Monthly Archives: August 2021

Probably a Unicorn

Israel’s Wiliot (see above) didn’t reveal the value of the company following its latest $200 million funding, but it was estimated at around $1 billion, making it another Israeli “Unicorn”. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3913431,00.html

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Europe’s largest investment in Israel

Israel’s iAngels Ventures (see here previously) has raised $55.5 million for its first institutional fund for Israeli hi-tech investment. The fund is anchored by $25 million from the European Investment Fund under Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Program for Research … Continue reading

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Investment in Israeli startups (1/8/21)

Riskified raised $368 million (IPO) Fireblocks raised $310 million; Wiliot raised $200 million; At-Bay raised $185 million; Outbrain raised $160 million (IPO); ActiveFence raised $80 million; Atera raised $77 million; Coralogix raised $55 million; YOOBIC raised $50 million; Nym Health … Continue reading

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Three golds at Math Olympiad

Israeli high school students won six medals, including three gold, at the 62nd International Math Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia. Israel’s national team finished in seventh place, its best ranking to date. https://www.jns.org/israeli-high-school-students-win-six-medals-three-gold-at-international-math-olympiad/

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Smart greenhouses

Israel’s Fermata has developed a successful image analysis and artificial intelligence-based solution for greenhouses to identify and treat diseases and pests as early as possible. It boosts plant growth and saves human monitoring time and effort. https://www.israel21c.org/ai-for-greenhouses-boosts-ability-to-farm-locally/ https://fermata.tech/

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Watch out for breakdowns

Israel’s Atera has developed a platform for remote managing and monitoring computer systems. It enables IT support staff to proactively detect and prevent malfunctions that could lead to breakdowns of their systems, causing loss of service to customers. Atera has … Continue reading

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More no-meat products

Israel’s Redifine Meat (see here previously) has announced a menu of new 3D-printed items that are now available to order at select Israeli restaurants and hotels. They include a restaurant-style burger, an artisan sausage, a ‘meaty’ puff pastry, ground beef, … Continue reading

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No-battery product monitoring tags

Israel’s Wiliot (see here previously) has developed low-cost, self-powered, stamp-sized, Bluetooth-enabled computerized-tags, that can be attached to any product or packaging, to get a sense of its physical and environmental conditions. It is “connecting the physical to the digital”. https://www.timesofisrael.com/wiliot-gets-200-million-led-by-softbank-for-product-tracking-chip-tags/

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Put your retail business online

Israel’s Stor.ai allows retailers, such as grocers, to go digital. The coronavirus pandemic has convinced huge numbers of “bricks and mortar” stores that they need an e-commerce presence. Stor.ai has just partnered with Toshiba Global Commerce Solution help retailers transform … Continue reading

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Defending trees with intelligence

Israel Talpaz, CEO of Israel’s SeeTree (see here previously) retired from Israel’s intelligence community and brought the expertise, technologies and capabilities that he learned in the defense world to the world of agriculture. Another example of Israelis beating swords into … Continue reading

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