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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

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In the last 3 months of 2024, Israel’s GDP shrank by 20% in annualised term s and Israel’s credit rating was downgraded by Moodys. Sophisticated investors and tech leaders are bullish on Israel But don’t take it from me. What is important for them now in the context of Israel is a permanent ceasefire.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

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Noteworthy Machine Intelligence startups in Israel ?? There’s been a proliferation of Machine Intelligence companies in Israel. Below are 30 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) startups to watch in Israel (Part 1). Co-founders Ami Daniel and Matan Peled both served as naval officers.

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Meet the new Cloud Unicorn from Israel: Melio raises $110m to transform B2B payments

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The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. And he and his co-founders Ziv and Ilan made it happen: Melio’s now processing multi-billion dollar payment volumes less than two years after launch.

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VentureGeek’s Graduate 6Scan Gets Funded by YL Ventures

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Still in stealth mode, 6scan offers a SaaS security protection suite for websites through its main products: 6scan Patrol and 6scan Bodyguard. Nitzan Miron, CEO, served at the National Center for Information Protection in Israel. Yoav Leitersdorf will join co-founders Nitzan Miron and Yaron Tal on the board of directors.

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Stealthy Startup Any.do Raises $1 Million Seed Round for Voice Mobile Commands

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has announced this morning a $1 million round led by Genesis Partners, Blumberg Capital and Innovation Endeavors , Eric Schmidt’s investment fund, as well as private investors including Joe Londsdale (founder of Palantir). I sraeli startup Any.Do

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“Focus is everything” - Melio's Matan Bar

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The first time I met Matan, Melio's co-founder and CEO, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small business stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. You raised four rounds within 18 months, waiting until your third round before coming out of stealth mode.

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Bitesize Friday: Compass EOS, Soho OS, Supersonicads, Legolas Media and More

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The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. Co-founded by Yiftah Frechter, Yoav Arnstein and Ran Cohen, all former execs of recently IPO-ed Eyeblaster.

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