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🌐🇮🇱 Today in IsraelTech: Kela Technologies Acquires AI Startup Pelanor in First Major Deal Defense tech startup Kela, building an “operating system for militaries,” has made its first acquisition with the purchase of Pelanor, an Israeli AI company specializing in real-time cloud cost optimization and anomaly detection. Big step forward for Kela co-founders Hamutal Meridor, Alon Dror, Jason Manne, and Omer Bar-Ilan - and Pelanor’s founding team Matan Mates, Ido Kotler, and Yotam Tanay. Source: CTech Today's update is brought to you by The Recruitery - helping Israeli cybersecurity startups find top GTM talent across global markets.

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  Significant Israeli Tax Changes for 2025: What You Need to Know! 2025 brought significant amendments to the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance, introducing substantial shifts to the country tax landscape. These updates impact both individuals and corporations and require careful review of structures and strategies to ensure compliance and maximize tax efficiency.   If you are an Israeli resident or have financial interests in Israel, it may be time to evaluate how these changes affect you and adapt your approach accordingly.   Read the full update, written by our partners Inbal Faibish Wassmer, Head of the Zürich Branch and Yaron Sever, Co-Head of the Tax Department: https://lnkd.in/dGgpnQXi Keep following up on further developments!  

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How are early-stage investors thinking about 2025? We partnered with Meitar | Law Offices to survey 25 fellow early-stage VCs in Israel, offering an unfiltered look at where investor sentiment stands after 2024 and expectations for 2025. Key Insights: 🔹 AI is now table stakes. The majority of pre-seed and seed investments are in AI-driven startups, making differentiation the focus for founders. Investors are looking for compelling use cases, strong unit economics, and execution potential. 🔹 Pre-Seed is gaining importance. With higher expectations at seed, more founders are raising pre-seed rounds to validate their product and gain early traction. 🔹 Raising a seed round now comes with greater scrutiny. While capital is available, the rapid evolution of AI and market shifts mean investors are more selective. 🔹 Cyber and defense remain dominant, but some investors see signs of saturation. Meanwhile, fintech, supply chain, and DevOps are seen as undervalued opportunities for Israeli tech. 📖 Read the full report for more investor insights: https://lnkd.in/dr7YMsqZ Barak Rabinowitz shared more thoughts with Ofir Dor at TheMarker here: https://lnkd.in/dMuTMXgT Thank you to all the early-stage VCs who contributed their insights to this report: NFX | Bessemer Venture Partners | Blumberg Capital | Vertex Ventures Israel | Viola Ventures | Cardumen Capital | Elron Ventures | Random Forest VC | StageOne Ventures | PICO Venture Partners | Symbol | AnD Ventures | Emerge Ventures | Fusion VC | TPY Capital | Good Company VC | The Garage | UpWest | Crescendo Venture Partners | Grove Ventures | lool ventures | Amiti | Remagine Ventures | Ibex Investors | #startups #VC #fundraising #AI #cybersecurity #IsraelTech #venturecapital

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Meitar’s Global Capital Markets Group advised on five significant bond offerings totaling over $4 billion in recent three months. These transactions highlight our team’s continued role in advising leading Israeli and global technology companies, as well as major financial institutions, on complex cross-border financings. These transactions further highlight the resilience of the Israeli tech sector and the outstanding companies that continue to earn the confidence of global investors. Transactions: - CyberArk – $1.25 billion Convertible Senior Notes - Pagaya (Initial Purchasers) – $500 million Senior Notes - Nova – $750 million 0.00% Convertible Senior Notes - Wix.com – $1.15 billion Convertible Senior Notes - Camtek (Initial Purchasers) – $425 million Convertible Senior Notes

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I added the new Israeli Proptech startup landscape by TLV Partners to my 2025 collection on VC Cafe. There are over 200+ Israeli startups operating in the proptech sector (including a number of unicorns). The new crop of AI-first startups are penetrating every layer of the tech stack - from elevating the tenant experience and enabling predictive maintenance, to construction site monitoring and delivering AI-driven infrastructure insights. Link to the CTech by Calcalist article with the commentary below.

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For the sixth consecutive year, Fox Rothschild is listed among Israel Desks’ Legally Israel 100, which highlights “law firms that remain steadfast destinations for Israeli clients and true centers of Israel-related expertise.” This year’s guide ranks the firm in the Banking & Finance, Employment, Hi-Tech, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Arbitration, Patents & Trademarks and Private Clients & Tax categories. The guide spotlights the firm's Israel Practice Co-Chairs Sarah Biser, Odia Kagan and Michael Sweet in addition to partner Matthew R. Kittay, noting that the team “connects Israeli businesses with U.S. markets, providing legal support across technology, software, agriculture, healthcare and medtech.” 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gfrfut3F Nishlis Legal Marketing

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