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“One investor told us: you look like nice girls, you should go do something else.” After their VC fund iAngels marked two dream exits in a week, Mor Assia and Shelly Hod-Moyal discuss the secret to managing a successful firm while maintaining a work-life balance. Read more

Chip giant Nvidia set to recruit 600 new employees in Israel. The company’s announcement is expected to further intensify the battle for local tech talent. Read more

How Israel’s SuperSmart hopes to win where Amazon lost. Amazon’s ‘checkout-less’ stores were considered a failure - so how does a small Israeli company expect to revolutionize the global supermarket industry? Read more

Jolt and TALMA launch new program to close Israeli techies’ English language gap. A recent survey found that 3,000 applicants missed out on job opportunities due to below-par language capabilities. Read more

Pitango and Chemi Peres launching $230 million SPAC. The new special acquisition company, backed by VC funds Pitango, Amplify, and Sphera, has been named Israel Amplify Program and is targeting a merger with a technology company in Israel. Read more

Interview | From the Tel Aviv party scene to a successful Silicon Valley startup. Naama Alon’s path from graphic designer and party-thrower to co-founder of HoneyBook was anything but ordinary. She shared how she came up with the idea behind her startup, which was chosen by Glassdoor as one of the best companies to work for in the U.S. Read more

AnD Ventures raises $30 million for new seed investment fund. The fund aims to invest $1 million to $1.5 million in 17 early stage startups. Read more

Automakers showcase pandemic-resistant innovation in Tokyo. Covid-19 has spurred automakers to add some surprisingly sophisticated gadgets and update older vehicle models, befitting the escape-like mentality. Read more

Israeli startups stampeding towards alternative meat solutions. Can these 4 companies overcome the triple challenges of product texture, pricing, and regulation in the quest to transform the food industry’s holy grail? Read more

A good gamble: How Israel became a social casino powerhouse. They are scorned by gamers and puritans, but social casino games are the backbone of the country’s thriving gaming industry. Read more

Tech salaries continue to climb, highlighted by particularly sharp increases outside of Tel Aviv. Salaries of tech employees have increased by 5% overall in Israel over the past year, with demand especially climbing in the north of the country. Read more 

Employer Branding | “We were happy to roll with the punches” during Covid-19, states Binah.ai. It’s not easy building an established and professional team during Covid-19. Here’s how Binah.ai is doing it. Read more

Opinion | There's a new wave of Israeli startups out there: meet the pioneers in B2C, B2SMB, and Passionware. At Benson Oak Ventures, we have a core investment thesis around the concept of the ownership / passion economy. We dub “passionware” as the new category of software tools and platforms enabling anyone to be an entrepreneur, run a business to earn a living and, at the same time, fulfill one’s passions. Read more