Monthly Archives: April 2020

A marathon in his own living room

Posted on April 5, 2020

Israeli marathon runner Gazcho Fanta decided to continue his training regime while under lockdown. Fanta, who holds the Israeli record for the 50km, ran 5,349 laps of his living room to complete the marathon distance in 3hrs 50mins. https://www.jns.org/israeli-athlete-runs-marathon-at-home-under-lockdown/

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Israel issues first 100-year bonds

Posted on April 5, 2020

As part of Israel’s economic rescue plan, the Finance Minister is selling $5 billion of bonds to international investors. It includes $1 billion of 100-year bonds – the longest dated bonds in Israel’s history. They won’t be unsold – they … Continue reading →

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Free delivery software for small businesses

Posted on April 5, 2020

Israeli startup Bringg (see here) already provides delivery management software for the likes of Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Walmart. Its version for small businesses has been launched early, due to coronavirus, and Bringg is offering it free to food and beverage … Continue reading →

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Businesses doing well during lockdown

Posted on April 5, 2020

Nataly Yousef of Israel’s Pitango Venture Capital writes about 5 business areas that are currently thriving despite the coronavirus pandemic. They are Health & Wellness, Grocery Deliveries, Remote Learning, Remote Working apps and On-line Entertainment. https://medium.com/pitango/the-thrive-of-several-industries-in-times-of-corona-virus-part-1-a9639651f309

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Still seeking Israeli investment opportunities

Posted on April 5, 2020

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Israel-Colorado Innovation (ICI) Fund is actively looking for new investments in Israel. ICI Fund’s focus is IoT in agriculture, water, construction, industry 4.0, energy, and oil and gas. It hopes to soon close its fourth … Continue reading →

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Beating swords into plowshares

Posted on April 5, 2020

Israel Aerospace Industries, with help from Israeli medical device maker Inovytec has converted a missile production facility to mass produce ventilators. And (TY Hazel) the IDF has converted factories making tanks to refit ambulances and another to make protective goggles … Continue reading →

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Emergency chief has good track record

Posted on April 5, 2020

The Head of Israel’s National Emergency Team to tackle the coronavirus pandemic is Brig Gen (reserves) Dr Daniel Gold, the head of Israel’s Defense R&D Directorate. He led the team that developed the Iron Dome defense system. He is the … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus advice Chatbot

Posted on April 5, 2020

Israel’s Hyro has developed an artificially intelligent conversation platform that produces web-based Q&A response programs to take the pressure off healthcare professionals. Hyro has also generated a free triage chatbot where customers of Healthcare organizations can check if they have … Continue reading →

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One-stop shop for managing COVID-19

Posted on April 5, 2020

Israel’s Diagnostic Robotics has developed COVID360 – a “one-stop shop” digital platform for managing the coronavirus disease. The Israel’s Health Ministry and the four Israeli health care providers will roll-out the platform to every citizen to help reduce the spread … Continue reading →

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Join a voice COVID-19 test project

Posted on April 5, 2020

Here is your opportunity to help develop a new test for coronavirus like the one that was reported here last week. This one, called Corona Voice Detect,  is being developed by Israel’s Voca.ai (reported here previously) in partnership with Carnegie … Continue reading →

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