2021 opens with record investments for Israeli startups
Unprecedented total of at least $1.2 billion in January includes rounds for unicorns Rapyd, K Health, OwnBackup, Melio and DriveNets.
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Following a record-breaking year that saw some $10 billion of investment flowing to Israeli companies, the reported amount of funds raised in January exceeded $1.2 billion, the highest amount for a single month ever.
The highest reported amount was $300 million by Rapyd, which embeds fintech services into apps, in a Series D round.
Rapyd, now valued at $2.5 billion, is one of five unicorns privately held companies worth at least $1 billion that raised the majority of the January funds reported. Israel has the most unicorns per capita.
Covid-19 vaccines: when will children be able to get them?
Covid-19 vaccines: when will children be able to get them? By Sara Goldenberg | February 2, 2021 at 8:21 PM EST - Updated February 2 at 8:21 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts children could get vaccinated against Covid-19 by late spring or the summer.
Fauci said vaccinating children is a necessary step to widespread immunity to the virus.
Vaccines aren’t approved yet for children, but testing is currently underway for those as young as 12.
Fauci said if those trials are successful, there will be another round of testing down to those nine years old.