World Economic Forum: Israel Earns Top Marks For Disruption-Minded Startups,...
Israel came in 20th out of 140 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report for 2018-2019, published this week, dropping four places from last year’s 16th spot, but retaining...
View ArticleIsraeli Voice Tech Startup Wins Henry Ford Health System AI Challenge
Israeli health startup Healthymize won US hospital Henry Ford Health System’s “Increasing Patient and Caregiver Engagement to Reduce Readmission” Israel challenge. This is the US healthcare provider’s...
View ArticleGaming Startup Overwolf Raises $16M In Funding Round Led By Intel
Israeli startup Overwolf, the developer of an open platform for game apps and services, raised $16M in a Series B funding round led by Intel Capital, with participation from Liberty Technology Venture...
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Italian Automotive Giant Adler Pelzer Group To Scout For Israeli Auto Tech In...
Automotive multinational Adler Pelzer Group, headquartered in Italy, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) to scout for innovative Israeli technologies in the...
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6 Israeli Companies At The Forefront Of Diabetes Care, Prevention, And Treatment
Diabetes and its prevalence in modern society have been sources of major international public health concerns for some time, as health officials worldwide have seen the number of those affected with...
View ArticleWeWork Now Valued At $42B After Raising Another $3B From SoftBank
Co-working space company WeWork is now valued at around $42 billion, following another $3 billion investment from Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group Corp., the company’s biggest investor to date, whose...
View ArticleIntel Leads Rising Corporate Investment In Israeli High-Tech Sector
Corporate investment is playing an increasingly significant role in the Israeli high-tech industry, according to a new report by the IVC Research Center released this week, with Intel’s investment arm,...
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Israeli Startup Looks To Replace Meat With 3D Printed Vegan Steaks
UPDATE: The company Jet Eat has rebranded as Redefine Meat as of 2019. Meat consumption is on the rise, as is the world population’s growth rate. According to United Nations figures from 2015, the...
View ArticleTel Aviv Ranked 6th For Number Of Millionaires Per Square Mile, Above NY, London
Tel Aviv is ranked the sixth city worldwide with the most millionaires per square mile, according to a ranking by the R.S. Components Limited UK electronics company, based on a Knight Frank wealth...
View ArticleHong Kong-Based Ion Pacific Raises $30M For Investments In Israel, Asia
Hong Kong-based merchant bank Ion Pacific has raised $30 million for its debut structured secondaries fund, which focuses on acquiring secondary positions in technology, venture and growth capital...
View ArticleRussian Tech Company Yandex To Test Self-Driving Cars In Israel
Russian multinational Yandex, which operates Russia’s largest search engine, announced this week that it has obtained permission from the Israeli Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety to operate...
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Concept Art, Israeli Fashion Milestones, Freud’s Jewelry: 6 Israeli Museum...
Israel is home to over 200 museums of all types, making it the country with the highest number of museums per capita in the world. From major institutional ones like the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and...
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Israeli Government Green Lights Medical Cannabis Exports
The Israeli government has given its long-awaited approval for the medical cannabis export law, paving the way for the country to become a leading medical cannabis exporter and participant in a...
View ArticleStreamElements Raises $11.3M To Expand Live Video Creation Platform
Tel Aviv-based streaming startup StreamElements announced the closing of an $11.3 million Series A funding round led by Pitango Venture Capital and previous investors State of Mind Ventures, Rainfall...
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Cybertech 2019: Israel Shows How Collaboration, Creative Technology Can Help...
Close collaboration is needed at the governmental, academic, corporate, and international levels to overcome the daily cybersecurity battle in every sector and the ever-changing cyber threats, said one...
View ArticleVertex Israel, TLV Partners Most Active Venture Capital Funds In 2018 – Report
Vertex Israel and TLV Partners are the most active venture capital funds in Israel in 2018 with 11 investments each, according to a new annual report by the Israeli IVC Research Center and Israeli law...
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When Nature Calls, The P-Pass Tells You Where To Go
When you gotta go, you gotta go. For tourists and locals in Tel Aviv, a new early-stage initiative makes knowing where to go when nature calls just a click of a button away. It’s called P-pass and it...
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Israel Has A Severe Plastic Problem, But Real Change Is Possible
This article was produced by ZAVIT, a news agency focused on science and the environment launched by The Israeli Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Every year, Israel produces about 5.3...
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18 Little-Known, Amazing Things About Israel As It Turns 71
Israel is known as an innovation leader, an inspiration in research and development, a home for significant religious sites and landmarks, a center of a burgeoning foodie scene and a thriving arts and...
View ArticleIsraeli Designer Wins International Award For Medical Cannabis Potency...
A cannabis potency testing device sold by an Israeli medical cannabis startup and designed by an Israeli product designer won a prestigious international design award in recent weeks. The device,...
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