Venture Insights – Israel VC News
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BridgeWise Raises $13m For an AI-Powered Equity Research Platform
BridgeWise (formally Deshe Analytics), an Israeli start-up that analyzes financial data and produces research, has raised $13 million in a seed round. The company was founded in 2019 by Gabriel Diamant (CEO) and Mor Hazan (VP of Product). Bridgeways employs 35 people in Israel, Armenia and Brazil. The capital raised will be used by the…
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NT Tao Raises $22m For the Development of a Container Size Nclear Reactor
The company raising round A to develop a compact nuclear fusion generator that will be a source of clean energy. Oded Gur Lavi, the CEO: “The whole world is looking for energy independence and energy security”. Among the investors in the company: Honda, Delek USA and the OurCrowd fund. Last December sentists from the NIF…
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Fiona Darmon Leaving JVP to Set Up Own Fund
Darmon, who worked for 13 years at Erel Margalit’s venture fund, will be raising a new investment fund specializing in taking advantage of crisis markets. JVP, one of Israel’s prominent VC funds with $1.8 billion in AUM, has invested in 160 companies since its inception in the 90s. Darmon is one of the top women…
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Dell Aquires Israeli Cloud Startup Cloudify for $100m
Dell confirmed that it acquired the Israeli startup Cloudify, which develops automation systems for management processes of cloud-based applications, after a report in the American media. Cloudify was founded in 2014 by Nati Shalom and other founders, as a spin-off from GigaSpaces, another company founded by Shalom in 1999. Cloudify’s headquarters is in Herzliya, and…
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After Papaya – Dispersive Funds Taking Their Money Out of Israel
Tal Barnoach’s Disruptive and Disruptive AI venture capital funds informed their investors this morning of their intention to withdraw the funds from Israel and transfer them abroad. The funds, which manage a total of $250 million, are joining the announcement made by Einat Guez of Papaya Global, who stated that the company will also withdraw…
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Israeli Hi-Tech Executives: Legal Reform Will Harm Business
Senior managers in Israeli venture capital funds that invest in Israel have warned that the new right-wing Government’s plan to reform the judicial system could harm the business climate and drive investors away. Barak Eilam, CEO of Nice, wrote in a letter to his employees that venture capital investors are hesitant to take risks in…
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Spend Management FinTech Platform PayEm Secures $220M in Recent Funding
PayEm raised a $20 million in a SAFE and an additional $200 million credit line from Viola Credit. The SAFE was raised from Mitsubishi Financial Group, Collaborative Fund, Pitango First, NFX, LocalGlobe and Glilot. The funds will help the company to expand PayEm’s card operations, serving larger customers and improving the employee experience within the…
