A former general calls for help from Israeli officials against allegations of illegal arms trade. In December, the United States imposed financial sanctions on retired Israeli Major General Israel Ziv, claiming he had supplied arms and ammunition to both sides in the civil war in South Sudan. Read more
Israel’s approach to energy is suicidal, says the former head of the UN climate change framework. Christiana Figueres, who led the Paris Agreement negotiations, believes Israel should do more to produce renewable energy and less depend on imported fossil fuels. Read more
French digital analytics company Contentsquare acquires customer analytics start-up Clicktale. Clicktale’s resources and research and development team will be integrated with Contentsquare’s, and the joint R&D team will be expanded to Paris and Tel Aviv. Read more
Cyber security firm TrapX raises $ 18 million. Existing investor Intel Capital participated in the round. Read more
Cancer patient social media developer Belong.Life raises $ 14 million. Belong.Life operates a social media network for cancer patients, caregivers and healthcare providers with over 200,000 users. Read more
Liquidity Capital supports the electronic loan startup Ezbob. EZbob, headquartered in London, offers auto-processed online loans to small businesses. Read more
The Israeli private hospital chain is going digital. Assuta, which treats about 1.25 million patients per year at eight medical centers, will spend millions to switch to the Salesforce cloud computing platform. Read more
Former executive banker named president of the Brown boutique hotel chain. Until March of this year, Danny Cohen headed the retail banking division of Bank Leumi. He left the bank after almost 30 years. Read more