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Trending Programs (2) 4
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Investments • VATBox, a recognized leader in global VAT recovery, announced the successful
completion of a $20 million financing round.
• Westpac group announced a strategic partnership with Israeli Fintech startup PayKey. • Chinese CreditEase Wealth Management and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
School of Business Administration Announced a Strategic Partnership. • Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral
economics, announced a strategic investment by Allianz, the world's largest insurance company.
Trending News
• Here are 18 of many Israeli Fintech companies changing the finance world. • Israeli FinTech start-up CRiskCo is revolutionizing the credit approval process using
artificial intelligence, has received funds as part of the HotDesQ program to relocate to Queensland.
• Barclays Bank says it wants to find the next Paypal after selecting the second cohort of 10
companies to participate in its African accelerator program. Israeli Avenews-GT is participating.
• The 52 startups that launched at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 1. • Israeli startup Neema, Banking for the unbanked, lets anyone cash checks instantly via
phone, send money to family overseas and have a debit card. • Simplex, an Israeli financial technology and cybersecurity start-up, has chosen Lithuania
ahead of the likes of Luxembourg, Cyprus and the UK as the location for its new global operation, supervision and sales.
• Business intelligence startup Anodot helps businesses solve the 'unknown unknowns'.
Since its inception, Anodot said it has signed more than 1,000 users across the fintech, adtech, e-commerce, and IoT sectors.
• BNY Mellon Investment Bank is looking into investing and collaborating with Israeli Fintech
& Cyber Startups.
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Trending Programs • Registration has opened for the Annual Geektime Techfest.
• Bank of Lithuania invites Israeli fintech firms for Startup Visa licensing program.
Encouraging Israeli Fintech startups with various benefits.
Trending Verticals and Announcements • Israel Secondary Fund (ISF) has completed the closing of ISF II, a $100 million
secondary fund focusing on the Israeli market. • 83North the Israeli-European venture capital investor has raised $250 million for its fourth
fund. • Effie Epstein joining Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures, focusing investment in the Israeli
leading domains. • BNY Mellon Investment Bank is looking into investing and collaborating with Israeli Fintech
& Cyber Startups. • 17 top investors came to Israel seeking investment in Israeli Startups in the fields of
Cybersecurity, Fintech, IoT and AI. • iAngels is disrupting the VC model in Israel, in sectors such as cyber security and fintech.
World Markets and reports • Israeli startups raised nearly $700 million in January and February. This is keeping pace
with last year when Israeli startups raised a record $4.8 billion, according to IVC. • Investments in Turkey's startup ecosystem in the first quarter have increased by 51 percent
year-on-year, reaching $19 million. With $13 million, the biggest investment deal involved the financial technologies startup Iyzico. The report states that financial technologies (fintech) received the largest share of investment in Turkey. In the Middle East, Turkey has continued to be the largest startup ecosystem market after Israel.
• London VC’s have invested in UK and Israeli companies in the field of Fintech over £1
billion since Brexit vote. • Africa is the next frontier for VCs in the field of Fintech, Israeli Ventures are taking action. • Israelis and Rwandans partner to build the ‘African start-up nation’. • Israeli Investor Robby Hilkowitz joined the undisclosed investment round in Thai startup
Pulse iD. Pulse ID uses geolocation data to unlock security, loyalty and identity services to banks, telcos and media clients.
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• Israeli IronSource and Infinidat have made an entry to the unicorn list this year out of 15
companies.
Analytics
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