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Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup January 18 – January 24, 2025
New Startups / VC Funding
Israeli Cloud Security Startup Mitiga Leads Cloud and SaaS Threat Detection Market
Mitiga, an Israeli startup and a cutting-edge leader in threat detection, investigation, and response for Cloud and SaaS environments, has unveiled a game-changing milestone: a $30 million investment secured to fuel its meteoric rise. This significant funding propels the company’s explosive growth, enabling bold geographic expansion, innovative channel development, and the delivery of advanced product capabilities to an ever-growing global customer… Read More Here
Israel’s ControlMonkey Launches Terraform-Based Cloud Automation Platform for End-to-End Infrastructure Management
ControlMonkey, the groundbreaking Israeli startup that offers end-to-end cloud automation platform delivering “Total Cloud Control with Terraform,” has officially unveiled its global launch alongside the triumphant close of a $7 million seed funding round. Co-led by lool ventures and Joule Ventures, this milestone marks the dawn of a new era in cloud governance. The fresh infusion of capital will ignite ControlMonkey’s ambitious plans to redefine cloud management, fueling advancements in its cutting-edge governance tools and powering a rapid global expansion. Strategic investments in engineering excellence… Read More Here
Israeli AI Treasury Management Platform Nilus Streamlines Financial Operations for Businesses
Nilus, the Israeli startup AI-powered treasury management platform, has secured a monumental $10 million in a fresh funding round led by Felicis and Vesey Ventures. The round also drew strong support from Cerca Partners and returning investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Better Tomorrow Ventures, and BTV, propelling Nilus’ total funding to an impressive $18.6 million. This transformative investment marks a pivotal moment for Nilus as it supercharges the evolution of its groundbreaking platform, poised to revolutionize treasury… Read More Here
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Israeli Startup Eleos Health Secures $60M Series C to Advance AI-Powered Behavioral Health CareOps Automation
Eleos Health, an Israeli medtech startup that develops CareOps Automation for behavioral health, raised $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Greenfield Partners. This round brings Eleos’ total funding to over $120 million.
Hot on the heels of its recent Series B, this preemptive funding round underscores Eleos’ meteoric rise as the leading enterprise-grade behavioral health AI solution. By specializing deeply in behavioral health… Read More Here
Israel’s Doti AI Offers Secure Enterprise Work AI Platform for Real-Time Internal Knowledge Access
Doti AI, an Israeli startup that offers a Work AI platform enabling enterprises to securely access and leverage internal knowledge in real time, raised $7 million in a seed funding round led by F2 Venture Capital.
The enterprise AI market is poised for explosive growth, surging from $113.5 billion in 2023 to an anticipated $300+ billion by 2030. This meteoric rise… Read More Here
Package.ai: AI-Powered Logistics Solution Revolutionizes Retail Customer Engagement
Package.ai, an Israeli startup offering a revolutionary AI-powered platform transforming customer engagement and last-mile logistics for major retailers, has secured a monumental $14 million in a Series A funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE). This landmark investment—the company’s first institutional backing—propels Package.ai into its next phase of growth, empowering it to scale its groundbreaking platform, expand customer service teams, and deepen collaborations with top retailers across… Read More Here
Politics
Israel Bans Hamas October 7 Attack Denial: New Knesset Law Criminalizes Massacre Denial and Glorification
The Knesset plenum on Tuesday passed a new law that makes it illegal to deny, minimize, or celebrate the October 7 2023 Hamas massacre in which 1,200 people were murdered and more than 200 were taken hostage. Violation of the law comes with a sentence of up to five years in prison. The legislation passed unanimously; however, only 16 of the Knesset’s 120 members took part in the vote.
“It is proposed to add a new offense, according to which anyone who… Read More Here
Israeli Security Coalition Presents ‘Abraham Shield Plan’ to Trump for Middle East Stability
The Coalition for Regional Security, an influential assembly of over 100 prominent Israeli leaders from security, diplomacy, and business, has issued an urgent plea to President Donald Trump: take decisive action to reshape the Middle East. The coalition demands bold U.S. leadership to ensure Israel fulfills the entirety of the hostage deal and advances to the transformative Abraham Shield Plan. This sweeping blueprint promises to redefine regional dynamics—securing lasting peace, neutralizing looming threats, and forging an unprecedented alliance through normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia while… Read More Here
Israeli Hostages’ Release: Hamas’ Final Act of Insult
As a final insult, the three Israeli hostages released by Hamas terrorists on Sunday were each given a “going away gift” in a brown paper bag. The “gift” included a certificate of release from Hamas, printed in both Hebrew and Arabic. Hamas even gave the former hostages pictures of their time in captivity, as if they had been on an extended vacation.
As if that were not appalling enough, the Hamas terrorists… Read More Here
Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir Withdraws Party from Netanyahu Coalition Over Gaza Ceasefire
Israel far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Strength) Party led by the controversial extremist figure Itamar Ben-Gvir has quit the coalition government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party. Its six Knesset members all announced their departures from the coalition, making good on Ben-Gvir’s pledge to do so should the government agree to the ceasefire deal… Read More Here
Mergers and Acquisitions
Israeli AI Startup Oosto Dumped for $125M After $352M in Previous Funding
Oosto, an Israeli startup that was once a rising star in the tech world known as AnyVision, has met an unexpectedly modest fate, selling for a mere $125 million to American parking lot operator Metropolis. In a twist that underscores the anticlimactic nature of the deal, much of the transaction was settled not in cash but in Metropolis shares. This marks a sobering conclusion for a company that once captured widespread attention and secured a staggering $352 million in funding, leaving its once-bright promise dimmed in… Read More Here
