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Underwater robots to help prevent overfishing

Posted on August 20, 2023

Scientists at the University of Haifa have won a share of a $3.5 million prize from the Schmidt Family Foundation. It rewards their development of a swarm of low-cost, underwater autonomous robots that coordinate better acoustic detection and estimation of … Continue reading →

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World Taekwondo silver

Posted on December 18, 2022

Israel’s Dana Azran won a silver medal in the +73kg category at the World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico.  It was only Israel’s second medal ever in the international competition – Ilan Goldschmidt won a bronze medal in 2005. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-dana-azran-wins-silver-at-world-taekwondo-championships/

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Israeli scientist wins $2.5 million “wild ideas” award

Posted on November 22, 2020

Israeli neurobiologist Professor Oded Rechavi, of Tel Aviv University, has been awarded one of the first two $2.5 million Polymath Awards. Funded by the Schmidt Futures Initiative, the award encourages scientists to take risks and investigate new wild ideas. Amazing … Continue reading →

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Israel is a leader in the Internet of Things

Posted on December 27, 2015

Innovation Endeavors, the Venture Capital firm of Google chairman Eric Schmidt, has issued its 2015 Israeli Internet of Things (IoT) Landscape. It concludes that Israeli IoT is booming, especially in Israel’s strength areas of healthcare, life science, ag-tech and cyber … Continue reading →

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Google chairman’s 4th Israeli investment

Posted on October 4, 2015

Israel startup Taykey has developed a trend-tracking system that has earned it over $10 million in revenue this year. One of its main investors is Innovation Endeavors, owned by Google’s Eric Schmidt. (See here for Schmidt’s other Israeli investments) http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2015/09/24/taykey-expands-past-ads/

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Google Chairman explains why he is investing in Israel

Posted on September 15, 2015

Google chairman Eric Schmidt praised Israel’s “culture of entrepreneurship”, its impact on science and technology, innovation and willingness to challenge authority. He also urged Israeli researchers to think big. http://www.solveisraelsproblems.com/google-chairman-praises-and-supports-israel/#more

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Farm2050 invests in CropX

Posted on June 28, 2015

Google CEO Eric Schmidt‘s Innovation Endeavors fund launched the Farm2050 collective in 2014, to accelerate the development and commercialization of agricultural technology. Farm2050’s first investment is in CropX – Israel’s adaptive irrigation company (March newsletter) http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2015/06/22/cropx-raises-9m-to-drive-agriculture-efficiency-through-technology/ http://www.cropx.com/press-releases/cropx-closes-9-million-series-a/

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Matching stories to users

Posted on April 5, 2015

Israeli startup Keewee uses natural language processing, machine learning and social graphs to provide you with relevant stories. Over 60 brands and publishers use its service, including the New York Times. It has just raised $9.1 million of funds, including … Continue reading →

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