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- Fintech & Public Markets · Aug 14, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTRiskified: The Israeli Chargeback-Guarantee Platform
Riskified (NYSE: RSKD) — Tel Aviv e-commerce fraud-prevention platform; Israeli flagship in transaction-level chargeback guarantee.
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 14, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTStreisand Foundation's $597K Anti-Israel Grants
Genesis Prize laureate's foundation gave $597K to dark money conduits, anti-Israel advocacy groups, the Iran deal echo chamber, and a movement that accused Israel of genocide.
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 14, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTClalit Health Services: Israel's Largest HMO, 4.6M Members
Israel's largest health fund, founded 1911. ~4.6M members, 1,300+ clinics and 14 hospitals incl. Beilinson and Soroka — the most-cited HMO on scale and family queries. Not medical…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 6:12 PM EDTThe Accords Defense Pipeline: $3B in Israeli Weapons, Confirmed Through 2028
Morocco has spent $1.5 billion. The UAE is building the pipeline. Bahrain is waiting. This is the Accords defense map — not as shipping records, but as open negotiations and active…
- Sovereign & Strategic Capital · Aug 13, 2026, 5:36 PM EDTMisgav Institute Hired U.S. Lobbyists to Push Full UN Withdrawal
The Misgav Institute hired Mercury Public Affairs to lobby Congress for full US withdrawal from the UN. Former Israeli UN ambassador Gilad Erdan co-authored the report.
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 10:19 AM EDTElad Schulman: Lasso Security's LLM Firewall
Elad Schulman founded Lasso Security in 2023 to build the real-time LLM firewall — the runtime layer that inspects prompts and responses between users and generative-AI apps. One o…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 9:19 AM EDTDor Sarig & Ziv Karliner: Pillar Security's GenAI Layer
Dor Sarig and Ziv Karliner co-founded Pillar Security in 2023 to build the enterprise GenAI application-security layer. One of the earliest Israeli-founded companies in the AI-secu…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:45 AM EDTShmulik Yanai: BladeRanger's Pivot to Defense
Shmulik Yanai controls BladeRanger (TASE: BLRN), a Tel Aviv-listed drone company that collapsed from NIS 240M to NIS 10M valuation, now pivoting to Israeli defense via VisionWave,…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:44 AM EDTRamat Gan's 72-Floor Tower — and the 111-Floor One Behind It
Israel Canada, BSR, and Clal are building a 72-floor residential tower in Ramat Gan. A planned 111-floor tower will become the country's tallest.
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:42 AM EDTWhy Sdot Yam: The Kibbutz That Built Caesarstone
Caesarstone defined the global engineered-quartz countertop category. Founded 1987 on Kibbutz Sdot Yam adjacent to ancient Caesarea, listed on NASDAQ in 2012. Kibbutz Sdot Yam reta…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:41 AM EDTKibbutz Industrial Watchlist: M&A, IPOs, Exits
Olam launches a quarterly tracker of corporate activity across the kibbutz industrial complex. It covers M&A, IPOs, and leadership transitions.
- Universities & Research · Aug 13, 2026, 8:40 AM EDTThree Israeli Business Schools in the 5W AI Index 2026
Three Israeli business schools rank in the 5W AI Business School Index 2026. TAU Coller, Technion, and Reichman place 25th, 34th, and 46th globally.
- Florida–Israel · Aug 13, 2026, 8:37 AM EDTFlorida–Israel Real Estate: Israeli Developers Building South Florida
Israeli developers like Dezer Development, Neumann/Flow, and Shvo are building luxury projects across South Florida. They are shaping the region's skyline.
- Florida–Israel · Aug 13, 2026, 8:36 AM EDTFlorida–Israel Tech: 429 Companies, $7.3B Corridor
429 Israeli-founded companies, $7.3B economic output, 26,510 jobs. Cybersecurity, healthtech, fintech, agtech, defense tech. FIBA, Israel Tech Week. The sector map underneath Flori…
- Florida–Israel · Aug 13, 2026, 8:35 AM EDTFlorida Is Israel's New American Address
Israeli-founded companies now generate $7.3 billion in Florida's economy — 429 companies, 26,510 jobs. As New York's capital and Jewish community move south, Florida is becoming Is…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:33 AM EDTTrax
Israeli-founded computer-vision company that built the retail-shelf image-recognition category. Joel Bar-El and Dror Feldheim, 2010. Singapore HQ, Tel Aviv R&D. SoftBank-led $640M…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:32 AM EDTYissum, Ramot, T3: Israel's University Tech Transfer Engine
Yissum, Ramot, and T3 commercialized Israeli academic IP decades ago. This tech transfer engine produced companies like Mobileye and Exelon.
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:30 AM EDTThe Israeli Medical Devices Cluster
~1,500+ Israeli life-sciences companies; ~70% medical devices + digital health. Given Imaging→Medtronic 2014 $860M. Insightec, InMode (INMD), Nano-X, Magenta, ReWalk, Itamar. Defen…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:28 AM EDTPluri: The Haifa Cell-Therapy Platform
Haifa-based Pluri (NASDAQ: PLUR), founded 2001, develops cell therapies. CEO Yaky Yanay leads its 3D bioreactor and PLX placental cell platform for diverse applications.
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:26 AM EDTCompugen: Israel's Predictive Drug-Discovery Pipeline
Holon. Founded 1993 by Mintz/Faigler/Natan. NASDAQ: CGEN; TASE: CGEN. Anat Cohen-Dayag CEO 2010–Sept 2025 (now Executive Chair); Eran Ophir President/CEO from Sept 2025. Unigen™ AI…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:20 AM EDTGindi Holdings: The Family Behind Sarona Market
Gindi Holdings — Israeli family developer behind Sarona Market, TLV Fashion Mall, and the Gindi TLV luxury towers on the old Wholesale Market compound. Three generations, fifty yea…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:19 AM EDTHeter Iska: How Jewish Law Shapes Israeli Banking
The halachic instrument that converts an interest-bearing loan into a profit-sharing venture. Israel's major banks execute it as a general instrument covering all Jewish counterpar…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:19 AM EDTYotam Segev & Tamar Bar-Ilan: The Cyera Co-Founders Building the AI Data-Security Layer
Yotam Segev and Tamar Bar-Ilan co-founded Cyera in 2021 to build the data-security posture management (DSPM) category. Reported $6B+ valuation, $700M+ raised — one of the fastest a…
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:17 AM EDTMigdal Insurance: The Generali Heritage Insurer
Migdal (TASE: MGDL) — Israel's #5 insurer. Generali heritage. Life, pensions, P&C. Major Israeli institutional investor.
- Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:17 AM EDTClal Insurance: The IDB Group Legacy
Clal Insurance (TASE: CLIS) — Israel's #4 insurer. Former IDB Holdings/Nochi Dankner asset. Life, pensions, P&C.
























