Tel Aviv Landing Pad Manager hired and SOSA appointed as partner accelerator. Applications are now open for the Tel Aviv Landing Pad for Australian innovators to experience one of the best startup eco-systems in the world! The Tel Aviv Landing Pad will be located at innovation hub SOSA (South of Salame). Described as the ‘town […]
Australian startups that want to take their business global are invited to apply for the Austrade Tel Aviv Landing Pad, with places available from 1 June 2016. As reported by Austrade; Why Tel Aviv? In 2015, Tel Aviv was ranked the best startup centre outside the US by the Compass Global Startup Ecosystem, which ranks […]
The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has announced the opening of the Global Connections Fund (GCF), a key component of the Global Innovation Strategy under the Australian Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda. The GCF will enable researchers and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) from the priority economies identified in the Strategy to […]
An official signing ceremony between the Government of the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) and the State of Israel on a joint industrial R&D agreement took place in Tel Aviv last week. The goal of the agreement is to establish a mechanism of cooperation with parallel funding for companies from both countries conducting joint […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vice Premier Liu Yandong met at the Israeli Foreign Ministry in March; parties agree that free-trade agreement will mutually benefit each other’s economies. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed gratitude and appreciation to visiting Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong for her determination and commitment to complete a free-trade agreement with Israel […]
The Government in Israel is a core component of the nation’s drive to lead global innovation culture and infrastructure. The establishment of a national authority for innovation in Israel is the latest development in the government’s efforts to support the innovation eco-system in Israel. The establishment of the ‘Israel Innovation Authority’ stems from the Israeli government’s […]
The Bridge: Israel-Australia Investment Summit was coordinated and hosted by The Israel Trade Commission in November 2015. The Bridge: Israel – Australia Investment Summit is the premier event to inspire, disrupt and connect innovators and investors in Israel and Australia. The invitation only event brought the largest ever delegation of VC’s and startups from Israel together with […]
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 […]
Telstra has extended its global innovation footprint with the telco’s start-up incubator muru-D forging a brand new partnership with Tel Aviv-based accelerator program, The Junction. As published in The Australian on 2/2/16; The alliance extends muru-D’s global network and according to president of Telstra Software Group and muru-D co-founder Charlotte Yarkoni, The Junction will play […]
Israeli high-tech capital raising soars to $4.43B in 2015; 30% above 2014’s previous record. Key Stats: Phenomenal quarterly results in Q4/2015– $1.2B raised VC-backed deals capture majority of investments in 2015, with $3.2B – up 36% from 2014 Israeli VC fund investments grow, while their share is down to 15% of total capital in 2015 […]
