CTech's Thursday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

Zadara Storage raises $25 million to expand cloud storage offering. Israel-based Zadara offers enterprises software-defined data storage in the cloud, with customizable variables such as memory capacity, drive type, and cache. Read more

Gett a taxi from London to Dubai. Gett is developing a new service that will enable business clients to hail a taxi to the airport, input their flight number, and then book a ride that will be waiting for them at their destination—all within the same order. Read more

People are calling this solar power farm the Eye of Sauron. Social media users in Israel are posting about the unnerving sight of a solar power station that was recently connected to the grid. Read more

Former AmEx CEO leads $14 million round for loan assessment startup Pagaya. Pagaya’s technology uses a machine learning algorithm to automatically detect and assess potential loan offerings on different consumer credit platforms in the U.S. Read more

Hit commercial song jabs Israelis (Almost) everywhere it hurts. A commercial for Israeli satellite television provider Yes has gone viral in Israel, topping the country's radio playlists. Read more

News Briefs

Hacked YouTube exec to join VSCO as product manager. Read more

Compass buys Pacific Union, the fifth largest real estate broker in the U.S. Read more