Gett to buy Juno for $250 million, report
Israel-based taxi haling Gett, formerly called GetTaxi, is acquiring ride sharing app Juno for $250 million, according to Techcrunch report. New York based Juno was founded in 2016 by an Israeli, Talmon More...
Drivers Will Own Stake In Juno New Israel Uber Beater
Israeli startup Juno is taking the fight fight to Uber. Juno intends to give its drivers some equity in the company, and will take only a 10 percent cut of every ride compared to Uber’s 20-25 More...
Viber Adds New Public Chats to Better Follow Celebs
Viber, an Israeli firm which lets users send free text messages, photo messages and video messages, has released a new feature that allows people to see what celebrities are talking about. Called Public More...
Skype-Killer Viber Updates Video and Texting
Viber, an Israeli firm which lets users send free text messages, photo messages and video messages, has announced the release of its new version 5.0 for its app for use with Android and iOS operated mobile More...
Benny Shabtai Rakes In $500 Million From Viber Sale
– Most of Viber’s owners are based outside Israel including the Shabtais with a 55.2% stake. – – Most of the tax on the $900 million sale of messaging app Viber to Japanese company More...
Japanese E-commerce Firm Rakuten Buys Israeli Company Viber For $900 Million
– – In a straight replay of the eBay purchase of Skype several years ago, Japanese e-commerce group Rakuten is buying 100% of internet telephony and messaging company Viber for US$900 million. Viber More...
Viber Hires Goldman Sachs To Find Buyer For $500-600 Million
– No buyer has yet been found for the free IP calls app company. – – / By Roy Goldenberg and Shmulik Shelach/ “I am unaware of any such talks, and I have no idea where the media More...