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Sharon Wrobel

Sharon Wrobel

Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel.
Victor Shamrich (left) and Ido Neuberger, co-founders of Israeli investment bank Value Base. (Courtesy)
September 28, 2023, 8:00 pm
Israel’s Value Base raises NIS 700m for debut fund to invest in locally traded firms
Investors in the Tel Aviv-based fund include Clal Insurance & Finance, More investment house, and former Bank of Israel governor Jacob Frankel
By Sharon Wrobel
Shoppers at a Spar supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 24, 2020 (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
September 28, 2023, 2:52 pm
Shufersal backs out of deal to open local stores for Dutch SPAR supermarket chain
Israel’s largest supermarket chain cites regulatory conditions set by competition watchdog and market conditions as reasons for canceling partnership to bring SPAR to the country
By Sharon Wrobel
Shai Aharonovitz, newly appointed head of the Israel Tax Authority, Sept. 27, 2023. (Courtesy)
September 27, 2023, 6:51 pm
Shai Aharonovitz approved as new head of Israel Tax Authority
22-year authority veteran was selected by Finance Minister Smotrich from a final list of three candidates recommended by a search committee
By Sharon Wrobel
North Sea oil exploration platforms lie in the Cromerty Firth in northern Scotland on March 2, 2003. (AP/Martin Cleaver)
September 27, 2023, 5:16 pm
Tshuva’s Delek unit gets UK nod for development of controversial North Sea oilfield
North Sea oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy and Norway’s Equinor will invest $3.8 billion to develop the Rosebank field
By Sharon Wrobel
An illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv financial business district skyline. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
September 26, 2023, 7:15 pm
Investment in Israeli tech firms drops 38%, but downward trend stabilizes – report
Capital raised by Israeli companies in the third quarter declines by a moderate 14% compared with the second quarter, but is down 38% year-on-year, IVC-LeumiTechdata shows
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup's remote teleoperation software to be be deployed by Serve Robotics, a maker of sidewalk delivery robots. (Serve Robotics)
September 26, 2023, 4:18 pm
Uber-backed delivery robots to deploy Israeli startup’s remote human operator tech
Ottopia’s teleoperation software platform allows a human operator to communicate with autonomous vehicles to address unpredictable or unsafe road situations
By Sharon Wrobel
Lior Simon, right, and Gili Raanan, partners at cybersecurity VC fund Cyberstarts. (Yossi Zliger)
September 24, 2023, 1:22 pm
Israel’s Cyberstarts closes $480m fund for cybersecurity investments
Founded in 2018 by tech veteran Gili Raanan, Israeli VC firm bumps up fund to back follow-on investments in portfolio startups, which include Legal Security, Wiz, and Fireblocks
By Sharon Wrobel
Israel’s Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis (right) and his British counterpart George Freeman sign a collaboration agreement in the areas of science, innovation and technology, Sept. 20, 2023. (Courtesy)
September 21, 2023, 7:40 pm
Israel and the UK clinch $2.1 million deal for joint science and innovation projects
Ministers of both countries sign agreement to jointly develop critical technologies like quantum computing and collaborate in areas such as AI, health and climate
By Sharon Wrobel
The sun rises over Tel Aviv, October 2019. (ZZ3701 via iStock by Getty Images)
September 21, 2023, 5:47 pm
Fears of a bubble in Tel Aviv house market deflate, but prices still overvalued: UBS
Rising mortgage rates put an end to the boom in Tel Aviv home prices, which tripled over the past two decades at the fastest rate among 25 major cities, UBS real estate index says
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of innovation, AI, machine learning and robots (ipopba; iStock by Getty Images)
September 20, 2023, 7:09 pm
Israel allocates NIS 30m to fund projects for AI applications in Hebrew and Arabic
Israel Innovation Authority backs 17 projects by local startups and academia to promote integration of artificial intelligence into local high-tech industry
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of cybersecurity startup Legit Security (right to left): Liav Caspi, Roni Fuchs, and Lior Barak. (Omer Hacohen)
September 20, 2023, 4:34 pm
Israeli-founded cybersecurity startup raises $40m to help mitigate threats to AI apps
Investment led by US VC firm CRV to help Legit Security boost sales, R&D and address the cyberthreat posed by AI and large language models in the development of applications
By Sharon Wrobel
An illustrative photo of a hacking concept. (Sergey Shulgin on iStock via Getty Images)
September 19, 2023, 7:29 pm
US cyber giant CrowdStrike snaps up Israeli-founded cloud security startup Bionic
Company has developed a ‘Google Maps’ security platform to help businesses protect their software applications from cyber threats
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. Cybersecurity technology. (Stock Depot via iStock by Getty Images)
September 19, 2023, 3:32 pm
Shlomo Kramer’s cybersecurity unicorn snags $238m at over $3 billion valuation
Cato Networks, a maker of cloud-based secure networks, gets financing led by LightSpeed Venture Partners and Japan’s investment giant Softbank
By Sharon Wrobel
Joseph Wolf, the new CEO of EFG International's wealth management subsidiary in Israel. (Courtesy)
September 18, 2023, 6:59 pm
Swiss private bank expands in Israel with financial services operations
EFG International creates wealth management subsidiary in Tel Aviv headed by former Credit Suisse Israel banker Joseph Wolf, after opening representative office in Israel last year
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup CatAI wins health tech challenge led by Start-Up Nation Central. (Vered Farkash)
September 18, 2023, 5:44 pm
Israeli startup wins healthcare tech challenge to help US hospitals cut costs
CatAI uses smartphone cameras to track medical data of home patients; has been awarded $75,000 to run pilot with Florida’s US Baptist Health
By Sharon Wrobel
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