Monthly Archives: October 2021

Israeli AI for Japanese underwriter

Posted on October 4, 2021

Japan’s second-largest commercial insurance provider, Sompo, is to use the AI-based risk analytics from Israel’s Planck Resolution, to help automate some of Sompo’s underwriting processes. Planck uses public records, online images, videos, reviews etc., to generate risk-related insights. https://www.timesofisrael.com/japanese-firm-taps-israeli-ai-startup-to-automate-commercial-insurance/

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Ethical Israeli investments

Posted on October 4, 2021

Israel’s Hanaco is a venture capital fund that invests in companies that adhere to ESG (Environmental, Social and Governmental) standards. In Israel, there is a huge choice and Hanaco has selected Redefine Meat, Via, Infarm, FundBox, Moovit, Candid, EasySend, MDI, … Continue reading →

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DiCaprio invests in Aleph

Posted on October 4, 2021

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has certainly got an appetite for Israeli startups. In addition to his previous investments (see here) he has now put some of his wealth into Israeli cultivated meat company Aleph Farms “to transform our food system”. … Continue reading →

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Meat-free alternatives using simple ingredients

Posted on October 4, 2021

Israeli startup Alfred’s FoodTech has developed a platform for companies to produce plant-based whole cuts that mimic animal-derived products. The texturization process uses minimal ingredients to produce low cost, high protein, flavorful, sustainable, animal-free products. https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/new-player-is-shaping-up-the-alt-protein-scene-301376173.html https://www.alfreds.tech/

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Drone navigation without GPS

Posted on October 4, 2021

NavGuard from Israel’s Asio Technologies provides drones with the ability to navigate even if they lose satellite signals. It allows the drone to process video feeds from onboard cameras, analyze its surroundings and convert the data into precise location information. … Continue reading →

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Preventing security attacks from your friends

Posted on October 4, 2021

Israel’s Panorays has developed an information security platform that identifies weaknesses and issues in the customers’ supply chain. It will prevent a malicious hacker in a third-party supplier’s system from launching a security attack on your network. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3918300,00.html https://www.panorays.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8yENAxF6Wk

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Art for a digital age

Posted on October 4, 2021

Israel’s Niio (see here previously) says it believes that Art should be experienced digitally. 6,000 artists use Niio to market their visual creations to individuals, municipalities, and businesses. Niio uses NFT (Non-fungible tokens – unique pieces of cryptocurrency) to trade … Continue reading →

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Israeli avocados in India

Posted on October 4, 2021

Israel’s Mehadrin has been helping farmers to grow avocados in Morocco and Peru (see here previously).  Now, Israeli training has helped Harshit Godha set up Indo Israel Avocado in Bhopal, India, with 1,800 heat-resistant Israeli avocado plants, plus irrigation from … Continue reading →

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Indoor GPS

Posted on October 4, 2021

Israel’s Oriient (see here previously) uses slight changes in the earth’s magnetic field to enable users to find their way around inside buildings, the same way that Waze enables drivers to navigate outside. Put a list of products into the … Continue reading →

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Twist and shout

Posted on October 4, 2021

Scientists in the lab of Professor Hossam Haick at Israel’s Technion Institute, have produced a stretchable electronic skin-like material and a lightweight wearable sensor capable of measuring bending and (for the first time) twisting motion. They can be used to … Continue reading →

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