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June 9, 2026 Weekly insights on Israeli tech, venture capital, and AI

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Brazilian Optics Giant Buys Israel’s Civcom for $40M

Not only Microsoft is buying up Israeli start-ups. Brazilian optical network solutions giant Padtec has paid $30-40 million for Civcom, an Israeli pioneer in the development and manufacturing of cost saving optical solutions for communications, test and measurement, and military…

Bitesize: A Low Calorie News Dose

Israel's HealOr raises $8M, Sand Hill Road vs. Hamenofim Street in Israel, itelman Group to invest $20M in Israeli startups, interview with the founders of Pitango, Jerusalem Global Ventures to raise a new $200M fund, InSightec Ltd raised $30 million, Israel's credit rating to "A", Advasense raised $6M from CIDC, Medingo raises $27M, Mobile Web - so close yet so far...