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JANVEST Technologies Raises $5M For Israel-Focused Angel Fund
JANVEST Technologies announces the closing of its $5 million Angel fund to be invested in 10-12 early stage Israeli technology start-ups, of which seven have already been selected. The fund will...
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Accel Partners To Focus On Israel And Europe With $475M Fund
American VC Accel Partners has announced the closing of its $475 million London IV fund. The company says that the fund will be used mainly for investments in Israel and Europe. According to the...
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Israel To Be First Country Other Than US To Be Represented At TEDMED
For the first time in TEDMED history, a country other than the United States will be officially represented at the annual conference, to be held in Washington DC in April. The conference is a version...
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Stephen Hawking To Visit Israel In June
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who is considered to be one of the smartest people on earth, will visit Israel next June. Hawking will attend the fifth President’s Conference, entitled “Facing...
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General Electric’s Israeli R&D Center Inaugurated
International corporation General Electric’s Israeli R&D center was recently inaugurated by the company’s VP William Ruh. The center will focus on software development and currently employs seven...
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Israel And PA To Resume Cooperation In Agriculture After 13 Year Freeze
In the 1990′s, Israel and the Palestinian Authority entered into an agricultural cooperation, as part of the Oslo Accord. The agreement was put on hiatus 13 years ago, with the breakout of the second...
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Samsung Announces Israel Incubator
October 10, 2013 | International technology giant Samsung has announced yesterday that it will open an incubator for startups in Israel. “TheMarker” reports that the announcement was made by VP Young...
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Tel Aviv-Based Onavo Acquired By Facebook For A Reported $100-200M Price Tag
October 14, 2013 | Onavo, the Tel Aviv-based mobile analytics company, has just announced that it has been acquired by Facebook. Onavo will become the hub for Facebook in Israel — its first location in...
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EU Satellite Program Will Include Israel As A Major Partner
Israeli Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri and the head of the Israel Space Agency, Menachem Kidron have signed an agreement with the European Union, to make Israel a major partner at the...
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British Water Company Seeks Partnership With Israeli Company
October 28, 2013 | UK water corporation Arup is reportedly in talks with Israel’s national water company Mekorot. A senior executive at the British firm said that Arup wants to cooperate with Mekorot...
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Israel And Japan To Establish R&D Fund For Agriculture
October 29, 2013 | The Israeli Minister of Agriculture Yair Shamir, has announced that Israel and Japan will set up a joint R&D fund for agriculture. Shamir made the announcement following a...
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Israel and Vietnam Set Up Joint Agricultural R&D Fund
November 6, 2013 | Israeli Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir and officials from the Vietnamese government have agreed to establish a joint agriculture research and development fund. In addition the two...
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Israel And Poland Sign Scientific Cooperation MoU
November 6, 2013 | Poland’s deputy Science and Education minister Professor Mark Rateizek and Israel’s Science, Technology and Space Ministry Director-General Bina Bar-On, have signed a Memorandum of...
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Blumberg Aims 45 Percent Of $150M Investment Fund At Israeli Companies
VC Blumberg Capital has closed its 3rd investment fund at $150 million. “Calcalist” reports that 40 to 45 percent of the fund will be invested in Israeli companies, as opposed to 30 percent of the...
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Energy Industries Wins $5.5M Contract To Build Power-From Garbage Plant In Ghana
November 11, 2013 | Israeli company Energy Industries has won a tender to build a natural-gas power plant in the African nation of Ghana. The gas will be extracted from a landfill in umasi, Ghana’s...
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Israel Ranks 2nd On Global Dynamism Index
November 18, 2013 | Israel was ranked second on the GDI (Global Dynamism Index) in the category of science and technology. The index, which was compiled by Grant Thornton, rates the economies of the...
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Israel, Jordan And PA To Sign Two Seas Canal Agreement In Washington
December 9, 2013 | Government representatives from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority are in Washington to sign an agreement to establish the Two Seas Canal. The canal, designed to slow the...
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will.i.am Considers Investing in Five Israeli Startups
June 3, 2014| During a recent visit to Israel, Black Eyed Peas founding member and rapper, will.i.am (William Adams) met with five Israeli startups that he is considering investing in. According to...
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Israel To Become First Non-European Country in EU’s Horizon 2020 Program
June 8, 2014 | According to reports, Israel is to become the first non-European country to receive grants and funding as part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 scientific research program. The...
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SpacePharma Annouces Nano-Satellite Venture To Take Off In 2015
June 10, 2014 | The Switzerland-based company SpacePharma, specializing in microgravity research for the life sciences, announced a new venture of nano-satellites that will serve Israeli and...
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