Monthly Archives: August 2015

A strategic water alliance with China

Posted on August 23, 2015

Israel’s RWL Water has entered into a strategic partnership with Chinese infrastructure giant China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC). CGGC implements major infrastructure projects in more than 100 countries and regions. http://israelnewtech.com/2015/08/rwl-water-enters-chinese-market-with-cggc/

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Making big business of Israeli businesses

Posted on August 23, 2015

Readers used to ask me why there were no big Israeli companies. Not anymore. http://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-all-over-israel-startups-2015-8

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How athlete and mother built a $10m business

Posted on August 23, 2015

Israel’s Chen Levanon is CEO of ClicksMob was a hurdler at college. She now has 2 kids and runs a fast-moving business that matches advertisers and publishers. Half her management team are female. ClicksMob generated $10 million of revenue last … Continue reading →

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A photo finish

Posted on August 23, 2015

Lightricks is the Israeli startup behind successful smartphone photo-editing apps Facetune and Enlight. Founded in 2013, Facetune has 4.5 million customers with another million on Enlight. With a graphics engine and mobile ad software, Lightricks is a likely target for … Continue reading →

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Wheat genome cracked

Posted on August 23, 2015

It took Israel’s NRGene just 3 months to map out the genome for wild Emmer wheat – a task that had eluded dozens of scientists from 55 countries. It will now be easier to develop hardy varieties of wheat that … Continue reading →

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Israeli wind farms in Ireland

Posted on August 23, 2015

Enlight Renewable Energy (part of Israel’s Eurocom Group) has just closed a deal worth 24 million Euros to build a 14MW windfarm in Ireland and more are planned. Ireland is aiming to generate 40pc of all its electricity from renewable … Continue reading →

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New stamp honors Nobel laureate

Posted on August 23, 2015

Israel releases a new stamp on Oct 10 to celebrate the 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Israel’s Arieh Warshel, one of the joint laureates for Computational Chemistry, was the key researcher who deciphered the role of the protein rhodopsin – … Continue reading →

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The ultimate altruism app

Posted on August 23, 2015

Only in Israel would a startup develop an app that connects people who want help with those who wish to give help. Angels Nearby uses a search engine to connect people based on the type of help needed, “trust level” … Continue reading →

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Polly can park your car

Posted on August 23, 2015

Tens of thousands of Israelis have used the Israeli developed app Polly to park their cars in Tel Aviv. It is now being expanded to Jerusalem. Polly uses GPS, crowdsourcing, municipal information and its own algorithm to guide drivers to … Continue reading →

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Tinned tuna in low sodium brine

Posted on August 23, 2015

Israel’s Salt of the Earth has successfully reduced the sodium content of canned tuna by 35% with its new Umami Essence ingredient – a proprietary, natural liquid formula derived from vegetables and sea salt. In trials, the taste was indistinguishable … Continue reading →

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