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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

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Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. Noteworthy Machine Intelligence startups in Israel ??

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Face.com Gets $4.3 Million from Russian Yandex and Rhodium

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I n its first investment in Israel, Russian search engine Yandex is rumoured to invest $3.4 million in Israel’s Face.com , a startup developing face recognition technology. As a result of the investment, Yandex’s CEO Arkady Volozh is now a member of Face.com’s board.

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Seculert Raises A Round to Protect the Enterprise on the Cloud

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Earlier this week YL Ventures announced a 7-figure USD investment in Israel-based Seculert , a new non-intrusive Security-as-a-Service that comprehensively detects cyber threats affecting corporate networks. The bad news are that such a attacks are on the rise. The exact sum was not disclosed.

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Israeli Startup Wanova Raises $10 million in Series B

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The round was led entirely by previous backers: the Israeli offices of Greylock Partners and Carmel Ventures , as well as US fund Opus Capital. Wanova was founded by Dr Issy Ben-Shaul (CTO) and Ilan Kessler. is based in San Jose, CA and has offices in Netanya, Israel.

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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. Supersonicads was founded in 2008 by Gil Shoham (CEO) and Arik Czerniak (COO) and Nissim (Romi) Romano (CTO). Cellcom , the leading mobile provider in Israel, enters the financial services market with new “mobile wallet&# product.

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Business As Usual: Onavo, VideoSurf and Kaminario Raise Funding

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The LinkedIn IPO this week may have opened the gates for an Israeli market thirsty for exits, but in the meanwhile, VC funding in Israel continues with business as usual. 1) Onavo Mobile raised $3 million in its first round led by Sequoia Capital and Magma Venture Partners. Caminaro develops storage solutions in SSD drives.

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Israeli Startup Outbrain Raises $35 Million to Rule the Recommendations Space

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Israeli startup Outbrain , one of the leading companies in the recommendations space, has completed a $35 million in Series D led by Index Ventures and joined by previous investors Carmel Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. This brings Outbrain’s funding to $64 million total since its inception in 2007.

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