Company, Al Ghous, CISO of Snapdocs and Co-Founder of… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchor, the autonomous billing platform, announces that it has finalized a $15 million seed-funding round. Led by Rapyd Ventures, the new venture capital unit of Rapyd, Entrée Capital, an established venture capital firm that has invested in unicorns such as Monday.com and Riskified and Tal… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 9:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, it was widely reported that Yaron Shalem, CFO of Celsius Network,  was allegedly arrested in Israel along with other individuals. Via Twitter, Celsius confirmed that an unnamed employee had been “suspended” while stating they have verified that no assets were misplaced or mishandled. … Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

From its earliest days, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) says that it has sharply focused on protecting their clients’ assets with the strongest, most robust security tech available in the markets. Over time, Coinbase‘s approaches have evolved, but their objective has always been the same: “to provide the… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global online investment platform, has released its OurCrowd High-Tech Jobs Index Q3 2021. According to the index that measures job demand, openings at OurCrowd portfolio companies jumped by 244% year over year. But following this period of robust growth, many early-stage firms anticipate… Read More

November 27, 2021 @ 12:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-Israeli supply chain Fintech platform, 8fig, recently finalized a $50 million Series A round. The company’s investment round has been joined by existing investors Battery Ventures and LocalGlobe, along with serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Nested and GoCardless’ Matt Robinson. As mentioned in the update,… Read More

November 22, 2021 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Online investment platform OurCrowd has become the first venture capital firm to be approved by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to operate as a find manager in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). OurCrowd said in a statement that it hs incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, OurCrowd… Read More

November 17, 2021 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Fort Ross Ventures has closed on a $200 million fund that targets late stage, Series D, investments. Fort Ross has backed multiple high profile Fintechs including Roofstock, LendingHome (now Kiavi), eToro and more. Fort Ross notes that in addition to a strong footprint in the… Read More

November 14, 2021 @ 9:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Treasury has announced it will work with Israel in a partnership to combat the threat of ransomware. The two countries also affirmed a commitment to encouraging “robust Fintech innovation,” while also reinforcing the necessity of working together to combat cyber threats…. Read More

November 12, 2021 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment platform OurCrowd has inked another Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – this time with an entity from Colombia. According to an email distributed by OurCrowd, they have signed an MOU with iNNpulsa to establish a fund to invest in OurCrowd portfolio companies, as well… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 7:01 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Team8, an Israeli venture group, has a unique recipe for success, its vice president for business development and Fintech Galia Beer Gabel said. A lawyer by training, Beer Gabel moved into a business development role at PayPal where she worked across such emerging markets as… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Menta, a Fintech service provider streamlining access to credit for the underbanked consumers, has reportedly chosen Agora Services to introduce its credit builder loan platform. The underbanked segment represents over 100 million US residents who are considered disadvantaged because of the shortcomings of the traditional… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

  Agora, a real estate investment management platform, has raised a $9 million seed round to further develop its software and to expand its activity in the United States. Agora reports that the funding was led by Aleph, with participation from River Park Ventures and… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Staircase AI, a pioneer in relationship intelligence, has confirmed the completion of its $4 million seed round. The firm acquired funding from StageOne Ventures, a VC fund that’s focused on addressing major enterprise challenges, and Disruptive AI, an early-stage VC that specializes in artificial intelligence…. Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a top global investment crowdfunding platform, has received an investment from SoftBank. According to a note from the company, the SoftBank Vision Fund 2 will make a $25 million convertible equity investment into the company. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. As part… Read More

October 7, 2021 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd has been recognized as the leading VC investor in Israel for the 9th year in a row. OurCrowd is a global investment crowdfunding platform matching investors with promising private deals around the world. Israel is one of the hottest startup markets anywhere and OurCrowd… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 1:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shield, the Workplace Intelligence platform for compliance teams, reveals that it has teamed up with LeapXpert, a provider of in front-office conversational solutions. LeapXpert’s Federated Messaging Orchestration Platform (FMOP) has been designed to support the real-time control, monitoring, and capture of conversations on mobile messaging… Read More

September 18, 2021 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blumberg Capital revealed on Friday (September 18, 2021) that it has secured $225 million as part of its fifth fund, which focuses on making strategic investments into early-stage ventures. Blumberg was established around 30 years back by Jewish entrepreneur David Blumberg and has reportedly invested… Read More

August 26, 2021 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global investment crowdfunding platform serving accredited investors and institutions, has posted its Q2 High-Tech Jobs Index. According to the Index,  startup job vacancies are skyrocketing as the work from home (WFH) environment, is here to stay. OurCrowd states that its portfolio companies indicate… Read More

August 25, 2021 @ 12:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: TASE) has released for public discussion a proposal for a considerable reduction of the cost of real-time data to private investors. Around 2 years back, TASE made a notable move by improving the accessibility of trading data and supporting the… Read More