Category Archives: startups

Don’t Automate, Collaborate

Posted on April 16, 2021 by GilPress

The future of work promises increased productivity, getting top results with fewer resources, and using AI not to eliminate jobs but to help teams excel. Ofir Paldi and the startup he runs, Shamaym, may have found the key to this future … Continue reading →

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Israeli Tech Startups Break New Records

Posted on April 13, 2021 by GilPress

Raising $4.9 billion, Israeli startups had a record-breaking year in 2020, according to PitchBook. This was up from $3.9 billion in 2019 and 5 times what it was ten years ago. Previous records have continued to be shattered in the first … Continue reading →

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The Future of Work Now from Israeli Startup Centrical

Posted on March 16, 2021 by GilPress

The future of work is about reinventing how companies motivate their employees. Centrical, a startup focused on delivering the future of work now, announced on March 10th that it closed a $32 million funding round led by Intel Capital, a new … Continue reading →

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Startups Continue to Hire During the Pandemic

Posted on February 26, 2021 by GilPress

Jerusalem-based venture investing platform OurCrowd released the first installment of the quarterly OurCrowd Jobs Index showing that the number of open positions listed by OurCrowd’s portfolio companies rose from 350 in June 2020 to 912 in December 2020. The startups surveyed by … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Tech Trends and Startups

Posted on June 24, 2020 by GilPress

At the OurCrowd Pandemic Innovation Conference on June 22, 2020, Stav Erez and Dr. Jonathan Wiesen presented the top 10 tech trends emerging from the current global pandemic Read more here

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Pandemic Innovation Fund to Raise $100 Million

Posted on June 3, 2020 by GilPress

Jerusalem-based OurCrowd, the world’s largest crowdfunded-venture investment platform, plans to raise $100 million for its new Pandemic Innovation Fund, investing in technological solutions for the medical, business, educational and social needs triggered by global pandemics and other health emergencies. Read more … Continue reading →

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The Growing Export Business of Israel

Posted on February 4, 2020 by GilPress

It was a very good decade for Startup Nation. Since 2010, capital raising by Israeli tech companies has grown by 400% and the number of deals by 64%, reaching $8.3 billion in 522 deals last year. From 2010 to 2019, the number … Continue reading →

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Deep Tech Landscape in Israel: 150 Startups

Posted on February 2, 2020 by GilPress

“Deep Tech” describes forward-thinking technologies based on profound scientific breakthroughs or engineering novelties. For decades, the Israeli ecosystem established expertise in Frontier Technologies such as: Semiconductors; Quantum Computing; Sensors; Space 2.0; Robotics; Networking & Wireless; Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology; Next … Continue reading →

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Best of 2019: The Global Restructuring of Startup Funding

Posted on January 12, 2020 by GilPress

[April 15, 2019] The venture capital industry is under attack. Prominent VC firm Andreessen Horowitz is “blowing up the venture capital model,” transforming itself into a “financial adviser” so it can beat “antiquated rules about what is and isn’t a … Continue reading →

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Cybersecurity Startup Closes the Gap Between Security and DevOps

Posted on December 11, 2019 by GilPress

Cybersecurity startup Rezilion emerged from stealth today, announcing $8 million in seed funding, led by Jerusalem Venture Partners. JVP was joined by Kindred Capital, LocalGlobe, Samsung NEXT, and a number of angel investors. Founded by serial cybersecurity entrepreneurs Liran Tancman and Shlomi … Continue reading →

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