Source: Globes Israeli company Trendlines, which is listed on the Singapore Exchange, has announced the founding of a fund for investing in Israeli agritech. The fund will be established by Trendlines together with UK billionaire Vincent Tchenguiz’s CBG investment fund, and in partnership with major Singapore investment fund Temasek, in Singapore with local government support. […]
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From the rise of new digital platforms to the growing popularity of over-the-top (OTT) viewing, the global broadcasting and video technology sector has seen no shortage of disruption in recent years. Befitting its status as a pioneer of innovation, Israel has been at the cutting edge of some of the sector’s most exciting developments, with […]
Source: Israel21c Electric battery-powered cars have stolen much of the buzz that hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles generated before the rise of Tesla and its fellow EV makers. A new technology developed by researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in collaboration with the team that founded the popular Israeli-made phone app Viber promises to put hydrogen […]
An old proverb states that necessity is the mother of invention – and there’s no clearer illustration of that reality than Israel’s vibrant agriculture technology sector. With the Negev Desert accounting for a majority of its landmass, and lacking diplomatic or commercial ties with its neighbors, this small country started with big dreams of making […]
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 […]
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 […]
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