What is ‘food-tech 2.0’ and how can Israel get there? Expert Gil Horsky explains the trends, trials and triumphs of the Israeli food-tech industry. Gil Horksy is the senior director of ventures for SnackFutures at Mondelēz International, one of the world’s largest snacks companies. The company is responsible for internationally-recognized brands such as Oreo, Cadbury […]
Author: Idan Nishlis
Fischer (FBC & Co.) will welcome the arrival of Adv. Yaron Mehulel and a team of six senior partners and lawyers specializing in a wide range of areas of practice, including taxes, family capital management, commercial law, real estate and more. The team, which will join from April 2022, comprises: Adv. Yaron Mehulel, who served […]
Yigal Arnon represented the publicly traded infrastructure fund, Generation Capital, in its acquisition of 51% of the transportation company Bon Tour Ltd. for approximately NIS 330 million. Upon its completion, Bon Tour shall be wholly owned by Generation Capital. Bon Tour provides advanced transportation services to companies, factories, schools and tourism and is one of […]
Bubbles Mutagim Ltd. has agreed a merger with Mobile Max Technologies Ltd., a public company listed on TASE. According to the merger agreement, upon closing Bubbles, shareholders will hold 87.5% of the merged company representing a valuation of NIS 120 million. Bubbles own and operate retail stores and operate a technology platform for the marketing of […]
Lightlytics, a SaaS platform helping companies of all sizes code and deploy configurations faster and safer from plan to cloud, has announced a USD 26 million Series A fundraising round. The financing was led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP), with participation from Cervin Ventures and previous investors, TLV Partners VC and Glilot Capital Partners VC. […]
Glilot Capital has raised USD 220 million for its fourth Seed fund. The fund will invest in young companies in the fields of cybersecurity, enterprise software and developer tools. In addition, Glilot has another USD 180 million fund, Glilot+, which is led by Lior Litwak, and invests in growth stage companies. Since its inception in […]
2021 will be known as the year when blockchain and digital assets of all types (including “cryptocurrencies”) became mainstream. In 2013 the market cap for the entire digital asset market was around $1.5 billion. In 2021 that number had grown to $2 trillion. Meanwhile, the potential harm for consumers and market structure and monetary policy has grown drastically. Partners Stephen T.Gannon, James Goldfarb and Matthew B.Comstock from Murphy & McGonigle, give their insights in the US-Israel Legal Review 2021 >> http://www.globallegalmedia.com/viewer7.html
Those acquainted with Common Law will recognize many of the foundational principles of the Israeli legal system, alongside other formal and unwritten rules unique to Israel. Israel is a highly litigious state with the highest number of lawyers per capita. Traditionally, Israeli civil procedure embraces written submissions and affidavits (subject to cross examination), rather than oral arguments and testimonies. […]
“Artificial intelligence is the infrastructure for the future of Israeli science and hi-tech,” said Science and Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen Farkash-Hacohen. “The artificial-intelligence market is growing by about 20% every year and in the coming years will even reach half a trillion dollars” Israel’s involvement in the advancement of artificial-intelligence technology cannot be understated. A […]
Plus500 is entering the Japanese market through the acquisition of EZ Invest Securities Co. Plus500 is a global fintech firm providing online trading services in contracts for difference (CFDs), in more than 2,500 financial instruments. The company operates proprietary technology-based trading platforms. The company was founded in 2008 by six alumni of the Technion – […]
