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Investment in Israeli startups (1/8/21)

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

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Investment in Israeli startups: 11/7/21

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

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BBC swaps one Israeli service for another

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

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The world’s 3rd best startup ecosystem

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

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Successful Israeli companies merge

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

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How a bad haircut started a beauty empire

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/

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Eurosport takes Israeli marketing service

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

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The next big Israeli business?

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

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From small beginnings

Israeli hi-tech Outbrain has grown into an international success. But it still maintains the personal touch with its employees. So when the son of its Vice President of Products was born prematurely at 25 weeks, the whole company worked together … Continue reading

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