Monthly Archives: June 2025

Startup investment – to 22nd Jun 25

Posted on June 22, 2025

Cyera raised $540 million (valuation $6 billion); Coralogix has raised $115 million (new Unicorn); Carbyne is raising $100 million; Guardz raised $56 million; Visby Medical raised $55 million; Beewise raised $50 million; Tastewise  raised $50 million; Hypernative raised $40 million; … Continue reading →

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Exits, takeovers, and mergers to 22nd Jun 25

Posted on June 22, 2025

Qualcomm’s takeover of UK’s Alphawave includes Israeli semiconductor Banias Labs, which was acquired by Alphawave in 2022 and now has 90 Israeli employees (mainly optical networking and digital signal processing engineers). Israel’s Tipalti has acquired Israel’s Statement for $35-45 million. … Continue reading →

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A fifth Israeli airline

Posted on June 22, 2025

The Israeli owners of Cyprus-based TUS Airways and Greece-based Bluebird Airways have received a commercial license to start TUS IL. It will become the fifth Israeli carrier, aiming to begin operations from Tel Aviv in 2026. It will focus on … Continue reading →

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Subsidized rescue rates

Posted on June 22, 2025

Bank Leumi has arranged a Mano cruise liner to bring back some 1,500 Israelis stranded abroad. Registration for the cruise will be open to everyone at a subsidized fee (600 euros per person), and to bank customers at a discount … Continue reading →

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Inflation & deficit fall

Posted on June 22, 2025

Israel’s Consumer Price Index fell 0.3% in May, below analysts’ expectations. It brings annual inflation in Israel down to 3.1%. The largest fall (2.4%) was in transport and communications. Israel’s fiscal deficit fell to 5.1% due to a NIS 1.6 … Continue reading →

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Perpetual power for robots

Posted on June 22, 2025

Mor Peretz, an injured IDF veteran-turned professor, has founded CaPow and developed a way to power robots “en route” eliminating the need to stop for recharging. It eliminates charging processes and downtime, plus backup robots, while ensuring constant 100% throughput. … Continue reading →

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Your breath is like a fingerprint

Posted on June 22, 2025

Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a device to recognize people’s unique respiration, enabling scientists to determine physical health, depression & anxiety. How you breathe is almost as individual as your fingerprint, similar to voice recognition. https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-nose-knows-humans-nasal-breathing-patterns-are-like-fingerprints-israeli-scientists-find/

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Preventing identity fraud via the SIM

Posted on June 22, 2025

Israel’s Unibeam has launched a SIM-based identity verification method that works with both physical SIM cards and eSIMs. Unibeam uses the secure chip in SIM or eSIM cards to cryptographically verify users’ identities. It can prevent AI impersonation scams and … Continue reading →

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A beacon of co-existence

Posted on June 22, 2025

Israel’s President Herzog said Soroka Hospital (hit by Iranian missile) serves the entire Negev region, caring for Israelis of all faiths and the Palestinians who come especially to be treated there. Its devoted staff – Jews and Arabs – work … Continue reading →

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Standing ovation for Argentine President

Posted on June 22, 2025

History was made when the Knesset hosted the first Argentine President to address the full plenum. After tributes from the Knesset Speaker, the Prime Minister and the Opposition leader, President Milei distinguished good from evil, and praised Israel’s freedom and … Continue reading →

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