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Weekly FIRGUN Newsletter – March 7 2025

VC Cafe

I’ll just echo folks like Bill Ackman, Safra Katz or Juan Delgado-Moreira – “ Now is the best time to invest in Israel “ It’s been another packed week in the AI and wider tech world. Mazal tov Orly Shoavi and team ClarityQ GenAI Product Analytics on emerging from stealth with a $3.7M

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

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Noteworthy Machine Intelligence startups in Israel ?? There’s been a proliferation of Machine Intelligence companies in Israel. Below are 30 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) startups to watch in Israel (Part 1). Voyager Labs (2012) – cognitive computing for understanding human behaviour.

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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

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In the last 3 months of 2024, Israel’s GDP shrank by 20% in annualised term s and Israel’s credit rating was downgraded by Moodys. Sophisticated investors and tech leaders are bullish on Israel But don’t take it from me. What is important for them now in the context of Israel is a permanent ceasefire.

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Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

VC Cafe

Founded by CEO Meir (Iri) Zohar, eXalate has offices in New York and Kfar Saba, Israel. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2 This is the startup’s second round, coming to a total of $19 million to date. eXelate eXchange was launched in 2008 and includes some of the world’s leading publishers.

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Meet the new Cloud Unicorn from Israel: Melio raises $110m to transform B2B payments

Cracking the Code

just months after it came out of stealth. When Accel led Melio’s series B last year, we had high expectations for the company and its vision but didn’t imagine it would become one of Israel’s cloud unicorns in such a short space of time. 25% of the value of the 10 public cloud companies born in Europe and Israel.

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Weekly #FIRGUN Newsletter – December 13 2024

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I was having lunch with a senior investor in London, who asked me: how long until business in Israel returns to normal? billion, according to a new report by PWC Israel. Mazel tov Israel Krush and team Hyro on the $15M series B extension to tackle healthcares AI needs! It’s time to build. The answer is: it already has.

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The ever growing Israeli Generative AI landscape April 2023

VC Cafe

The US and China are in the lead, but Israel has certainly earned itself a place as one of the leading centers of excellence in the global AI ecosystem with companies like AI21 Labs, which is developing a large language model Jurassic, which can be considered as an alternative to GPT. The talent pool for AI startups in Israel is deep.