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Sharon WrobelThe Times of Israel |
Rating agency worries about high level of uncertainty around Israel’s long-term security and the impact of government policies, political decisions...
Among the draft proposals for 2025 is freezing tax credits, taxing advanced study funds, reducing tax benefits on pension deposits, and increasing the...
Israel Innovation Authority says despite the war, the local tech ecosystem is 3rd-largest global hub for capital raising, but notes that investments...
Institutional investors managing citizens’ savings divert capital to foreign assets amid prolonged war, falling confidence in state’s...
A maker of a flat, light, versatile chassis that increases energy efficiency in electric cars, REE says the partnership will increase production to...
Yogev Gradus urges the government to offset more spending with budgetary adjustments as Israel could be facing another downgrade and even higher costs...
Only 10 new Israeli VC funds managed to raise $554 million in the first half of the year in what is set to be one of the worst years for capital...
Addressing challenges posed by the months-long war, funds are allocated to help tech firms open new branches and hire local talent in the north and...
Central bank raises concern over the government’s expansionary fiscal policy and a widening deficit due to the war and the delay in the 2025 budget
Israel will be joining 140 countries in collecting a minimum tax from global tech giants such as Intel, Google, and Microsoft, which have been...
Major share indices drop as investors weigh threat of a wider escalation; gas stocks suffer losses after Hezbollah drone believed to be targeted at...
Texas Venture Partners will invest $1 million-$4 million in early-stage defense tech startups and support local founders with advisory services to...
Zafrir, co-founder and managing partner of venture capital group Team8, will replace cybersecurity firm co-founder Gil Shwed, who stepped down in...
Tel Aviv-based Cyabra has built a platform driven by machine learning algorithms to uncover fake profiles and harmful narratives created by...
As part of the deal, the first in Israel for the US cloud-based insurance software provider, an AI development center will be created with all of...
Linx Security, founded by graduates of elite military intelligence unit 8200, has built a platform to help businesses manage and track identities...
Major share indices fell as investors are closely watching for reprisals in response to the Israeli airstrike following Friday’s deadly Houthi drone...
CofaceBDI says 46,000 businesses have shut down since the outbreak of war with the Hamas terror group on Oct. 7; construction, agriculture and...
Tel Aviv-based CytoReason, which uses machine learning to build computational models of human diseases to speed up treatment discoveries, plans to...
Israel ranked third in Europe in terms of the number of startups that won funding, followed by Germany and France from the European Innovation...
In June, annual inflation rose to 2.9%, reaching the upper range of the government’s target, reducing the odds that high borrowing costs will be...
As the government cuts funding for the integration of Arab Israelis, a study finds signs that the contribution of Arab society to economic growth has...
Shlomo Dovrat warns weakness of state institutions and lack of sense of security threaten Israel’s tech standing in the global arena and its...
Air Haifa, based in the northern port city, plans to offer ‘affordable and competitive’ airfares to southern resort city Eilat, as well as...
Bank of Israel head Amir Yaron urges the government to make responsible budget adjustments, even if they are not popular, to help fund war costs and...
‘What’s good for Europe is good for Israel’ program to automatically approve products with European quality standards or...
Value Added Tax, levied on goods and services, is set to rise from 17% to 18% in January 2025 to help the government rein in a ballooning budget...
Forestay’s second fund plans to make 10 to 15 investments into startups in Israel and Europe in the fields of enterprise AI, data...
Despite several large mega-funding deals over the past three months, the high-tech sector is struggling to raise money, according to research by RISE...
Lightricks, the Israeli startup behind Facetune and Photoleap, will lay off 70 employees; says it seeks to hire dozens of AI experts mainly in Israel
Larger deals mainly by cybersecurity firms led capital rounds over the past three months, while foreign investors’ share in funding Israeli startups...
The bilateral Israel-Korea venture fund will invest in 25-30 startups in both countries focused on semiconductors, robotics, automotive, digital...
Energy Minister says that more than doubling the quantity of natural gas exports will boost state revenue and improve diplomatic ties, while domestic...
Israel’s State Comptroller is looking into potential cyber breaches of the PMO, and drone systems as part of a cyber threat preparedness report...
Foreign airlines resume their routes to Israel though at reduced capacity, with Israelis seeking short breaks from the war in Eastern European...
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by Ilya Sutskever, plans to open offices in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv to recruit top talent and hire the world’s...
Tel Aviv’s Quantum Machines, the operator of the new center, says the lab boasts the ‘world’s best-equipped testbed’ for...
White city falls top slot from 8th-most costly city in 2023 as rental prices declined, according to Mercer’s global cost of living city ranking
During war, Social Delivery collects unwanted surplus from retailers and offices of tech firms and disperses the goods ranging from clothes to...
In a year of political unrest and ongoing war, city climbs 1 spot in annual Startup Genome survey ranking; Silicon Valley maintains top spot followed...
SAP says acquiring platform will complement its business management portfolio and help customers in the digital transformation of their business and...
Finance minister selects Amit Gal, who has served as acting chief of the capital markets and savings authority since October 2022, to oversee NIS 2.5...
More funds needed in 2025 to stimulate investment and protect resilience of tech sector, the main growth engine of Israel’s war-battered...
Israeli retailer Fox-Wizel, which was slated to open 40-plus cafes across country, said the coffee chain canceled the franchise, citing the war as a...
Antisemitism monitor CyberWell says social media moderators are not doing enough to remove content that casts doubt on credible accounts of rape and...
Amir Yaron says conflict in south, north a ‘budgetary burden,’ IDF shouldn’t get ‘blank check’ for permanent outlays;...
Israel’s flag carrier gains from being the only airline flying in and out of Tel Aviv on many routes as foreign carriers are sluggish to resume...
Group alerts lawmakers that the exemption from conscription alongside the funding of religious educational institutions threatens Israel’s...
Central bank has kept the rate steady since cutting it in January; says it expects the budget deficit to widen due to rising war costs