Israel’s Viz.ai has raised $100 million at a valuation of $1.2 billion. Meanwhile the revenue of Israel’s Pagaya grew by 379% in 2021 to $475 million, and is now valued at $8.5 billion.

Cybersecurity Island.io (see here previously) has just become Israel’s latest financial Unicorn by raising $115 million at a valuation of $1.3 billion. Capitolis (see here) raised $110 million at a valuation of $1.6 billion. Meanwhile, Israel’s RapidAPI (see here) raised … Continue reading →

Israeli fintech company Rapyd (see here previously) has reached a valuation of $15 billion, making it Israel’s highest value private company. Rapyd employs 600 people globally, including 330 in Israel. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkyicgswc

Israeli homebuilding tech company Veev (see here previously) has just raised $400 million at a valuation of over $1 billion. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-tech-homebuilding-co-veev-raises-400m-1001404020

Israel’s Cheq (see here previously) has joined the Unicorn club by raising $150 million at a valuation of $1 billion. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkq00augg9

Israel’s Cloudinary has just raised its first funds at a valuation of $2 billion. Cloudinary allows users to “quickly and easily create, manage, and deliver their digital experiences across any browser, device, and bandwidth”. I don’t understand that either, but … Continue reading →

Israel’s Firebolt, developer of cloud data warehouses for engineering teams, has just raised $100 million ($1.4 billion valuation) to join the Unicorn club of private companies worth over $1 billion. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3928013,00.html

Pentera (cybersecurity) raised $150 million ($1 billion valuation). Placer.ai (analytics) raised $100 million ($1 billion valuation). BigPanda (Israeli R&D AI Ops) raised $190 million ($1.2 billion valuation). https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3926960,00.html https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3927078,00.html https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3927085,00.html

Some 48 Israeli and Israeli-founded companies reached unicorn status ($1 billion market value) in 2021. In 2020, the number was only16.  41 of those companies have a CEO and key management in Israel. https://nocamels.com/2021/12/unicorns-2021-israeli-record/