As reported in Globes Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) plans to open an incubator in Israel in August 2012. Google Israel R&D Center director Prof. Yossi Matias made the announcement at Google Israel’s annual developers conference today. The incubator will begin operations when Google Israel enters its new offices in the Electra Tower in Tel Aviv. […]
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Better Place raises $200m
As reported on Globes Shai Agassi’s electric car venture Better Place LLC has raised $200 million in its third financing round in the US from a consortium of investors and partners, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to $2.25 billion (after money). The launch of the first nationwide electric car networks in Israel and Denmark is […]
At Mobile World 2012 held in Barcelona, there will be a large Israeli Pavilion. This year there will be 61 Israeli companies participating in the national pavilion, as well as up to 40 start-up companies whose products are applications for mobile devices will be promoted. Please click here to see the Catalogue of Israeli Companies exhibiting at MWC2012. […]
Alex Original has been a manufacturer, since 1959, of transport refrigeration and A/C for commercial vehicles.
Israel’s Agro-technology industry is characterized by intensive research and development of innovative systems that in large part stemmed from the need to overcome the scarcity of the country’s natural resources, in particular water and arable land. The constant growth in agro-technologies is due to the close cooperation between researchers, extension agents, farmers, and agriculture-related industries. […]
Hadasit, the Technology Transfer Company of Hadassah Medical Organization, has launched Ways, an incubator for joint Jewish-Arab biomed ventures in the Galilee. In addition to an initial 7.5 million shekel investment by Hadasit, several million dollars have been pledged to Ways from social organizations as well. Ways will invest $500,000 in 12 projects each, which […]
The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation, approved $8.1 million of funding for nine new projects between Israeli and American companies. The approved projects involve innovations in the areas of life sciences, healthcare IT, electronics, software and energy. In addition to the grants from BIRD, the projects will access private sector funding, boosting […]
Israel Corporation unit Cerro del Aguila SA has agreed to build a 510-megawatt hydroelectric power station in Peru at an investment of $680 million. The Cerro del Aguila power station, located in Tayacaja Province in central Peru, in March signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Peru’s government-owned electricity company, which will come into effect […]
“We are delighted to welcome the BigBand employees to ARRIS.” – Bob Stanzione, ARRIS Chairman & CEO. Communications-equipment maker Arris Group Inc. is acquiring digital-video networking company BigBand Networks Inc. for about $158.1 million in cash. BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with […]
Following the great success of the ICT study tour held last year in Israel, The MOFET Institute – a center for the professional development of teacher educators, is offering two 8-day international study tours scheduled for March-April 2012. The study tours are designated for: Teacher educators, educational policy makers and educators interested in the following subject matters: 1. March 11 […]
