With 1,600 active life sciences companies employing 83,000 people, Israel is home to a vibrant medical innovation ecosystem. Leveraging its strengths in relevant fields like artificial intelligence, medical devices, digital health, and R&D, the Startup Nation has pioneered some of medicine’s most exciting breakthroughs – from PillCam, a noninvasive colonoscopy alternative, to ReWalk, a robotic […]
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Source: Israel21c REE’s innovative modular platform houses all of a car’s major components – brakes, thermal systems, motor and drivetrain – next to the wheels. Technology entrepreneurs delight in disrupting established industries, from textiles to healthcare to agriculture. Changes in automotive manufacturing have been tougher to sell because no matter how many computers are put […]
Source: noCamels McDonald’s announced on Tuesday that it was acquiring Apprente, a US-based, Israeli-founded startup which the food giant called “a leader in the field of conversational voice-based technology.” The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed but McDonald’s said in a statement that the agreement will give the company “first-mover advantage as we continue to […]
Source: Globes AppsVillage last week raised A$5 million in its IPO on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) at a A$13.3 million (NIS 32 million) valuation. Demand for the offering was strong. The share price in the IPO was A$0.20. Following fluctuations in the share price in the subsequent days, it closed today at the same […]
Source: Times of Israel Online fraudsters are getting smarter by the day. As soon as banks and financial institutions smoke them out, they find new ways to outsmart the system. One noteworthy case happened a year ago in the UK when a woman got a call from someone saying they were from her mobile phone […]
Source: Israel21c When a self-driving Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona in 2018, it marked the first time autonomous vehicle technology was involved in a fatality and set off warning bells across the nascent industry. Industry insiders and concerned legislators asked: Are self-driving cars ready to be tested on real streets? How […]
Startup founder Charlotte Petris visited Israel on a Young Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce trip and shares her insights visiting the country from an Australian perspective. Read it here.
Source: Globes US retail tech giant Amazon is acquiring Israeli storage technology startup E8 Storage, a source close to the deal has informed “Globes.” Sources in the market estimate that the deal is for $50-60 million although others estimate that the acquisition was for a lower price. According to Crunchbase, E8 Storage has raised $18.3 […]
Source: Israel 21c MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, already does pretty amazing work giving us a better picture of what’s happening on our insides. But it is about to do even more amazing work, helping doctors determine more quickly the onset of neurodegenerative diseases. A team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led […]
Source: Israel 21c If you’re ever unfortunate enough to require brain surgery, Israeli startup Nurami Medical has got you covered – literally. The Haifa-based company has developed a patch made of synthetic, biodegradable nanofibers meant to be affixed to the dura mater – the protective membrane underneath the skull that keeps the brain and spinal cord safe […]
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