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Bill Gates: Israeli Tech ‘Changing the World’

In video call to Microsoft Israel’s annual big bash, Bill Gates says he’s ‘very impressed’ with Israel’s R&D. Originally published in StartUp Smart; Bill Gates virtually joined over 2,000 people at the Microsoft Israel R&D Center’s annual ‘Think Next’event in Tel Aviv recently. In a public comment on the value of MS Israel’s work in helping make the […]

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Cloud Business: Oracle buys Ravello Systems for $500 million

Oracle will use purchase of Israeli company to step up its cloud business and take on the likes of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. As published in Israel 21C; Ravello Systems, a leader in nested virtualization, agreed to be acquired by the Oracle Public Cloud (OPC) organization yesterday. The Israeli company’s employees and products […]

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Visit of Professor Isaac Ben-Israel to Australia

The Israel Trade Commission is proud to be bringing Professor Isaac Ben-Israel to Australia on the 9 -12 March, 2016 as part of our on-going focus on Cyber Security. Prof. Ben-Israel is a world-renowned expert in Cyber Security, with a focus on Cyber policy and worldwide trends. He has worked with both the Israeli and Singaporean […]

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Cybersecurity Investing In Israel By The Numbers

With the cybersecurity market growing to a gigantic size, it is well established that Israel is a hotbed of innovation and startups in the space. Here are some statistics behind the trends, based on the database of IVC. Originally published by Erez Ofer in TechCrunch. The theory behind the rise of Israel as a cybersecurity […]

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Spotlight Israeli Cyber Investment with this Interactive Map

‘Israeli cybersecurity will continue to a big part of the solution to our global cyber-security challenges.’ As published in Israel21C; Israel’s role in the global cybersecurity sector has been touted many times by local and international technology experts. Now, a new interactive map is giving interested parties an unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of the growing industry. […]

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Israeli AgTech Firms Improve Food Sustainability and Nutrition

Israel has a strong history of intensive research and development, having pioneered drip irrigation, seed development, greenhouse systems, fertilizers and pesticides, mechanization and sophisticated post-harvest maintenance systems. This experience is often combined with strengths in IT and analytics to pioneer new technologies in agri-tech. Israel achieves ‘more with less’ with a land area of 22,000km2, […]

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Automakers Look to Israeli Smart Car Startups

Many ‘value spotters’ are combing through the Israeli high-tech scene, searching for a foothold into the future of the “smart car ecosystem”. Nick Sugimoto, senior program director of the Honda Silicon Valley Lab, announced in January that Honda’s need for smart technology to avoid collisions has driven the company to scout in Israel. As reported in […]

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A Survey of Israel’s Turbocharged Fintech Scene

In the international FinTech ecosystems picture,  Israel’ FinTech ecosystem attracts significant attention as one that’s growing at an outstanding pace. Based on a report from Let’s Talk Payments; Israel is widely considered to be home to more startups per capita than any other region globally and ranks highly in the startup ecosystem league rankings just behind […]

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Israeli Researchers Gather Findings to Stop Zika Virus

Just as Australia Australia pledges up to $500,000 in aid to Tonga to help combat the spread of the Zika virus after an outbreak declared last week raised concerns in the region, Israeli Universities are already studying mosquito habitats and the evolution of the Zika virus to help halt the epidemic. As reported in No Camels; […]

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Australians Invest in Israel at through Crowd Funding Platform

Australians are flocking to Israeli equity crowdsourcing funding platform, OurCrowd, with local investors now accounting for about $60 million of the $260m that has been raised by the ­company for investment in hi-tech start-ups across the world. Original article published in The Australian; An Australian delegation of 25 local investors attended OurCrowd’s recent Global Annual Summit […]