Who raised a $450 million growth-stage fund and which Israeli company made it to the Super Bowl?

JVP raising new $450 million growth stage fund. The trend of raising growth-orientated funds signals the high demand for substantial investments in growing Israeli companies. Read more

Meet the Israeli AR startup that made it to the Super Bowl. Fuse.ar provides an extensive suite of seamless AR content creation solutions, used among others by American singing and acting star Nick Jonas in his Super Bowl ad. Read more

The fight for gamers will be “worse than a World War,” according to Incredibuild CEO. As game developers move from on-prem to the cloud, companies like Microsoft and Nintendo will be competing against Amazon - for the eyes of 2.7 billion players. Read more  

Fiverr CEO joins Big-tech 50 partnership. The R&D tech partnership plans to produce an index with the largest 50 private tech companies in Israel, and allow others to invest in them prior to their being issued to the public or sold. Read more

Why did Facebook (again) suspend the popular Israeli group Secret Tel Aviv? The group, which had more than 320,000 members, had a prominent job board helping people find jobs during Covid-19. Read more 

Japanese investments in Israel rose by 20% in 2020 totaling $1.1 billion. The land of the rising sun has a growing number of foreign investments in Israel and Japanese companies are opening up local branches. Read more 

Telegram ordered by court to prevent distribution of copyright-infringing content. As part of a lawsuit filed by Israeli consortium ZIRA, the court ruled that Telegram must prevent groups of users from distributing content such as TV series, movies, translations and music. Read more

IAI reveals WASP, an aerial surveillance system to track moving targets. Its aerial coverage can expand to 15 square kilometers when mounted on a Heron 1 aircraft. Read more

Robotic catheter maker EndoWays acquired by Ascendium Systems. Deal to help the Israeli company accelerate its clinical and commercial development, especially in China. Read more

Which tech jobs will land you the highest salaries in Israel? Job seekers’ priorities are shifting with adoption of work from home; salaries have bounced back up after Covid-downturn. Read more

HR Post Covid | In Covid-19, Intuit Israel asks: “how can we preserve and develop our culture?” As part of CTech’s HR Post Covid series, the company’s General Manager and VP Security R&D discusses some of the ways culture can be fostered and maintained. Read more  

Opinion | The David and Goliath eCommerce War: Israel vs. the world, small businesses vs. large retail companies. Now is the time to fight the cart abandonment phenomenon and bring back your local purchasers, argues Funnelyzer's Founder and CEO, Achishay Buchnick. Read more