Which Israeli company recruited Messi and who raised $200 million?

Interview | How Israelis can tame the Chinese lion: “It’s all a game of interests.” Carice Witte, founder of the SIGNAL think tank, offers a frank assessment of Israel-China relations and advice on how to turn dangers to advantages. Read more

Israeli-British cybersecurity startup Snyk raises $200 million at a $2.6 billion valuation. The company states that it has experienced an extraordinary year of momentum thus far, including more than 275% revenue growth and 100% employee growth. Read more  

Insight Partners leads $25 million series B round in automated penetration-testing company Pcysys. “Instead of just telling you that your home can be broken into through the roof, we attempt to actually slide down your chimney,” said Pcysys CEO. Read more  

Messi collaborates with Israel's OrCam to increase awareness for the blind and visually impaired. OrCam will arrange meetings between dozens of visually impaired people from around the world with the soccer superstar and he will gift them the OrCam MyEye. Read more  

Taboola-Outbrain merger called off. Deal falls through after Taboola requested to make it a stock-for-stock merger instead of paying Outbrain shareholders $250 million for a 70% stake. Read more

“A small step on a long journey” Israeli fintech company Salaryo sees first-ever UAE investment. “It took us a long time to complete the deal due to concerns over transferring funds from Dubai to Israel,” said Salaryo CEO Yair Levy. Read more

Israeli Techstars grad wants online accessibility to move beyond lip service. Speaking to CTech, SenseIT CEO Tamar Shapira says mere compliance is not enough, companies are missing out on millions. Read more

Israel’s Jifiti signs strategic partnership agreement with Mastercard. The fintech company developed a technology to enable point of sale financing, allowing banks and retailers to offer immediate credit by using Mastercard. Read more

Interview | When VCs claimed they couldn’t find female investors, these finance industry veterans started their own club. Orit Alperovitz and Inbal Polak were sick of being the only women in the room, so, they started a women-only investor club and are hoping to change the industry, one investment at a time. Read more

We miss the value of a routine, admits CYMOTIVE Technologies’ HR Manager. CYMOTIVE’s Head of HR Avital Menaged continues CTech’s series about some of the ways the HR industry is expected to change post-Covid-19. Read more

There is never a bad time to start a venture, says serial entrepreneur. Talmon Marco, who previously founded Viber and Juno and now heads hydrogen fuel company H2Pro, spoke Wednesday at Calcalist and ESIL Technologies’ Sustainability and Innovation Week. Watch full interview

 

Apollo Power’s flexible solar panels provide cheap electricity anywhere the sun shines, says CEO Oded Rozenberg. “The solar world has proven in recent years that it can compete with oil and natural gas,” Rozenberg said. Watch full interview

Preparing for a new world of renewable energies. CEO of Israeli oil refining and petrochemicals company Bazan said it is ready to adopt innovation. Watch full panel