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Facebook is getting pulled into a fight about the politics of Israel

The Verge

On November 10th , a Facebook employee sent out an unusual email to an unknown outside party, hoping to arrange a conversation about how the platform moderated against anti-Semitism. “We And Facebook’s current hate speech policy does not mention Israel or Zionism. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Sales experience platform Walnut raises $15M to improve product demonstrations

TechCrunch

Walnut raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by Eight Roads Ventures, to continue developing its sales experience platform. Vilner told TechCrunch that while at a previous company, he was building a category called technology marketing in Israel. Founders Yoav Vilner and Danni Friedland started the company in July 2020.

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HR platform Hibob raises $150M at a $1.65B valuation

TechCrunch

Hibob , a London-based company that targets the mid-market with an all-in-one platform that handles various human resources functions, closed a Series C of $150 million. Hibob last raised money about 10 months ago, a $70 million round in December 2020 (a round led by SEEK and Israel Growth Partners). We believe it should be different.

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eToro IPO: Crypto and stock trading platform’s ETOR shares to list on Nasdaq in latest fintech public debut

Fast Company Tech

eToro Group Ltd is the name of the company that operates the eToro trading platform. Like other trading platforms, eToro allows investors to buy and sell a number of assets, including stocks and cryptocurrencies. But eToro is slightly different from traditional trading platforms like Charles Schwab or Vanguard.

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Brex buys Weav, a universal API for commerce platforms, for $50M

TechCrunch

Fintech Brex first partnered with Weav , a developer of a universal API for commerce platforms, last summer. For one, as part of the acquisition, Brex will be expanding its global presence by building an “innovation hub” and hiring employees in Israel beyond Weav’s nine-person team, which is located in Israel and New York.

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AI platform to analyze creative advertising raises $5.1M from investors, including a16z

TechCrunch

Alison is a startup out of Israel that analyzes creative work, such as typeface characters, colors, sounds, and text. It then gives the creative team a data-driven creative brief prompt that they can use to feed either into a generative AI production platform like Midjourney or (even!) their human creative team.

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Quantum Machines plans to expand quantum orchestration platform with $50M investment

TechCrunch

Today’s round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners with help from Exor, Claridge Israel, Samsung NEXT, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, LP, as well as TLV Partners, Battery Ventures, 2i Ventures and other existing investors. for its Quantum Orchestration Platform. Quantum Machines raises $17.5M

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