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August 13, 2023
Business Today's List of Influential Startup Lawyers
Business Today has ranked Itay Gura on its list of the ten most influential lawyers in the startups and growing companies field in Israel.
June 29, 2023
Doing Business in Israel: Lecture by Yuval Lazi
Today, we hosted a group of foreign entrepreneurs, who arrived in Israel as part of a delegation organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As part of the event, Yuval Lazi lectured on the legal challenges of doing business in Israel and how to get it right.
June 16, 2023
Inbar Gorelick Lectures to “Female Entrepreneurs on Campus” at Tel Aviv University
Adv. Inbar Gorelick was invited to Tel Aviv University to lecture as part of the “Female Entrepreneurs on Campus” project
Inbar discussed what to take into consideration when incorporating a company, the importance of founders agreement and intellectual property protection.
May 17, 2023
Representing CryptoHub in USD 6 Million Fundraising Round
Itay Gura and Inbar Katzir advised Cryptohub, which offers crypto trading tools and innovations to improve the average crypto trader's experience, throughout the course of a USD 6 million investment round. The round was led by Tectona, the only public company that focuses its activities on the adoption of blockchain technologies.
March 28, 2023
Barnea: Supporting ReCombinate Program
We are happy to be a partner in the ReCombinant program, an AB InBev-TAU Ventures collaboration dedicated to fostering pilot activity and joint RD. The program is supported by the Israel Innovation Authority. Ido Freund, a partner in our Corporate Department, served as a speaker on a panel at the initiative’s spotlight event.
March 28, 2023
Barnea: Representing Daily.dev in USD 11 Million Seed Funding Round
Itay Gura, Ido Freund, and Inbar Katzir represented the Israeli startup Daily.dev in a USD 11 million seed funding round. The company aims to build the world’s largest professional network for the global developer community.
January 9, 2023
Hosting Entrepreneurs from jumpTAU Accelerator
Our firm hosted entrepreneurs participating in the jumpTAU program of Tel Aviv University’s Entrepreneurship Center. In this framework, Yuval Lazi lectured on founders' agreement and financing startups, while Anat Even-Chen lectured on setting up a website and the privacy issues that entrepreneurs must address at the very beginning.
January 10, 2023
Lecture: Investment Agreements
As part of our firm's collaboration with the Jewish-Arab accelerator jumpTAU at Tel Aviv University, Adv. Yuval Lazi lectured to entrepreneurs in the accelerator. During the lecture, Yuval provided legal tools to entrepreneurs and discussed how to avoid mistakes before signing investment agreements.
September 19, 2022
Barnea: Representing Israeli Startup in Initial Funding Round of USD 17 million
Itay Gura, Ido Freund, and Inbar Katzir represented the startup Winn.AI in an initial funding round of USD 17 million. Winn.AI offers a real-time AI assistant that helps sales teams win more deals with less hassle through its innovative real-time tracking, capturing, and CRM updating features.
June 23, 2022
The Technologies Encouraging Consumers to Return to Malls
"The day we walk around with robots in stores, or when a shopping cart walks through the supermarket for us and tell us we are passing by a product we have purchased in the past and that is now on sale, is not far away." Adv. Yuval Lazi, head of our firm's International Corporate Department, was interviewed by Globes about retail-tech technologies.
June 7, 2022
Pitch Day: IBM Alpha Zone
As part of our firm's collaboration with the IBM Alpha Zone accelerator, Advs. from our firm took part in the judging panel that examined the eleven startup companies participating in the venture. They also talked to the entrepreneurs about technological ideas, business plans, and innovation.
May 16, 2022
Everything Beginner Entrepreneurs Need to Know: Tal Freilich Hai Lectures at Aspire Pre-Accelerator
Aspire is a program of Azrieli College, intended for women entrepreneurs making their first steps in the business world. Adv. Tal Freilich Hai lectured to program participants on founders’ agreements.
April 25, 2022
Everything Young Entrepreneurs Need to Know: Ido Freund Lectures at 5050 Pre-Accelerator
Ido Freund lectures at the 5050 pre-accelerator sponsored by Azrieli College and Northeastern University to promote technological projects and Israeli- Palestinian cooperation.
March 10, 2022
Manpower Challenges and Existing Tech Solutions
Many organizations are facing manpower issues related to recruiting and retaining employees. This has led to a sharp rise in HR tech. Globes interviewed experts from the technology field, among them Adv. Daniel Lorber, a partner at our firm. Daniel noted there are a variety of solutions for existing challenges: artificial intelligence platforms that detect bias and discrimination against candidates or that know how to read employee work patterns, augmented reality technologies that allow candidates to “see inside” an organization before deciding to join, and tools that can warn a company about employee burnout or an employee’s intention to leave the company.
January 20, 2022
Legal Tools Workshop for Entrepreneurs in EdTech Program
Our firm represents EdTech Israel, a project to promote technological innovation in the fields of education and learning. In a meeting held today, Itay Gura, Yuval Lazi, and Ido Freund lectured to the venture's participants on founders’ agreements, intellectual property, and financing agreements, respectively.
January 4, 2022
jumpTAU Accelerator and Barnea Embark on New Cycle
A new cycle of the jumpTAU accelerator program, from Tel Aviv University, has begun. The accelerator supports multicultural ventures, in an effort to promote cooperation between Arab and Jewish entrepreneurs.
Our firm advises the accelerator as part of a broad collaboration with Tel Aviv University. In a meeting held today, four of our attorneys lectured to the entrepreneurs on a number of relevant topics.
Daniel Lorber lectured on founders’ agreements, Itay Gura lectured on startup financing, Anat Even-Chen lectured on website regulations and privacy policies, and Ido Freund lectured on intellectual property.
December 20, 2021
Legal Tools for Your Venture’s Success
Yuval Lazi will lecture today on the necessary legal tools to ensure a venture’s success, as part of the entrepreneurship program WE - Women Entrepreneurship. WE is a community that promotes women (mainly female students and alumni) in the entrepreneurship field. It operates on various campuses, including Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University, Bar-Ilan University, Ben-Gurion University, the Technion, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), and the College of Management.
November 25, 2021
Representing Mouro Capital in Investment in Vesttoo
We represented Mouro Capital in its USD 8 million equity investment in the Israeli tech insurance startup Vesttoo, as part of its role as the lead investor in the company's USD 16 million Series B round. Ariella Dreyfuss represented Mouro Capital in the deal.
November 18, 2021
Representing NickNack in Sale to Papaya Global
Yuval Lazi, Itay Gura, Ido Freund, and Inbar Katzir represented the Israeli startup NickNack in its sale to Papaya Global Ltd., a private Israeli company that provides payroll and human resource management computing services to multinational corporations. NickNack is developing a platform that fosters team engagement and togetherness for organizations working remotely.
September 29, 2021
Representing Niio in Strategic Partnership and Financing Agreement with Samsung
Our office has served as legal counsel for Niio, a unique digital art platform, since its establishment. The startup recently completed a USD 15 million fundraising round. Firm partners Simon Jaffa and Ariella Dreyfuss also represented Niio in a strategic partnership and financing agreement with Samsung Display, which will exhibit on hundreds of its frames the digital artwork Niio offers.