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Israel Food Tech Firms on Track for Record Funding Year

Agriculture and food technology sector sees $109 million injection in first half of 2019, more than the total raised in all of 2018,...

Groundbreaking AI-Based Cancer Treatment Developed by Israeli Researchers

The new technology allows AI to identify molecular features of cancer cells based on biopsy images. READ ARTICLE by Leon Sverdlov....

Four Israeli Universities Shine Among Top 50 Producers of Entrepreneurs

Tel Aviv, Technion and Hebrew U are repeat members of the list, while Ben-Gurion University ranks for the first time, in lineup compiled...

Production Platform for Leviathan, Israel’s Largest Gas Field, to Arrive in Days

Scheduled to start production this year, field off Haifa coast is estimated to hold 22 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas,...

Why Israel is Automotive Tech's Global Engine

Leading carmakers realize Tel Aviv’s mobility tech hub is here to stay READ ARTICLE by Eytan Halon. Published by The Jerusalem Post,...

Facebook Launches Tel Aviv 'Playground' to Boost Local Innovation

"This country is not just deeply meaningful for me, but also for Facebook," said Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of...

Google Wants In on 6,000 Israeli Startups Within the Next 3 Years, Says Exec

Matthew John Brittin, Google’s president of business and operations, EMEA, spoke with Calcalist about the company’s role in Israel’s tech...

Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Phase III Trial Opens in Israel

Hope is that successful trials will allow Rafael Pharmaceuticals will receive expedited FDA approval by late 2020. READ ARTICLE by Maayan...

Israeli Firms Raise Record $3.9 Billion in First Half of 2019

Funding was boosted by 10 mega-deals, each exceeding $50 million and totaling $1.26 billion, or 54% of total capital raised in the second...

IIFG Completes Jezreel Winery Offering

It is with great pleasure that Israel Investment Fund Group announces completion of its offering in the Jezreel Valley Winery, one of...

Israeli Hi-Tech Exits Swell to $14.5 Billion in First Half of 2019

"In the first half of 2019, we witnessed a significant increase in the total volume of exits, particularly those with a value exceeding...

Israeli Start-Ups Keeping Stores Relevant in the Age of Amazon

While Amazon's expansion may give cause for concern, traditional street shopping is certainly not going anywhere soon. READ ARTICLE by...

International Group to Invest $100 Million in Israeli Foodtech

Finistere Ventures, OurCrowd, Tnuva, Tempo make up consortium. Money aims to help local companies collaborate with the giants. READ...

Turning 71, Israel Can Look With Pride at the Tech Firms It Has Generated

From Mobileye and Mellanox to Mercury and Mazor, blue and white companies have won accolades upon their successful exit. READ ARTICLE by...

Lockheed Martin, MIT Launch Fund to Foster Israeli Research Partnerships

The MIT-Lockheed Martin Seed Fund, which will also operate in Germany during its pilot period, will be sponsored by Lockheed Martin to...

10 Must-Try Wines And Liquors That Are Kosher For Passover

READ ARTICLE by Aly Walansky. Published by Forbes, April 10, 2019.

RMG Completes $64M. Israel-Based Biopharma Investment Fund

There are currently more than 1,200 companies in the Israeli healthcare market, including 200 in the field of pharma, according to data...

Vinsent Aims to Democratize the Centuries-Old Tradition of Trading in Wine Futures

An Israeli startup has drawn inspiration from a Bordeaux tradition to create a blockchain-based platform for buying—and trading—in wine...

In Third-Largest Exit Ever, Nvidia Acquires Israel's Mellanox for $6.9 B.

The Yokne’am-based company, founded in 1999 and listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, supplies end-to-end interconnect solutions and...

Bending the Cost Curve of Cancer

TailorMed was founded to change that broken dynamic, from the patient level to the hospital level, and it started by focusing on one of...

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