Case Studies

The tech industry shakeup: Armis Security CEO tells how to build a stable company that’s unaffected by market volatility, in an interview with Mamon

Today he heads a company worth billions, but Yevgeny Dibrov’s path started in Rehovot’s Sha'araim neighborhood, where he was raised as the only son of a single mother who emigrated from Ukraine with his grandparents. Now he talks about how hard the three adults worked to ensure that he wouldn’t…

Perimeter 81 hits unicorn status, a milestone in its road to innovate cybersecurity

Hitting unicorn status is a significant moment in the life of a successful start-up. It is always a difficult task but becomes even more challenging during times of economic uncertainty. In just four years, Perimeter 81 has grown, expanded, and become a unicorn, securing recently $100 million series C funding…

Sharing the memories of holocaust survivors via the Stories feature on Instagram

This week we kicked off "Sharing Memories", a special project initiated by Meta in Israel and the Israeli aid organization Latet. 22 of Israel's biggest artists, influencers and content creators have met with holocaust survivors and documented their intimate sessions to their Instagram Stories – in order to connect young…

Rakia Mission of Shalom Tel Aviv: No Dream is Beyond Reach

The most exciting thing that happened this year (besides the temporary end to covid-19) is Rakia Mission: Eytan Stibbe is the second Israeli in space and the first at the International Space Station. During Rakia Mission, he is conducting dozens of scientific experiments and educational and artistic activities. We are…

The Israeli child that was almost deported from Israel

7 year old Daniel Lev is the daughter of an Israeli father and a Thai mother living in Tel Aviv. She was caught in the middle of an impossible situation after her father died prematurely – her mother's naturalization process was suspended and she has received a deportation order. As…

Have you heard of the female entrepreneur who founded a cybersecurity company?

Merav Bahat, one of most prominent figures in the Israeli cybersecurity industry, has served as the General Manager of the Cloud Security Business for Microsoft – an organization responsible for over $2.5 billion dollars. Merav partnered with Tomer Schwartz and Yuval Ofir, two cybersecurity experts, and the three of them…

Firstime announces a third fund based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals as the COP26 summit takes place

Since the growing effects of the climate crisis, the fund bases its investment strategy on UN sustainable development goals and will be one of the only funds in Israel to do so. The fund will be focus on investment in Climate and health field. Jonathan Benartzi, a managing partner at…

Insight Partners’ secret recipe for building a unicorn

The American VC Insight Partners has rightfully earned the title "a unicorn incubator", with dozens of investments in Israeli companies, out of which four went public over the last year. Lonne Jaffe, Managing Director at the firm, tells Calcalist about the VC's investment strategy, its ongoing commitment to the Israeli…

The Israelis who want to teach the world about efficient public transport

Over a decade ago, Amos Haggiag and Eitan Yanovsky, were challenged by Amos' father, a senior official at Israeli public transportation company, to try and solve difficulties in streamlining buses' operations. They wouldn't have guessed that the algorithm they developed will turn into a company worth hundreds millions of dollars,…

Microsoft Israel R&D GM on the hi-tech manpower shortage: “The government needs to appoint a Czar who’ll bring back hi-tech employees from abroad”

Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk, Microsoft Israel R&D GM, calls the government to establish an orderly plan to bring back Israeli hi-tech employees from abroad, and to appoint a Czar for this mission, just as a Covid Czar was appointed. According to Braverman-Blumenstyk, if only 10% of employees come back, the immediate distress…