Categories
Latest News Israel News

Smartphone Repair Co. CellSavers Raises $15m

Israeli startup CellSavers, which provides an on-demand repair platform for smartphones and other mobile devices, has completed a $15 million financing round led by Carmel Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital Israel. As reported in Globes: The current funding follows the company’s $3 million round in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital in December 2015. The […]

Categories
Latest News Israel News

Israeli Cybertech Startup BioCatch Tracks Online Behavior To Catch Criminals

The company’s software checks over 500 bio-behavioral, cognitive and physiological parameters to create unique user profiles — and an individual web presence — for visitors to banking and eCommerce sites. As reported in NoCamels (republished from The Times of Israel): The company’s latest product, which is already deployed in a set of tier-one banks and […]

Categories
Latest News Israel News

Ford Buys Israeli Machine Learning Co. SAIPS

The acquisition of the Rehovot-based company is part of Ford’s pledge to develop a fleet of driverless cars by 2021. As reported in Globes: Car manufacturing giant Ford has acquired Israeli computer vision and machine learning company SAIPS. The acquisition of the Rehovot-based company is part of Ford’s pledge to develop a driverless car by […]

Categories
Latest News Israel News

Israeli Start-up ‘Plate My Meal’ Teaches Kids Healthy Eating Habits

Israeli startup Plate My Meal is offering a simple yet effective way to instill healthy eating habits and prevent obesity from a young age, with a five-piece plastic plate set for toddlers. The plates, which are divided into different compartments, indicate the recommended portions of different kinds of foods, including dairy products, vegetables and grains. […]

Categories
Latest News Israel News

Israeli Taxi App Gett To Be Part of Google Maps’ Navigation Service

Gett will be integrated into Google Maps, enabling taxi hailing directly from the popular navigation app. As reported in Globes: The taxi hailing app Gett (formerly GetTaxi) is teaming with Google, integrating Gett’s service into the Google Maps navigation app and enabling users to order taxis directly from the navigation map.The option to hail a […]

Categories
Latest News Israel News

Israel’s Matific Raises $45M To Make Maths Education Games

Hoping to expand its reach beyond the twenty countries where it already has a presence, the company recently announced the closing of a $45 million Series B funding round. The funding round was led by Australian entrepreneur Leon Kamenev and brings the company’s total funding to $57 million, after securing a $12 million round in 2015. As […]

Categories
Latest News Israel News

Chinese Group Buys Israeli Co Playtika For $4.4b

The Chinese consortium, which is buying Playtika from US company Caesars, says Playtika will remain an independent unit managed from Herzliya. As reported in Globes: A Chinese consortium has acquired Israeli social games company Playtika from Caesars Interactive Entertainment online games unit for $4.4 billion in cash, the companies have announced. Based in Herzliya, US […]

Categories
Latest News Israel News

Intel, Global Banks Support Launch of Israeli Fintech Startup Hub

Housed at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, The Floor startup hub aims to put Israel on the global map in the hot field of financial technology. As reported in Israel21C: A unique financial technology startup hub housed at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange aims to put Israel on the global map in the hot field […]

Categories
Latest News Israel News

Israeli Auto Tech Startup Engie Raises $3.5m

Israeli car engine diagnosis company Engie, which has developed an app for streamlining the rather unpleasant process of taking a car to the garage, has raised $3.5 million in a Series A financing round. As reported in Globes: Since the app was launched, more than 200 garages around Israel have joined it, and it has almost […]

Categories
Latest News Israel News

Israeli Mobile Security Company Skycure Raises $16.5m

Israeli mobile threat defense startup Skycure has completed a $16.5 million series B investment led by Foundation Capital. As reported in Globes:  Skycure will use the funds to expand the company’s presence in EMEA and APAC, broaden its foothold with Global 1000 customers, and invest in further developing the company’s award winning mobile threat defense platform. […]