Who raised $100 million and which Israeli company did Alexis Ohanian invest in?

BlackRock leads $100 million investment in Deep Instinct. "We will be doing a series E with BlackRock in nine months and I estimate that our valuation will be of several unicorns by then," said CEO Guy Caspi. Read more

Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian invests in Israeli podcast platform Riverside.fm. The startup’s platform enables local recording of lossless audio and 4K video tracks independent of internet connection speed. Read more

Real estate data startup Cherre raises $50 million and will open R&D center in Israel. Cherre is the largest real estate knowledge graph in the world, connecting all disparate real estate data into a single source. Read more

Israeli fintech startup Pagaya eyeing Wall Street at $8 billion valuation. Through the first three months of the year, Pagaya registered revenue reflecting $300 million annually, and a profit of $100 million for the year. Read more

AirEye raises $8 million to extend network security in digital airspace. Just like in WW1, once the skies became an area for war it has never been the same. Read more

Analysis | The capital markets are sobering up from the great SPAC binge. The SPAC index has fallen 11% since the start of the year; many SPAC shares have crashed and short positions on them have multiplied; Is Israel’s SPAC gold rush coming to an end? Read more

BigID raises $30 million from Advent at $1.25 billion valuation. The Israeli data intelligence company has raised $250 million in total since September 2019. Read more

Israeli startups that are working toward saving the environment. From detecting water leaks to 3D printing of solar panels, in honor of Earth Day, here are a number of impressive Israeli startups working toward protecting our planet. Read more

Israel’s tech industry suffers from a chronic employee shortage, report warns. Companies are on hiring sprees, but the chronic shortage of skilled high-tech personnel remains. Read more

Eating a 3D-printed burger - technically perfect, but something is missing. CTech was invited to SavorEat to eat a freshly printed 3D burger - here’s what we found. Read more

Insurtech and fintech partnership heading toward TASE offering. The Sure-Tech Partnership has already invested in insurtech companies Vesttoo and GEOX. Read more

Tech on the Roof | Software companies showed “incredible growth and resiliency” during the pandemic, says iAngels Founding Partner.

Speaking at Calcalist’s Tech on the Roof event, Shelly Hod Moyal outlines some of the sectors that have persevered - and thrived - during Covid-19. Watch full interview