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Growth
- Axonius (IL) hired Jerry Raphael as Chief Financial Officer and secured contract to support DHS CDM and Group F Federal Agencies
- Desktop Metal (US) launched Desktop Health for patient-specific solutions
- Earlens (HC) released new features to enhance fittings with New Earlens Fidelity™ 2021.1.1 software
- FirstCry (SEAI) launched Global Bees, an investment venture entity
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) announced C200M has obtained the world’s first full CE certificate (Article in CN)
- Horizon Robotics (CN) announced participation in ELISA global ecosystem project (Article in JP)
- Innoviz Technologies (IL) announced LiDAR technology breakthrough with 30X performance improvement and embedded perception software and expanded Board of Directors
- LeaseLock (US) hired Laura Sheldon as Vice President of Sales Southwest and Peter Moore as Head of People
- Loris (US) launched real-time coaching technology for digital customer service
- Palleon Pharmaceuticals (HC) presented data suggesting role of Hypersialylation in metastatic melanoma patients’ resistance to PD1 inhibitors
- Pintec (CN) announced their unaudited 2020 financial year results
- Recko (SEAI) hired Shankar Manian as Senior Director of Engineering
- Xin Chi Technology (CN) unveiled their products at the Shanghai Auto Show (Article in CN)
Investments
- Aporia (IL) raised USD 5M in seed funding
- Boundless Bio (HC) raised an oversubscribed USD 105M Series B
- DataRails (IL) completed a USD 18.5M Series A
- ElevateBio (HC) closed a USD 525M Series C
- Gitpod (US) raised a USD 13M Series A
- Guesty (IL) raised USD 50M Series D and acquired Your Porter and MyVR
- NIUM (SEAI & Growth) raised SGD 21M in fresh funding
- Palleon Pharmaceuticals (HC) raised a USD 100M Series B
- Patsnap (SEAI & Growth) joined the unicorn club
- Pintec (CN) acquired Fuming Securities and Jisheng Titanium Technology (Article in CN)
- SolidEnergy Systems (CN) completed a USD 139M Series D
- Turnkey Lenders (SEAI) raised a new round
- Upsolver (US) raised USD 25M Series B
- Virta (Growth) closed a EUR 30M investment round
Partnership
- Atidot (IL) partnered Sapiens International to offer AI-based predictive insights and personalization
- DatosHealth (IL) partnered with Sheba Medical Center in a first of its kind Diabetic care program in the UAE
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) partnered AMH Material Handling to launch an intelligent sorting system in ALS distribution center
- Grab and Xpressbees (SEAI) partnered Rapido to support last mile deliveries
- Huayu (CN) partnered Central Audio-visual Education Center to create a new smart education model (Article in CN)
- NeiWai (CN) partnered with SavisLook Collab to launch a vacation capsule collection
- NIUM (SEAI & Growth) partnered Travelex to form a digital remittance partnership for Asia Pacific
- Obsidian Therapeutics (HC) partnered Vertex Pharmaceuticals to discover Novel Therapies that regulate gene editing
- Validus (SEAI & Growth) partnered Siemens to facilitate credit access for Singapore distributors
- Warung Pintar (SEAI) partnered Reckitt to expand its presence to 500,000 warungs in Indonesia
- Xin Chi Technology (CN) partnered BlackBerry QNX to build the next generation intelligent cockpit platform
Recognition
- DeepVision (CN) Founder shared how their company is accelerating Industry 4.0
- Horizon Robotics (CN) recognized by CBInsights as one of the top 10 most valuable private auto tech companies
- Neiwai (CN) CEO shared their expansion plans
- NIUM (Growth & SEAI) CEO shared how a bachelor party drama created the USD 100M fintech
- OwnBackup (IL) ranked No. 38 on 2021 Financial Times The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
- Verbit (IL) CEO shared how their technology is leading the market and was listed by Calcalist as one of the 50 most promising Israeli startups in 2021
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