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August 13, 2023
Business Today's List of Influential Startup Lawyers
Business Today has ranked Adv. 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 Adv. Yuval Lazi
Today, we hosted a group of foreign entrepreneurs visiting Israel as part of a delegation organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the event, Adv. Yuval Lazi spoke about the legal challenges of doing business in Israel and how to navigate them successfully.
June 16, 2023
Adv. Inbar Gorelick Lectures 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' agreements, and intellectual property protection.
May 17, 2023
Representing CryptoHub in USD 6 Million Fundraising Round
Adv. Itay Gura and Adv. 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.
March 28, 2023
Barnea: Representing Daily.dev in USD 11 Million Seed Funding Round
Adv. Itay Gura and Adv. Inbar Katzir represented the Israeli startup Daily.dev in a USD 11 million seed funding round. Daily.dev 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 jumpTAU, a program of Tel Aviv University's Entrepreneurship Center. As part of the program, Adv. Yuval Lazi lectured on founders' agreements and startup financing, while Adv. Anat Even-Chen discussed website development and the privacy issues entrepreneurs should address from the outset.
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 Represents Israeli Startup in Initial USD 17 Million Funding Round
Adv. Itay Gura and Adv. Inbar Katzir represented the startup Winn.AI in an initial USD 17 million funding round. 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.
July 19, 2022
Barnea Represents GameChain in USD 24 Million A Round
We represented the Israeli crypto and NFT startup GameChain (UnCaged Studio) in raising USD 24 million as part of a series A round. The round was led by Griffin Gaming Partners and was joined by Vgames, Maverick Ventures Israel, MaxStealth, Drive by DraftKings, and 6th Man Ventures. Adv. Ariella Dreyfuss and Adv. Tal Freilich provided representation in the transaction.
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, lawyers from our firm took part in the judging panel examining 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 Hay 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 Hay lectured to program participants on founders’ agreements.
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, Adv. Itay Gura and Adv. Yuval Lazi lectured to the venture's participants on founders’ agreements, intellectual property, and financing agreements.
January 4, 2022
jumpTAU Accelerator and Barnea Embark on New Cycle
A new cohort of Tel Aviv University’s jumpTAU accelerator program has begun. The accelerator supports multicultural ventures to promote cooperation between Arab and Jewish entrepreneurs. Our firm advises the accelerator as part of a broader collaboration with Tel Aviv University. At a meeting held today, we presented several topics relevant to early-stage ventures: Adv. Itay Gura spoke about startup financing, and Adv. Anat Even-Chen discussed website regulations and privacy policies.
December 20, 2021
Legal Tools for Your Venture’s Success
Adv. 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 promotes women, primarily 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, and the College of Management.
November 18, 2021
Barnea Represents NickNack in Sale to Papaya Global
Adv. Yuval Lazi, Adv. Itay Gura, and Adv. 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
Barnea Represents 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. Adv. Simon Jaffa and Adv. 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.
August 11, 2021
Calcalist Interview – Reason for Years-Long Drop in Establishment of New Tech Ventures
According to data from the Israel Innovation Authority, the number of newly established startups has steadily declined since 2014, when 1,404 new startups were formed. In 2020, for example, only 520 startups were established. In an interview with Calcalist, Adv. Yuval Lazi, an expert in the high-tech sector, discusses this trend and analyzes the data.