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🚀 #AI Funding News! Eikona, a Tel Aviv–based generative AI company focused on lifecycle marketing, has raised $5M in Seed funding. The round was led by StageOne Ventures, with participation from Crescendo Ventures Partners, Wix Ventures, Clarim Ventures, and several others — signaling growing investor confidence in AI-driven marketing innovation. With this new capital, Eikona plans to expand its operations and accelerate product development. Founded by ‪Nir Weingarten‬‏ (CEO) and Omer Hacohen (CTO), Eikona is redefining how enterprises execute lifecycle marketing. Its platform uses adaptive, RLHF-powered A/B testing to continuously learn from customer engagement, enabling brands to optimize content performance across: 📩 Email 📲 SMS 💬 Instant messaging 📱 In-app channels Serving industries such as retail, telecom, finance, insurance, and healthcare, Eikona helps businesses drive measurable improvements in sales, retention, and conversions. A strong step forward for AI-powered customer engagement. #AI #GenerativeAI #MarTech #LifecycleMarketing #FundingNews #SeedFunding #CustomerEngagement #Automation #Startups #Eikona

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Eikona Raises $5M Seed to Redefine Marketing with GenAI Eikona, the Israeli-American startup building an adaptive framework for customer communication, has secured $5 million in its Seed funding round. The round was led by StageOne Ventures, with participation from Crescendo Ventures, Wix , Clarim Ventures, and several prominent industry and academic angel investors. The platform uses generative AI and reinforcement learning to continuously optimize marketing content across email, SMS, and in-app channels. By replacing manual A/B testing with a self-improving neural net, Eikona allows brands to scale hyper-personalized campaigns that adapt to how individual users react, resulting in significant lifts in sales and customer retention. Founded by ‪Nir Weingarten‬‏ (CEO) and Omer Hacohen (CTO), Eikona is already deployed globally across the retail, telecom, and healthcare sectors, helping enterprises navigate a new era of performance-driven content generation. Follow Who Got Funded Israel for more funding updates shaping the future of Israeli startups.

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𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. At SAGE Marketing, we believe that marketing has never really been B2B or B2C. It’s H2H - Human to Human. Because data can tell you what people do, But only culture, emotion, and empathy reveal why they do it. From Tel Aviv’s urgency to London’s structure to Hong Kong’s precision to New York’s ambition to Europe’s consistency Every market speaks a different language. And real marketing? It’s about translating those human motivations into stories that connect. In our latest Notes from the Field, Sarit Lamerovich our CEO, shares what she’s learned after years of leading global campaigns -and why, even in an AI-powered world, empathy still outperforms algorithms. Read the full article in the first comment 👇And tell us what do you think?

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The funding will be used to expand the data cost optimization startup's Israeli R&D center, deepen product capabilities, support additional data platforms, and accelerate growth in the US by expanding the sales organization *** Yuki, a data cost optimization startup, has emerged from stealth with a $6 million seed round led by Hyperwise Ventures, with participation from VelocitX, Tal Ventures, Fresh.fund, and Yakir Daniel, founder of Spot.io (Flexera). Full details: https://lnkd.in/di3GnsHR Ido Arieli Noga Hadar Shpivak Dana Bilder-Morozova Perry T. Yana Peres Nathan Shuchami Alex Mirkin Amit Yahalom Amir Peres

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How did a tiny market become the world’s biggest tech powerhouse? 📈 I asked the CEOs at the top of the Israeli startup scene. Here is the "secret sauce" I took away from the room. Hosted by: Jaden Penhaskashi

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𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡: 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 2026 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐟𝐟 Israeli startups raised over $1 billion in January 2026. By: Nir Ben Yona Shein² Founder and Editor in Chief, Technologer 🟩LINK: https://lnkd.in/dCzKR22b The numbers are as follows: ⚡24 Deals at over $1 billion ⚡Strong opening for 2026 🦄2 New Unicorns: Torq - $1.2b valuation | Upwind - $1.5b ✅3 Mega Rounds at over $100m each: ✨ Upwind Security - $250m Round B ✨Claroty $150m Round F ✨Torq - $140m Round D 🤝10 Exits at $3.5 billion (including Q.ai at $1.5b) #israel #startups #unicorns #venturecapital #Technologer #startupnation Source: Nir Ben Yona Shein², Technologer

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