Siemens’ VC Unit Announces Investment in Cyactive
Predictive cyber security startup CyActive today announced a strategic investment from the Venture Capital Unit of Siemens (SFS VC).CyActive, the first company to forecast and detect future cyber-attacks, delivers a radically disruptive approach to cyber security that applies bio-inspired algorithms combined with a deep understanding of the hackers’ process to predict the ways in which […]
JVP’S CYBERARK GOES PUBLIC ON NASDAQ IN RECORD IPO
JVP’s CyberArk Software, Israel’s largest private cyber security company, went public on NASDAQ on September 24, 2014, the eve of the Jewish new year. JVP invested in CyberArk Software in 2002, serving as one of the first investors in the company. Over the years, JVP remained the largest shareholder in the company, serving as chairman, […]
JVP Launches Israel’s First Ever “Cybertition” to Identify Israel’s Next Big Cyber Startup
Winner Will Receive $1M Investment and Join JVP’s Cyber Labs Cyber-Security Incubator Jerusalem, Israel – January 8, 2014 – Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), one of Israel’s leading venture capital funds, announced today the launch of the Cybertition – the first ever Israeli cyber-security competition to identify the most promising idea for a new cyber-security startup. […]
Cyber Security Innovator Coro Secures $80M to Bring Non-Disruptive, AI-Powered Cyber Security to Every Mid-Market Business
Coro to dedicate new funds to triple its global team, continue to expand the 300% year-over-year growth the company has experienced each of the past three years New York, NY, April 5, 2022 — Coro, the all-in-one cyber security platform for mid-market organizations, growing businesses, and lean IT teams, today announced a $60 million Series […]
More than 150 Digital Health Startups: Meet the Accelerator that will Change the Face of the Field in Israel
Last month, JVP, ROAD2, Margalit Startup City, NVIDIA Inception, and the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) launched an innovation accelerator in the area of digital health – STARTUP CITY HAIFA – The Digital Health Accelerator. Erel Margalit, Executive Chairman of JVP and Margalit Startup City: “Israel can become a digital health power, just like it became […]
Vicarius Announces $24 Million Series A Funding to Rebuild the Vulnerability Remediation Market for Today’s Remote, Cloud-Based World. Round led by AllegisCyber Capital, JVP, and AlleyCorp
Tel Aviv, New York, NY—February 9, 2022— Vicarius, developers of the industry’s first fully autonomous end-to-end vulnerability remediation platform, today announced a $24M Series A round to breathe new life into the vulnerability remediation market. AllegisCyber Capital, JVP, and AlleyCorp led the round with executives from Okta, SecurityScorecard, and Exabeam providing capital as well. Founded […]
ThetaRay’s Correspondent Banking AML Solution to Enable Cecabank to Safely Connect Small/Medium-sized Banks to the Global Financial System
AI-Based Platform Eliminates Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risk by Providing Full Visibility into Cross-Border Transaction Path NEW YORK, NY, December 17, 2021 – ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-based Big Data analytics, today announced that its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) for Correspondent Banking solution has been chosen by Spanish wholesale bank Cecabank. The AI-based technology […]
Greeneye Technology Raises Funding Round of $22M, Led by JVP, to Expand the Commercial Launch of its AI Precision Spraying System
Greeneye utilizes AI and deep learning technology to revolutionize the weed and pest control process in agriculture, reducing up to 90% of herbicide and chemical usage Investment will be used to support Greeneye’s roll-out across North America and extend the technology’s capabilities to new inputs and crops Round includes Syngenta Group Ventures and leading agriculture […]
Earnix Welcomes Industry Veteran Craig Conway to its Board of Directors Conway brings rich experience in building multibillion-dollar market leaders
BOSTON, MA – December 7, 2021 – Earnix, a global provider of advanced AI-driven rating, pricing, and product personalization solutions for insurance and banking, today announced the appointment of Craig Conway to the board of directors. Conway led multiple technology companies to success including PeopleSoft, One Touch Systems, and TGV Software as President and CEO. […]
ControlUp, a Global Leader in Digital Employee Experience Management, Raises $100 Million, Co-Led by K1 and JVP ControlUp gives employees the freedom and flexibility to access any line-of-business application from anywhere.
SAN JOSE, CALIF., November 10, 2021 — ControlUp, the industry leader in Digital Employee Experience management, announced today that it has completed a $100 million funding round, co-led by K1 Investment Management and JVP. This new investment will help drive innovation and partnerships, to give people the flexibility and freedom to work anywhere. ControlUp helps […]
Greeneye Announces Commercial Launch of AI Precision Spraying Technology Proven to Cut Herbicide Use By 78%
Proprietary AI technology cuts herbicide usage by 78% on average while improving weed control efficacy compared to standard broadcast spraying Commercial launch takes place in Israel, with roll-out in North America set to follow in early 2022 First commercial precision spraying system suitable for in-crop (green on green) spraying available in North America Tel Aviv, […]
Rezilion Secures $30 Million Series a Funding to Automate Devsecops
“Trust in Motion’’ technology for swift and secure software delivery helps Fortune 100 customers eliminate more than 70% of their manual security work while elevating security posture CHARLES, MO, and BE’ER SHEVA, ISRAEL – SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 – Rezilion, a cyber startup transforming DevSecOps with automation, today announced $30 million in Series A funding in […]
“Israel is Becoming a Foodtech Superpower” The Entrepreneur, Erel Margalit Launches the International Foodtech Center in the Galilee
Margalit Startup City Galil – Israel’s International Foodtech Center – will address some of the world’s most urgent problems, including global and local food security and safety, as well as the battle against climate change and global warming The International Foodtech Center, partnering with international giants and joins other global cyber centers opened by Margalit […]
PlayBeyondBio 2021 – Nine startups selected in the race to diagnose and predict future challenges to healthcare systems
The startups will be awarded fast-track assistance, focusing on commercialization agreements, implementation, and investments from the program’s partners – JVP Fund, global pharma giant AstraZeneca, international consulting firm Accenture, Margalit Startup City community, AWS, and the Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Among the startups taking part in the program: Itamar Medical, which raised over $300 million, […]
Inshur Fuels Growth Plans With $35M Funding Led by JVP, Viola Fintech and MTech Capital Insurtech Firm to Expand Beyond Gig Economy
New York / London – July 1, 2021 – INSHUR, a leading global Insurtech firm carving out a name for itself in commercial insurance, today announced completion of additional Series B funding, led by JVP with participation from Viola Fintech, MTech Capital and other existing investors. The new funding takes the total raised to $35 […]
Margalit Startup City First NY Tech Hub to Return to Full Operations NY High-Tech Hub Opens its Doors to Investors and Banks as the Big Apple Gets Back to Business
8th June 2021, NEW YORK: Last night, Dr. Erel Margalit convened senior bank executives, investors and CEOs for the first in-person, high-tech meetup in the city of this size since the pandemic. The event, held at Margalit Startup City Center in New York, also marked one year since the hub’s establishment. The center is among […]
Playbeyondbio 2021 Is Underway, Focusing This Year on Identifying Technologies That Diagnose and Predict Diseases in the Health Systems of the New Era.
Wednesday, June 2 – The second cohort of PlayBeyondBio 2021 is being launched . The collaborative initiative is being led by the British-Swedish pharma giant, AstraZeneca, the international VC fund JVP, the international consulting firm Accenture, and Margalit Startup City Community, in partnership with Amazon AWS and the Shaare Zedek Medical Center. M, Applications for […]
Anyclip Nets $47 Million Funding Round and Launches as ‘The Visual Intelligence Company’
New York, NY / Tel Aviv, Israel, MAY 25, 2021 ̶ AnyClip, fueled by the closing of a new $47 million (US) investment led by JVP, is positioning itself as The Visual Intelligence Company. The company is introducing the expanded AnyClip platform – ushering in a new era in video analytics with the goal of […]
Thetaray, the Israeli Technology Company, Have Developed a Revolutionary Solution That Enables the Acceleration of Cross-Border Payments Between Banks, Raises $ 31 Million in a New Round of Funding Led by The JVP And BGV Funds
ThetaRay’s solution enables the world’s largest banks, financial institutions and businesses to increase and simplify the volume of transfers, ensuring the timely completion and monitored costs without fear of being used for money laundering, terrorist financing, human trafficking and narco trafficking. Tel Aviv, New York and London, 19 May, 2021 – ThetaRay the Israeli technology […]
Entrepreneur and investor Erel Margalit, chairman of JVP and Margalit Startup City, met with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and leading technology and innovation figures at the Élysée Palace.
The French Minister of Finance asked Margalit to establish Margalit Startup City Paris – an international innovation center based on the model he established in Jerusalem and New York, as a step to making Paris the international technological hub of Europe. The two agreed on the creation of a package of incentives and benefits for […]
Akeyless Reimagines Cloud Security, Raises $14M Series A
Innovative cryptography allows firm to offer world’s first SaaS-based vault for secrets management and zero-trust access NEW YORK and TEL AVIV – April 28, 2021 – Akeyless, the secrets management company, today announced it has secured a $14 million Series A round of financing, led by Team8 and with participation from Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP). […]
Upsolver raises $25M Series B round to reinvent analytics on cloud data lakes
Company triples revenue as the market embraces its no-code approach to making raw cloud data analytics-ready SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 6, 2021 — Upsolver, the only no-code data lake engineering platform for agile cloud analytics, today announced $25 million in Series B financing led by Scale Venture Partners (Scale). Existing investors JVP, Vertex Ventures US, […]
Morphisec Raises $31M Funding Led by JVP to Enable Every Business to Simply and Automatically Prevent the Most Dangerous Cyberattacks
The leader in cloud-delivered endpoint security increases its install base to over 7 million protected endpoints and servers and names Steve Bennett, former Symantec CEO, to board BE’ER SHEVA, ISRAEL & BOSTON – March 25, 2021 – Morphisec, a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint and server security solutions, announcing today $31 million in funding led by […]
Leading VC JVP Expands, Welcoming New Partners to Grow Its International Activities
Shai Schiller, a renowned senior executive in the Israeli high-tech industry is appointed as a General Partner of the Fund; Shimrit Kenig, current Head of Operations promoted to Partner and Chief Operations Officer; Julia Kagan, Principal at the Fund promoted to Partner and Alex Dikman, Senior Investment Principal at the JVP NYC Cyber Center promoted […]
Following Recent Dramatic Rise in Infrastructure Cyber Attacks,SCADAfence Accelerates Market Engagement with $12 Million Round Funding
The Funding Round, Led By JVP, is also Joined by Rapid7. Over the Last Year, SCADAfence Tripled both its Revenues and its Customer Base New York, NY / Tel Aviv, Israel – March 17, 2021 – SCADAfence, the global leader in cybersecurity for Operational Technology (OT) & Internet of Things (IoT) environments, announced that it […]
Employee-Centric Success Platform Centrical Closes $32 Million Funding Round Led by Intel Capital and JVP
Centrical Serves Customer-Focused Enterprises with AI-Powered Employee-Centric Success Platform That Enables Employee Engagement, Development, and Performance Management ———————————————————————————— British Telecom, Microsoft, Novartis, Synchrony, and Teleperformance Among Current Customers NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel (March 10, 2021) –Centrical today announced the closing of a $32 million funding round led by Intel Capital, a new investor, […]
GV Invests in Nanit to Support the Future of Connected Care for New Parents
Nanit, the only Smart Baby Monitor that Provides Real-time Data on Child’s Health & Development, Closes $25 Million in Series C Funding Funding Accelerates Market Growth on the heels of Nanit Pro & Smart Sheets National Retail Launch New York, NY – February 22, 2021 – Nanit, the technology company behind the most advanced smart […]
Earnix, the Leader in AI-driven Rating, Pricing and Product Personalization for Insurance and Banking, announces $75M Growth Funding with a pre-money valuation of $1B to Accelerate Its Global Expansion
Led by Insight Partners, with existing shareholders JVP, Vintage Partners and Israel Growth Partners joining the round; New capital funding will fuel Earnix’s global expansion and accelerate its growth as a provider of mission-critical offerings for the Insurance and Banking industries. Jonathan Rosenbaum of Insight Partners joins the Earnix Board to help fuel the company’s […]
Leadspace Lands $46 million in Growth Funding Led by JVP and Welcomes New CEO to Revolutionize B2B Customer Data Platform
Funding and fresh leadership will enable Leadspace to accelerate growth, product development and customer adoption of its leading AI-driven B2B Customer Data Platform (CDP). Current clients include Salesforce, American Express, Zoom and many more. San Francisco/Tel Aviv (Feb 3, 2021) — Today Leadspace announced it has raised $46 million in growth funding led by JVP. […]
Quali Raises $54 Million in New Funding to Help Enterprise DevOps Streamline Infrastructure Complexity
Greenfield Partners and JVP co-lead new round after record sales of CloudShell Platform to Global 2000 and innovators around the world Austin, Texas – Jan. 19, 2021 – Quali, the Infrastructure Automation at ScaleTM company, today announced $54 million in new funding, co-led by Greenfield Partners and JVP. The company will use the funds to […]
Sheba Medical Center Inks Strategic Agreement with Iguazio to Deliver Real-Time AI for COVID-19 Patient Treatment Optimization
December 16, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time HERZLIYA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Iguazio, developers of the Data Science Platform built for production and real-time machine learning (ML) applications, announced that it is working with the Sheba Medical Center’s ARC innovation complex to deliver real-time AI across a variety of clinical and logistical use cases in order to […]
Hacking for Peace: The First Jewish-Arab Hackathon in Jerusalem
A new initiative by Jewish and Arab entrepreneurs in Jerusalem, to build new projects for the benefit of the city, was held by the first Jewish-Arab-Jerusalem Hackathon in Margalit Startup City near the First Station Complex. Entrepreneur Erel Margalit: “People think of Jerusalem as a city which is just fought over, but we are proving […]
PlayBeyondBio Program: Corona vaccine developer, AstraZeneca, selects two Israeli startups for investment
Against the background of the global health crisis, the first cycle of the PlayBeyondBio project ended today (Tuesday) – a fast track program to transform Israeli startups in the field of digital health into groundbreaking international companies. The startups, chosen by JVP and the pharma giant, succeeded in securing international cooperation agreements. Includes: TimeStamp that […]
ControlUp announces $27M Funding, Led by JVP and K1, After a Breakthrough 2020
San Jose, Calif. – November 18, 2020 — ControlUp, the industry-leading self-healing End-User Computing (EUC) solution enabling customers to monitor, troubleshoot, and remediate their EUC environments, today announced it has completed a $27 million Series C round of financing led by JVP and K1 Investment Management (“K1”), bringing total funding to $40 million. Since launching […]
First Israeli Hi-Tech Delegation takes off for the Emirates
Large delegation led by entrepreneur Erel Margalit and JVP partners, includes 13 CEOs of leading Israeli technology companies in the fields of cyber, fintech, insurtech and foodtech. Delegates to meet senior ministers, Emirati high-tech entrepreneurs, discuss building collaborations and exploring investment opportunities. 25 October, 2020 Jerusalem, Israel – The first Israeli high-tech delegation to the […]
Seven Cyber Start-Ups complete innovative JVP Play
Seven Cyber Start-Ups complete innovative JVP Play CyberNYC’s program at Margalit Startup City, New York’s International Cyber Center Subject matter experts joined forces with JVP & NYCEDC supporting the cybersecurity ecosystem in New York City October 15th, TEL AVIV/NEW YORK – The Final Global Event of JVP Play CyberNYC’s program paid tribute to a cohort […]
ionir Launches Cloud Native Storage and Data Platform for Kubernetes with $11M in Funding led by JVP
Introduces industry first solution for instant mobility of applications and data between clouds New York, NY. – September 21, 2020 — Ionir launched today its container native software defined storage and data management platform, designed to support Kubernetes production workloads in private cloud, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud deployments. The Ionir enterprise software defined storage platform […]
Margalit Startup City Jerusalem Launch
Entrepreneur Erel Margalit and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion launch “Margalit Startup City” – The new International Entrepreneurship and Innovation Quarter in Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion announced that the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA) will invest in a new food-tech initiative as part of Margalit Startup City’s business-public partnership model. Jerusalem, Israel – Despite Israel’s intensifying COVID-19 […]
NYC Cyber Center in Soho reopened amid efforts to lead COVID-19 recovery
Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) founder and chairman, Erel Margalit, arrives in NYC with delegation of Israeli hi-tech CEOs to reopen city backed cyber center Center aimed at promoting employment and innovation in NYC working on new technologies for post-COVID-19 recovery JVP has invested more than $200million, mostly in the field of cyber-security during COVID-19 crisis […]
Valid Network Secures $8 Million in Funding to Help Organizations Automatically Protect their Enterprise-Grade Blockchain Business Applications
Ten Eleven Ventures leads seed round for new enterprise security solution to safely develop and deploy blockchain-based business applications Be’er Sheba, Israel – July 14, 2020 – Valid Network announced today that it has raised an $8M seed round to enable companies to adopt and automatically protect blockchain technology with confidence. Founded by security veterans […]
JVP Founder & Chairman Erel Margalit is appointed ThetaRay Board of Directors as Chairman
New York, NY and Hod Hasharon, Israel, July 1st, 2020 – ThetaRay, the leading provider of Big Data analytics, preventing financial Cybercrime, today named Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) Founder & Chairman Erel Margalit as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Considered one of the Startup Nation Architects, an entrepenuer himself, Erel Margalit founded internationally leading […]
Cybersecurity Firm OPORA announces $7 Million seed funding Round Led by JVP
Founded by Yuval Diskin, Israel’s former Shin Bet Chief, OPORA brings to the private sector a ‘preemptive advantage’ over cyber criminals with its Adversary Threat Protection solution. Tel Aviv, Israel & San Francisco, CA, USA, June 11th, 2020, the cyber security firm OPORA, has announced seed funding of $7 million led by Jerusalem Venture Partners […]
1touch.io Secures $14 Million Series A Round for its Network-Based Data Discovery, Privacy and Security Platform
Financing Led by National Grid Partners and Jerusalem Venture Partners New York, NY. – June 3nd, 2020 – 1touch.io, a leading provider of data discovery, privacy, and security solutions, today announced it has secured a $14 million Series A round from leading investors, including National Grid Partners (NGP) and Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP). Additional investors […]
Greeneye Technology, announces $7 Million seed funding Round Led by JVP
The company has developed the next generation AI platform detecting and spraying weeds in real time The round includes Syngenta Ventures the largest crop chemical producer in the world. Greeneye uses cameras and AI to precisely spray only the weeds as opposed to the current broadcast spraying approach. Trials indicate this technology reduces herbicide usage […]
Source Defense, the Market Leader of Client-Side Web Security, Raises $10.5 Million to Prevent Magecart Attacks and Support Growing Demand
COVID-19 driving online business and accelerating demand for company’s solutions Capital One Ventures joins as Strategic Investor Company accelerating growth, tripling its revenue NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK and ROSH HAAYIN, Israel, May 19, 2020 — Source Defense, the market leader in Client-side Web Security today announced it has raised $10.5M in Series A+ funding, […]
JVP and AstraZeneca fast-tracking 9 digital health start-ups in post-Corona world
Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and pharma giant AstraZeneca have selected 9 companies for 6-month program, turning start-ups into groundbreaking companies Selected companies will help meet post-COVID-19 demand for increased digital and remote healthcare. Solutions include AI-based patient care; remote patient monitoring The companies will present their solutions on Wednesday 13 May at JVP’s Jerusalem offices, […]
Nanit Secures $21 Million In Growth Funding Led by JVP, Upfront, RRE and Rho
Nanit’s Unique Ability to Connect Families Has Fueled Growth and Garnered Raise During the COVID-19 Pandemic New York City, NY – May 12, 2020 – Nanit, the company behind the most advanced smart baby monitor and sleep tracker, today announced the completion of $21 million in financing, even as COVID-19 has developed into a global […]
Secret Double Octopus, a Global Leader in Passwordless Authentication, Raises $15M to Help Companies Eliminate Passwords and Secure Remote Workforce
Secret Double Octopus’ revolutionary Passwordless Authentication solution eliminates password-related pains by remodeling employee authentication, delivering unprecedented enterprise security Secret Double Octopus Apr 30, 2020, 03:48 ET TEL AVIV, Israel, April 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Secret Double Octopus the pioneer of Passwordless Enterprise Authentication, today announced the closing of a $15 million Series B round to […]
InnovoPro, Israeli food-tech innovator, that has revolutionized chickpea protein, raises $15 million funding round led by JVP
InnovoPro is the first company in the world to launch a 70% chickpea protein concentrate. InnovoPro’s eco-friendly production process yields non-GMO, non-allergenic, gluten-free chickpea protein with no aftertaste – a functional ingredient for the global food industry. InnovoPro’s product is the first chickpea protein that leading companies worldwide have chosen to embed in new products […]
Amidst The Coronavirus Pandemic, Hi-Tech Gets Back To Work
Jerusalem, Israel- April 20th, 2020: The Startup Nation is back to work. In the Jerusalem Venture Partners’ Media Quarter of Jerusalem, each employee is undergoing an advanced temperature test, completing a Weizmann Institute questionnaire, printing themselves a unique 3D printed face mask, and being allocated special space in the complex to ensure social distancing. JVP […]
