Monthly Archives: January 2021

Modernizing British navy’s training

The UK subsidiary of Israel’s Elbit Systems has won a contract worth some $166 million from the UK Ministry of Defence, for the Royal Navy Future Naval Training Program. The 12-year program will modernize the Navy’s shore-based training, plus establish … Continue reading

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Rapyd becomes a double Unicorn

Israel’s Rapyd (reported here previous) has just raised a huge $400 million to give it a market valuation of $2.5 million.  Rapyd’s real-time funds transfer platform is now used in more than 170 countries. Rapyd will use the funds to … Continue reading

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Investment in Israeli startups: (17/1/21)

Rapyd raised $400 million; Vdoo raised $25 million; Gett raised $15 million; Shareitt raised $2 million; Telicomm raised $1.3 million;

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Check your metabolism at the gym

When the Anytime Fitness gyms reopen in the UK, its 170,000 members will be able to enhance their fat burning program using Israel’s Lumen device (reported here previously). https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2021/01/06/israels-lumen-offers-a-hand-held-device-to-measure-your-metabolism/ https://www.lumen.me/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMeEWWLrC5Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8IBgyAMgn4

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Mental therapy is a growth business

Israeli-founded, New York-based Talkspace (reported here previously) has attracted huge numbers of customers during the pandemic. It is growing so fast that it could soon go public. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3887330,00.html https://www.talkspace.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk5A-znFWkY

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Self-driving cars for everyone

Israel’s Amnon Shashua, Mobileye President and CEO, announced at the virtual CES 2021 event that its technology would make fully Autonomous Vehicles a reality in 2022 and widely available by 2025. Its Radar / LIDAR and camera-based AVs would be … Continue reading

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You can check-in anytime you want

Israeli startup As You Stay lets travelers save money at 400,000+ hotels and properties by eliminating fixed check-in and check-out times. It also states that the current cost of this flexibility is far lower than pre-pandemic. And, unlike the song … Continue reading

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Investing in mature tech

Israel’s Glilot Capital, which until now specialized in early-stage tech ventures, is launching a new $170 million VC fund focusing on investments in more mature companies. Glilot+ (Glilot Plus), will seek to place $5 – 20 million in each of … Continue reading

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Record sales of Israel Bonds

Despite the global economic crisis, Israel Bonds sold an unprecedented $1.8 billion in investments during 2020, mainly in the US. Proceeds of the sale of bonds are used to promote Israel’s technological growth.  The funds will help Israel offset the … Continue reading

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Saving people from fire

Israeli-founded A2Z Technologies Corp has developed two fire-safety products. The first is a vehicle system that includes turning the fuel in the gas tank into a gel in the event of a collision. The second is a fire-fighting robot that … Continue reading

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