"Last year the industry had a big party - now there is a hangover and bills need to be paid"

CTalk | "Last year the industry had a big party - now there is a hangover and bills need to be paid." Irit Kahan , Partner, Head of DTCP Israel, was speaking in a panel at the Roadshow event together with Sivan Shamri Dahan , Managing Partner at Qumra Capital , Adi Hoorvitch Lavi , VP Growth & Investments at Poalim Tech , and Adi Gozes , Partner at Entrée Capital .?

“The market definitely requires more stamina from founders.” Liran Grinberg , Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Team8 ; Netanel Meir ?? , Partner at StageOne Ventures ; and Keren Kopilov , Partner at Firstime Ventures , joined CTech at Calcalist’s Roadshow to discuss how early-stage companies can prepare for 2023.

2022 VC Survey | “Even with a likely global recession upon us, we are bullish on the opportunities to invest.” Intel Capital ’s Roi Bar-Kat joined CTech to discuss some of the trends seen in the VC space and how to keep finding success in economic downturns.

Pagaya goes from highest-valued Israeli company to danger of delisting. The Israeli fintech company has lost over 97% of its valuation in less than four months, going from a market cap of around $20 billion to just $680 million.

Analysis | Unicorn employees paying the price for exaggerated expansion. Two major Israeli unicorns - Trax and Rapyd - admitted on Tuesday that they are going to lay off dozens, if not hundreds, of employees. While no unicorn currently firing workers is going to shut down, they are now dealing with the consequences of last year’s hiring hysteria.