Israel’s content discovery company Taboola buys California-based Perfect Market
Leading Israeli content-recommendation platform, Taboola, is acquiring Perfect Market in order to broaden its portfolio and its products, and to offer content sites an additional, combined revenue engine. Founded in 2007, this is Taboola’s first acquisition. Taboola did not disclose financial details of the deal, but the fact that California-based Perfect Market has raised $30 million to date, indicates that the deal was likely to be in the tens of millions of dollars, at least.To read more, click here.
Top 10 Furry Innovations: When the ‘Startup Nation’ turns its eyes to pets
The Israeli startup ecosystem is known for being at the forefront of business and creativity. The country’s technological ingenuities range from medtech to cleantech, and include even pet-tech. Israelis have developed an innovative range of out-of-the-box products for their furry, four-legged friends. From pet chip health monitors to high-tech dog-walking sevices. To check out some of the more ‘paws’-atively innovative ways that Israelis are making life better for man’s best friend, click here.
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Israel to retrain workers over 45 to fill tech jobs
After years of complaints of age discrimination in Israeli technology — workers being shown the door when they get to age 40 or so and finding it hard to get a new job — Israel’s government is turning the job picture on its head, actively seeking older workers for high-tech positions. The new program provides free retraining, teaching older workers the latest technologies that will allow them to step into the high-paying jobs. To read more, click here.
