Monthly Archives: September 2018

Israeli-Ethiopian is Best Director

Posted on September 25, 2018

Aalam-Warqe Davidian won the “Best Female Director” award at the Toronto Film Festival. Her debut “Fig Tree”, in Amharic with Hebrew and English subtitles, takes place in Ethiopia at the end of the Ethiopian Civil War. Davidian, 38, made Aliya … Continue reading →

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More medals for Linoy

Posted on September 25, 2018

Israeli rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram has just won her 26th medal of the year. She won a silver medal in the Hoop discipline at the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She then went on to win a bronze in the … Continue reading →

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Fast recovery

Posted on September 25, 2018

Israeli soccer striker Tomer Hemed made a late appearance on Wednesday night for his English 1st Division soccer team QPR. He spent the first half fasting until Yom Kippur ended. Then, after a quick meal of pasta and fruit, he … Continue reading →

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See Israeli wildlife during the holidays

Posted on September 25, 2018

Israel has many sites where animal lovers can see and learn about a wide assortment of the creatures with which we share this land.  Here are 10 of the best. https://www.israel21c.org/top-10-tourist-sites-for-animal-lovers-in-israel/

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Was beer invented in Israel?

Posted on September 25, 2018

Archaeologists working in the Raqefet cave south of Haifa have found what they believe is the world’s oldest site for alcohol production. They discovered equipment, used by a people called the Natufians, for brewing a fermented, weak alcoholic soup-like liquid, … Continue reading →

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Europe Bank’s first Israeli equity investment

Posted on September 25, 2018

The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the European Investment Bank, has made its first equity investment in Israel, injecting up to $20 million into a fund being set up by Israel Cleantech Ventures (ICV). The EIF expects another two … Continue reading →

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Engie moves up a gear

Posted on September 25, 2018

BNP Paribas is partnering with Israeli startup Engie. The European bank’s UK subsidiary Warranty Direct (WD) will issue Engie’s car maintenance device and app free to customers who buy WD’s extended warranty policies. Engie remotely detects car malfunctions and finds … Continue reading →

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Smart money management

Posted on September 25, 2018

Israeli fintech Pagaya has developed an Artificial Intelligent (AI) asset management system that finds new opportunities for Institutional investors to manage fixed income funds. Pagaya has just raised $14 million of funds to expand its 20-person team. https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/pagaya-raises-14-million-in-series-b-funding-2018-08-30

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Save money in the Cloud

Posted on September 25, 2018

Israel’s Spotinst helps businesses to manage mission-critical systems across different cloud providers but retaining high performance and availability. Spotinst promises savings of 80% on average on regular cloud computing costs. Spotinst has just raised $35 million of funds. https://news.spotinst.com/2018/08/28/spotinst-raises-35m-and-continues-to-be-a-market-leader/

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Israel at the Paris Motor Show

Posted on September 25, 2018

I reported previously (17th June) about Israel’s center role in the tech conference at the 120th Paris Motor Show (Oct 2 – 6).  Here are more details, and a video. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3746232,00.html

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