Who completed their third funding round in less than a year and how did Iran cover its cyber attacks against Israel?

Salt Security raises $70 million, completes third funding round in less than a year. The Israeli API security startup has raised a total of $120 million over the last 12 months. Read more

Gifting platform Snappy raises $70 million series C. Snappy’s approach to curated gift collections allows recipients to choose the gift they love before it’s delivered, making environmental and logistical sense. Read more

Lightrun raises $23 million led by Insight Partners. The Israeli startup will use the funding to accelerate its roadmap of enterprise-level features for developer teams embracing the new shift-left paradigm for production code observability. Read more

Appointments | Neha Parikh appointed as new Waze CEO. Parikh is the former President of Hotwire (of the Expedia Group) and replaces Noam Bardin, who announced his departure last year after eight years at the company that was acquired by Google in 2013. Read more

AI chipmaker Hailo wins Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year. The Hailo-8, was named the “Best Edge AI Processor” of the year. Read more

7 Israeli companies recognized in CNBC’s annual Disruptor list. The companies largely operate in the cyber and healthcare spaces - two areas impacted by Covid-19. Read more

Report: Criminal cyber actions are used to cover Iranian strategic operations against Israel. The SentinelOne report names hacker group Agrius as an Iranian agent. Sources said this group was behind the Shirbit and the KLS attacks. Read more  

Childhood friends of Moshe Hogeg suing the Israeli businessman for NIS 18 million. Roee Bruchiel, who claims to be Hogeg’s childhood friend and who served as his personal assistant, and Eran Okashi, who worked as a bookkeeper at Hogeg’s Singulariteam VC, are suing former boss for fraud. Read more

Contentsquare lands $500 million series E led by SoftBank Vision. In 2019, the French company acquired Israeli firm Clicktale, which specializes in digital analysis of the user experience. Read more

Car importer hops on public transportation tech investment. GM brands importer UMI invests NIS 15 million (more than $4.5 million) in payment and ride planning company HopOn. Read more

RightBound raises $12 million to drive B2B sales. The Israeli startup’s autonomous sales platform addresses the complex prospecting process, transforming manual routines into a data-driven, AI-based autonomous process. Read more

Laguna Health comes out of stealth, raises $6.6 million for post-hospital recovery. The digital recovery company combines data, technology, and behavioral health experts to shorten recovery and prevent readmissions. Read more

Ibex obtains CE Mark for AI-powered breast cancer detection. The Ibex Galen Breast solution can detect multiple types of breast cancer and provide accurate diagnoses. Read more

Insurtech company Parametrix raises $17.5 million led by FirstMark Capital. The Israeli startup's offering ensures that companies with mission-critical services in the cloud can quickly recover from IT downtime events. Read more