Monthly Archives: December 2024

Exits, mergers & acquisitions – to 22/12/24

US cybersecurity giant Fortinet has acquired Israel’s Perception Point.

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Monetization for engineers

Israel’s Stigg.io has developed a platform for software engineers to build monetization functionality into their companies’ business systems that enables them to bill customers for their services (Systems as a Service – SAAS). https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1zbwmwnkg https://www.stigg.io/

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Fighting fraud in Australia

Israel’s BioCatch (see here previously) has brought together five of Australia’s largest banks to tackle financial fraud. ANZ, CBA, NAB, Suncorp (Norfina), and Westpac join BioCatch Trust Australia in the first inter-bank, behavior- and device-based fraud and scam intelligence-sharing network. … Continue reading

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Global e-commerce for Harrods

Israel’s Global-e Online (see here previously) has partnered with Harrods – the world’s leading luxury department store, to enhance its international online operations. Global-e partners over 1,000 brands and retailers across the United States, Europe and Asia. https://investors.global-e.com/news-releases/news-release-details/harrods-partners-global-e-enhance-global-e-commerce-offering

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Saving energy on thousands of radiators

Israel’s Solchip (see here previously) has won an order for 20,000 of its SolRad energy-saving IoT devices from one of Europe’s largest publicly traded real estate companies. The low-cost device can be retrofitted to any radiator in minutes to reduce … Continue reading

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Defense tech is hot for VC funds

No longer is defense technology shunned by investors as speakers emphasized at the DefenseTech Summit, hosted at Tel Aviv University. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/syxczfvn1g

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Investing in defense

Israeli VC fund, Protego Ventures, investing in military tech startups, has already secured $70 million in just two weeks and is expected to close at $200 million. It is in high demand, primarily from U.S. institutional investors. Protego is founded … Continue reading

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Israel Tech Mission

A delegation of 44 overseas entrepreneurs and investors joined the third Israel Tech Mission (see here previously) to connect with Israel’s high-tech sector. They visited LEO AI at Tel Aviv’s Google for Startups branch. See comments of newsletter subscriber Nathan … Continue reading

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Recycling organic waste

Israel is to build its first anaerobic waste facility, near the Dia landfill site close to the Gaza border. It will use sealed containers of microbes to break down 200,000 tons of agricultural and household waste annually. It will produce … Continue reading

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Above and beyond

Dr. Shimrit Maman of Israel’s Ben-Gurion University has been appointed Vice Chair of the Earth Observation Committee at the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). This committee oversees remote-sensing satellite activities around Earth. Dr Maman was a scientist on the “Venus” satellite … Continue reading

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