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Monthly Archives: January 2021
Chess unites new friends
Just six weeks since Israel and Bhutan agreed to formal diplomatic relations, the two countries are holding their first chess tournament. 170 participants are taking part, including 29 from Bhutan. Israel and Morocco have already held their first chess tournament, … Continue reading
Set Me Free
Eden Alene anticipates becoming first Israeli of Ethiopian descent to represent Israel at the Eurovision song contest in May 2021. Hopefully, this time the contest will go ahead as Eden was originally chosen for the cancelled 2020 event. https://www.timesofisrael.com/set-me-free-israel-picks-eurovision-song-entry-for-2021/
Plant a vine for Tu BiShvat
An alternative to planting trees is to plant a vine. With 10 vines you get a free bottle of wine from the winery of your choosing. https://www.wineonthevine.org/
Tu Bishvat in Jerusalem
Some beautiful scenes of fruit and flora in Jerusalem. http://rjstreets.com/2021/01/24/tu-bishvat-is-coming/
Tu BiShvat in the Land of Israel
Here is a link to the New Year for Trees edition of the Mizrachi magazine. Published in Jerusalem. https://mizrachi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/HaMizrachi-Tu-BiShvat-5781.pdf
3 baby Unicorns
In just one week, three Israeli startups raised funds, to push their market value over $1 billion and gain the financial status of a “Unicorn”. They are Melio, OwnBackup and DriveNets, reported previously here, here and here. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3890213,00.html https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3889565,00.html https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3889911,00.html
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Vegan meat for Israel
Israeli meat distributor Best Meister is to distribute the plant-based meat alternatives of Israel’s Redefine Meat (reported here previously) to Israeli restaurants and high-end butchers in the first half of 2021. Trials of Redefine Meat products disguised as real meat, … Continue reading
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Investment in Israeli startups: (31/1/21)
DriveNets raised $208 million; OwnBackup raised $167.5 million; TripActions raised $155 million; Melio raised $110 million; DarioHealth raised $70 million; Run.AI raised $30 million; Swapp raised $7 million; CardinalOps raised $6.5 million;
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A bridge so far
Israel’s Dynamic Infrastructure (reported here previously) has won its first contract on the Australasia continent. It will deploy its AI-driven technology to maintain dozens of bridges and infrastructure assets in Horsham Rural City Council in the Australian state of Victoria. … Continue reading
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A $5 billion travel company
Israeli-founded TripActions (reported here previously) has just raised $155 million, giving it a market value of $5 billion – despite the coronavirus pandemic! During the past year, TripActions has launched 40 new products, including a Covid-19 focused dashboard. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3888992,00.html
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