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• CloseFactor (US) raised USD15M in a Series A round
• Ensonic (CN) raised a RMB100M Series B round (Article in CN)
• Higharc (US) announced a USD1.3M investment from Simpson Strong-Tie

• Broker Buddha (US) partnered with Herald to offer carrier quoting panels
• Geek+ (CN & Growth) partnered with Cainiao to build the first Direct to Consumer (DTC) fulfillment center for an international retail giant
• Guesty (IL) partnered with onefinestay to power onefinestay’s global portfolio into an integrated platform
• Horizon Robotics (CN & Growth) partnered with Pony.ai  to develop advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) for production cars 
• Nium (SEAI & Growth) launched a hackathon in partnership with ICC to further its digital transformation and identify innovations that can further its ambitions
• Trigo (IL) partnered with Wakefern Food Corp to pilot an autonomous supermarket making use of Trigo's AI-based frictionless checkout technology

• Datos Health (IL) chosen to deploy Hybrid Care Models across all 24 hospitals of the Ministry of Health in Israel
• Evisort (US) debuted its new brand identity reflecting generative AI and focus on the future of connected contract data
• Guesty (IL) launched GuestyPay, a payment processing solution for its hospitality and property management operating system
• Harbour BioMed (CN) announced IND Clearance for First-in-Class Anti-B7H7 (HHLA2) Antibody by the U.S. FDA
• Taranis (IL & Growth) announced the launch of AcreForward, a new offering to help ag retailers drive more value from every acre

• Augury (IL), Cymbio (IL), GrowthSpace (IL) Yotpo (IL), Verbit (IL & Growth), Zencity (IL) recognised in Power In Diversity’s 2022 Diversity in startups report
• Kissht (SEAI & Growth) recognized in CNBC-TV18’s Young Turk’s Investor Watchlist for 2023
• Lumigo (US) , OwnBackup (US) listed in Tracxn’s Emerging Startups 2023: Top IT Operations Startups
• Sayata (IL), Datarails (IL) named in CTech by Calcalist’s “Israeli Fintech startups to watch out for in 2023
• Zencity (IL) listed in Government Technology’s GovTech 100

Vertex in the News

Here’s a recap of the notable media mentions and thought leadership articles from the Partners across our Vertex network.

VANTAGE - Feb'23 | Partners’ Notable Mentions

Read the full articles below:

• Jonathan Heiliger on investing in CloseFactor
• Gary Khoeng on the 2023 VC outlook
• Li Wei on Ensonic’s completion of their Series B round
• Zhijin Xia on government VC funds in China and trends in the recovering equity market

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