Israel’s Outbrain acquired US-based Teads for $1 billion. Israel’s Payoneer acquired Singapore-based Skuad for a minimum of $61 million. Israel’s Fiverr has acquired Israel’s AutoDS. Israeli-American founded company Deel is acquiring the British start-up Hofy for an estimated $100 million. … Continue reading →

Riskified raised $368 million (IPO) Fireblocks raised $310 million; Wiliot raised $200 million; At-Bay raised $185 million; Outbrain raised $160 million (IPO); ActiveFence raised $80 million; Atera raised $77 million; Coralogix raised $55 million; YOOBIC raised $50 million; Nym Health … Continue reading →

AnyVision raised $235 million; Outbrain raised $200 million; Orca Security raised $150 million; Aleph Farms raised $105 million; Silk Technologies raised $55 million; CoreTigo raised $13 million; NanoLock Security raised $11 million; BioT raised $6.5 million; Medorion raised $6 million; … Continue reading →

BBC Global News has replaced Outbrain (see here) – its Israeli provider of recommendations for the website BBC.com – with Israel’s Taboola (see here). Ironically, the Israeli firms recently cancelled a 2019 merger agreement (see here). (No change likely to … Continue reading →

Israel rose from 4th in 2019 to 3rd of the 202 countries on Startup Blink’s 2020 Global Ecosystem Report. It lists Outbrain, Fiverr and Moovit as the most popular of the 968 startups listed. Israel was 2nd for Coronavirus innovation. … Continue reading →

Israeli content distributors Taboola (see here) and Outbrain (see here) make billions of dollars by attracting Internet users to the websites of large on-line companies. Now they realize that they can be even more successful by working together – so … Continue reading →

Israeli entrepreneur Sharon Rabi studied electrical engineering at Tel Aviv University. But a too-short haircut and lack of styling tools prompted her to invent the DAFNI. Her range of products now sells in 15 countries. https://www.independent.ie/style/beauty/meet-sharon-rabi-the-physicist-who-turned-a-bad-haircut-into-a-multimillion-euro-beauty-empire-38092374.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey5eAZXSGlA https://www.outbrain.com/blog/inspiring-women-sharon-rabi/ https://dafnihairus.com/

TV sports service Eurosport has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Israel’s Outbrain. It will use Outbrain’s content discovery technology for 13 of its global markets, including Australia, the U.K. and Germany. Outbrain’s clients include CNN and Wall Street Journal. … Continue reading →

Although it may not reach a value of $1 billion, Israeli content recommendations company Outbrain reckons its advanced algorithmic engine will raise $100 – 200 million when it goes public later in the year. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-start-up-outbrain-to-seek-billion-dollar-ipo/ http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000877964&fid=1725 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBTYzbT2VsQ