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We are excited for Torii for completing their Series B financing led by Global Management. A huge shout out to Haramati, Nativ, Bereznitskey and the team at . According to Calcalist, the Israeli startup, whose platform automates the discovery, spend optimization, operations and compliance of SaaS, raised $50Million in financing. Read more: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3928485,00.html

It was great to catch up with Cohen and hear his thoughts on 's future trends and how to build a strong brand experience. According to Cohen, integration of technology has become a priority in real estate and using it to enhance the tenant experience creates a brand-building opportunity.
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A huge step for SiteAware who announced on Wednesday a $15 million Series B funding round. With this great news, we are excited to see the company set new standards towards preventing real-time errors in the construction industry. Read more: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3927997,00.html Tzvia Ofek Adrian Dorfman

Great start to the new year by that has recently announced a $93 million financing round! According to the co-founder and CEO Eran Eden, the new investment will enable MeMed to expand operations with a focus on the US. The funds will be used to scale up manufacturing, accelerate commercialization, and expand host immune response product portfolio.

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Congratulations to Claroty that just raised $400 million series E funding with a goal to secure all cyber-physical systems. According to Forbes, with almost a 2 billion valuation, much of the new investment has been earmarked for an acquisition, with hospital cybersecurity startup Medigate. Read more: https://lnkd.in/deBdbZFK

We were thrilled to host Dr. Samer Haj Yehia, Chairman of Bank Leumi בנק לאומי at our Palo Alto office yesterday. During his visit, Samer met with local VCs and startups, and our partners in the tech industry. We also had the pleasure of partnering with J Ventures for a Holiday event with tier one investors and entrepreneurs from the local eco system- Thank you Oded Hermoni for the partnership!

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Ori Kaufman Gafter, our Head of International and Tech Banking: “We have seen how important it is to apply strategic considerations to funding decisions. Choosing the right partners and achieving the right balance of decision makers and stake-holders is not trivial and requires balancing between short term needs for cash and a longer-term approach , always considering the company's northern star and vision”.

Thank you to our partners for an inspiring conversation on “Funding Growth from the Garage to Unicorn” Timor Arbel-Sadras , Lluís Pedragosa from Team8, Aglika D. from Riskified, Saar Yoskovitz from Augury, Steven Schneider from Worthy, Mark Gazit from ThetaRay , Asaf Zviran from C2i Genomics, Liran Tancman from Rezilion, Yaron Galai from Outbrain, Menny Shalom from Adraba.

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LeumiTech CEO: For companies raising capital, “the cost of debt becomes negligible” | Ctech Timor Arbel-Sadras spoke at a roundtable panel during Mind the Tech NY 2021 alongside head of International and tech banking at Bank Leumi USA, Ori Kaufman-Gafter, and industry leaders

This morning we were privileged to host a tech founder’s breakfast together with our partners, Timor Arbel-Sadras and Tal Bashan from LeumiTech, Guy Franklin from Israeli Mapped in NY, Anat Katz, economic Minister, North America and Silverstein Properties. It was exciting to bring together so many founders and CEOs from top US and Israel-based tech businesses to meet and share ideas. A special thank you to Margaret Lim for sharing her insights on Amex Ventures' areas of focus and their interest in Israeli startups. And to all our friends and participants – thank you for joining the conversation, sharing our passion, and making this event such a success!
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LeumiTech USA is proud to continue to support innovative Israeli cyber security technologies. With the world more interconnected than ever before, cyber security has become essential. Russel Barrett, Leumi CIO, attended the recent Cybertech Global NYC international summit to interact with cutting edge tech companies and discuss their efforts to be proactively cybersmart.

This week were at the together with pioneers solving healthcare’s most pressing problems. We’re proud to partner with life changing innovators who are working to create a better future. Thank you to all who joined us at the Israel Pavilion Networking Reception to celebrate innovative Israeli technologies that are transforming digital health. Tzvia Ofek Israel in Boston מכון היצוא - Israel Export Institute

Join us to congratulate Totango who, according to TechCrunch, raised $100 million in Series D funding, led by Great Hill Partners. The San Mateo, California-based company helps SaaS companies track customer engagement to find and fix user flow errors and friction. Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/29/customer-success-company-totango-lands-100m-growth-investment/?renderMode=ie11

Here's to new beginnings for Optimove, who recently announced a $75 million cash investment led by global growth investor Summit Partners. According to the Calcalist כלכליסט, the financing will help further accelerate its growth through continued investment in strategic hiring and M&A and will broaden its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) marketing platform. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dwMwgAMA
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CRM marketing hub Optimove raises $75 million to accelerate growth The Israeli company’s revenue grew by 35% over 2020, driven by more than 500 brands using its platform

This morning we shared big news - we announced that we intend to merge with Valley Bank.
This merger marks the most significant milestone in our journey to pursue our vision of becoming the go-to relationship bank and fulfill our mission to cultivate relationships that empower people to build thriving businesses and achieve their financial goals.
In Valley, we have found a partner who shares this passion and is committed to growth.
Together, we will become the 29th largest publicly traded U.S. bank by assets and one of the leading relationship-driven commercial banks in our nation.
Read the press release: https://www.leumiusa.com/about-leumi/news/bank-leumi-usa-to-merge-with-valley-national-bancorp

Here is some great news! Israeli medical device and digital health company Itamar Medical recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by ZOLL Medical Corporation for approximately $538 million.
According to Gilad Glick, President and Chief Executive Officer, the technological integration of the two companies will accelerate their mission of advancing home sleep medicine to benefit the population of undiagnosed and untreated patients. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eZVvSYg7

Congratulations to CropX Technologies LTD that has completed its third acquisition as part of its ongoing rollup of agrifoodtech startups. According to Agfundnews, its latest purchase is the Dutch platform Dacom Farm Intelligence. Dacom brings 3,000 customers to CropX’s ledger as well as 20,000 farms in over 40 countries. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eh_7vvHZ

We are proud of Riskified, which began trading on the New York Stock Exchange at a company valuation of $3.3 billion. According to Globes, Riskified’s machine learning platform enables eCommerce merchants to identify the individual behind each online interaction, helping to eliminate risk and uncertainty, thus reducing costs and driving higher sales. Read more: https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-riskified-begins-trading-on-nyse-today-at-33b-valuation-1001379903
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According to VentureBeat, the trend of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) has gained traction with cloud platform teams to achieve holistic operational control of infrastructure. We congratulate Apolicy that got acquired by Sysdig to bolster their security offering. According to Sysdig CEO Suresh Vasudevan, the goal is to strengthen cloud and container security with compliance and governance enforcement. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dXRY_Es

A round of an applause for Tailor Brands who, according to TechCrunch, raised $50M. The company, headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv, is building a one-stop SaaS platform — providing the design, branding and marketing services to small business owners that need to launch and scale operations within minutes. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dz6RKut

Tailor Brands raises $50M, aims to be one-stop shop for small businesses to launch – TechCrunch Tailor Brands, a startup that automates parts of the branding and marketing process for small businesses, announced Thursday it has raised $50 million in Series C funding.

Congratulations to Adam Singolda, Eldad Maniv, Lior Golan, and the entire Taboola team for starting their new journey on Nasdaq. According to the press release, Taboola is a global leader in powering recommendations for the open web, with over 500 million daily active users. Read more: https://lnkd.in/djC_rts.

We are thrilled to announce our friends at Claroty secured $140 million funding round. According to Calcalist כלכליסט, CEO Yaniv Vardi reports, "We are aiming to build a real market leader and we will be for the industrial sector what Check Point was for firewalls." Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/dk5GUSz

A big congratulations to our friends at Carbyne who, according to TechCrunch, received a $20 million investment. This was led by Global Medical Response, one of the world’s largest emergency medical providers who operates fleets of vehicles, trucks, and planes to get patients to hospital facilities expeditiously. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dww9NsK

Join our last session of Expanding your start-up to the U.S. virtual series. Limited time left to save your seat. Click here to complete your registration: https://newmedia.calcalist.co.il/.../relocation/index.html

The sessions have been curated with our friends Bank Leumi, LeumiTech, Calcalist כלכליסט and CTech by Calcalist.

Only two sessions left to review insights and tactics to consider when growing your business to the U.S. Don’t miss Yasmin Lukatz, Founder and Executive Director of ICON - Israel Collaboration Network, and Guy Franklin, Founder and CEO of Israeli Mapped in NY, as they share their experiences and provide an insider’s look at the U.S. tech scene. Click here to complete your registration: https://newmedia.calcalist.co.il/conferences/2021/relocation/index.html

The sessions have been curated with our friends Bank Leumi, LeumiTech, Calcalist and CTech by Calcalist.

Are you aware of the do’s and don’ts of business finance when expanding to the U.S.? Join our Head of International & Tech Banking, Ori Kaufman Gafter and Head of Technology Banking, Adrian Dorfman for an exciting conversation on business financing in the U.S. Click here to complete your registration: https://lnkd.in/eng3RGe

The sessions have been curated with our friends LeumiTech , Calcalist כלכליסט and CTech

Only 24 hours left to register for the "Building your U.S.-Based Tax Knowledge" webinar. Join Idan Netser as he deep-dives into understanding the different aspects of managing tax when taking your first steps to the U.S. Click here to complete your registration: https://lnkd.in/eng3RGe

Thank you Joelle Kayden and Zheru Liu for an insightful conversation with our CEO Avner Mendelson. The session covered fundraising tips including:
- The importance of relationship building
- Being patient and educating stakeholders consistently
- Selecting the right LP with appetite to grow in your asset class

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We invite you to join Nir Inbar in conversation with founders Omri Palmon, Co-founder & COO of WekaIO and Zachi Rubinstein, CEO & Co-founder of 1touch.io on how to successfully expand your business to the U.S. without relocating. As part of the 'Expanding your Startup to the U.S.' series, discover different revenue metrics to consider when growing your business. Reserve your seat: https://lnkd.in/eng3RGe

Join us for exclusive discussions designed for start-up founders and c-level executives on key factors for business expansion to the U.S. Explore best practices, insights, and practical tools that will set you up for success in the U.S. Save your seat here: https://lnkd.in/eng3RGe

We would like to extend a special thanks to our participants and speakers: Guy Franklin - Founder and CEO of Israeli Mapped in NY, Yasmin Lukatz - Founder of ICON - Israel Collaboration Network , Tim Guleri - Managing Partner of Ventures, Po - Managing Partner & Co-founder of 2 Capital, and Idan Netser.

Thank you to our friends who we joined forces with Bank Leumi בנק לאומי, LeumiTech, Calcalist כלכליסט, and by Calcalist .

A big congratulations to , who has announced a $14 million series A funding led by Team8 with participation from Jerusalem Venture Partners. According to Calcalist, the secret management company will accelerate product development and growth of what it claims is the world’s first SaaS-based unified vault, designed for secrets management and zero-trust access. Learn more: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3906491,00.html

We are excited to arrange construction financing for our clients, The Rabsky Group and , to fund the development of their Broadway Triangle site in Brooklyn. Bank Leumi USA is proud to have agented this $140 million construction loan that will help create much-needed housing for the local community. According to the Real Deal, this is one of the 10 largest outer-borough commercial real estate loans from March. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dAcCKY7

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Join Ori Kaufman Gafter in conversation with leading women entrepreneurs in the tech industry on April 20,1 PM EDT. This opportunity will provide key insights on the growth of Israeli Startups founded by women in New York. Click here to register: https://lnkd.in/dNsXAtc