Author: Jeremy Ungar

H/T: https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-defence-tech-looks-to-new-routes-into-australia-and-new-zealand/ Israeli defence technology companies are being encouraged to pursue opportunities in Australia and New Zealand through local partnerships, licensing and dual-use applications, as traditional routes into government defence procurement become increasingly difficult.The push follows a defence-tech conference in Haifa organised by HiCentre Ventures in collaboration with the New Zealand Israel Innovation Hub (NZIIH), […]

Today’s scientific breakthroughs rarely emerge in isolation. They are increasingly shaped by collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and sectors.  For more than six decades, technology transfer organizations (TTOs) have transformed scientific discoveries into products, companies, and technologies that improve lives.  By protecting intellectual property, licensing innovations, and supporting the creation of start-ups, they have helped bring countless breakthroughs […]

BioCatch’s behavioral and device intelligence expertise expected to help detect scams, account takeovers and digital fraud before they happen SAN FRANCISCO & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Visa (NYSE: V) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioCatch, a leading provider of behavioral-first, multi-signal fraud intelligence, from funds advised by Permira and other shareholders […]

Ofer Brown, COO of NSKnox, “There is a lot of awareness in Australia about cyber and cyber fraud. It’s easier to educate the market than other markets that are less advanced and aware.” Australian banks and major corporations not only hold vast amounts of customer data, like companies around the world, but they also operate […]

Stanford University study: Ben-Gurion University graduates have the highest chance in Israel of founding a unicorn company, and rank third among institutions worldwide. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was ranked first in Israel and third in the world outside the United States for its graduates’ odds of founding unicorn companies, startup companies with a valuation exceeding […]

The initiative consists of NIS 6 million in investments, NIS 3 million of which will be drawn from the Israel Citizens Fund of the Energy Ministry. The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) announced on Sunday a new fund to support research and development of marine-focused energy solutions, with an initial NIS 6 million invested in what the IIA […]

The researchers identified a unique biological mechanism that could enable the regeneration of sensory hair cells in the inner ear – a process previously thought to be impossible in humans. A groundbreaking study by a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences offers hope to millions of people suffering from […]