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‘October 7 changed everything’: why top TikTok executive chose to leave the platform

In a special interview, Rita Vinnik, who led TikTok’s global creator community, explains her career turning point, why the platform no longer fit her and her decision to leave a global powerhouse for Israeli startup Dreemz

Daniela Ginzburg | 12.19.25

Annabella Tech co-founder and VP of Product Masha Waldberg, left, presents the Annabella breast pump as she appears with her daughter, Annabella, in the ynet studio

'There had to be something different': one mother challenged breast-pump business

After a painful first experience with traditional pumps, an Israeli mother set out to build a device that works with the body rather than against it; a patented tongue-motion mechanism inspired by how babies feed reshapes both efficiency and comfort; clinical validation and rapid adoption signal strong demand across Israel, the US and Europe; Annabella’s next phase focuses on wearable mobility, global scale and putting mothers back at the center of the experience

Sivan Raviv | 12.18.25

Dux co-founders Nadav Geva, Or Latovitz, Amit Nir

Dux raises $9 million to tackle AI-driven cyber threats with agentic security platform

Founded by former IDF Talpiot officers, Dux emerged from stealth with $9 million to scale its agentic exposure management platform, which helps enterprises identify what vulnerabilities are actually exploitable and mitigate AI-driven cyber threats faster than traditional security tools

ynet Global | 12.16.25

Viola Ventures raises $250M in new capital to fuel next wave of Israeli tech innovation

A group of prominent global tech leaders, including the former Red Hat CEO and IBM president, the CEOs of Payoneer and SunGard, and founders of ironSource, Mellanox, CYE and Redis, will invest and serve as strategic advisers to the fund

ynet Global | 12.16.25

How a tiny motor and a big idea are reshaping 170 years of breastfeeding technology

Israeli breastfeeding startup Annabella reports surging revenue as its new wearable pump emerges as a key growth engine and clinical trials show stronger user outcomes; investor access opens at a pivotal moment under its Shelf Report

ynet Global | 12.14.25

UK courts Israeli tech with new fast-track scaleup program

British Embassy in Israel unveils ScaIL UK — an initiative to help high-growth Israeli scaleups enter the UK market, targeting eight key innovation sectors

ynet Global | 12.13.25

Port raises $100M series C to power agentic engineering platform

General Atlantic leads round valuing the company at $800M as Port targets the 90% of developer work untouched by AI

ynet Global | 12.11.25

Record $4.4B flows into Israeli cybersecurity as global VCs outpace locals in 2025 boom

Decade-long review shows soaring seed activity, rising acquisitions by Israeli scale-ups and surging mega-rounds, with new AI security startups leading investment, with sector’s maturity is reshaping global cyber competition

ynet Global | 12.09.25

Meet the gatekeepers of AI, the Israeli company seeking to shield us from its dangers

With an $80 million funding round and rising annual revenues, Israeli startup Irregular has become a leading AI security lab; founders Dan Lahav and Omer Nevo explain how they won clients like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, and how their work uncovers vulnerabilities before hackers do — including a new field focused on understanding AI behavior to prevent risks to humanity

Tal Shahaf | 12.07.25

AI firm GeoX partners with Japan’s largest insurer to map property risks amid rising climate threats

Israeli firm teams with Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to analyze tens of thousands of homes using AI-driven geospatial data, as global insurers turn to property-level intelligence to manage rising climate risks and aging infrastructure

ynet Global | 12.06.25

Cybersecurity startup imper.ai launches with $28M to combat AI-powered impersonation threats

Founded by elite cyber-intelligence veterans, the startup has developed a platform to fight deepfakes and AI-driven impersonation, offering real-time detection across platforms to protect trust in enterprise communications

ynet Global | 12.04.25

LeanCon raises $6 million to bring AI-driven precision to pre-construction planning

Israeli AI startup LeanCon doubles its target with a $6M seed round to deliver pre-construction planning in minutes, cutting costs, improving accuracy and boosting win rates across major development projects

ynet Global | 12.01.25

Moonshot emerges from stealth with $12M raise to reshape orbital cargo and hypersonic testing

Israeli startup debuts with a system that accelerates payloads to hypersonic speeds, aiming to reshape orbital resupply, cut testing costs and ease a major bottleneck in global hypersonics development, backed by major Israeli tech and defense veterans

ynet Global | 12.01.25

Afcon enters US energy market with joint venture valued at up to $185 million

Israeli engineering group and Namco Realty team up to build solar, storage and smart-energy systems across US properties, targeting up to 65 MWp of capacity and projecting pre-leverage returns of 11%–13%

ynet Global | 11.24.25

Barak Perelman, Mille Gandelsman and Ido Trivizki

Opti raises $20 million to bring AI-native automation to enterprise identity security

Israeli company says its AI engine can interpret enterprise access at scale, giving security teams precise, explainable and instantly actionable identity insights while automating complex decisions across large organizations

ynet Global | 11.24.25

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