Monthly Archives: February 2022

A Unicorn in one step

Israel’s Cloudinary has just raised its first funds at a valuation of $2 billion. Cloudinary allows users to “quickly and easily create, manage, and deliver their digital experiences across any browser, device, and bandwidth”. I don’t understand that either, but … Continue reading

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Investment in Israeli startups to 20/2/21

Cloudinary raised $110 million; WSC Sports raised $100 million; Sharegain raised $64 million; Classiq raised $33 million; Exodigo raised $29 million; Legit Security raised $26.5 million; Deepdub raised $20 million; Trullion raised $15 million; Vee (volunteering) raised $12 million; Vanilla … Continue reading

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Takeovers and exits

Intel is acquiring Israel’s Tower Semiconductor (TowerJazz) for $5.4 billion; Nintex of the US is acquiring Israel’s Kryon for $100 million; Israel’s Fireblocks acquired Israel’s First Digital for $100 million;

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Check out your ideas

ESRA (English Speaking Residents Association) is hosting Revital Rauchwerger, Head of the Gvahim Entrepreneurship Center. She will be giving a Zoom lecture on Mon 21st Feb entitled “How to Validate Your Business Idea in Israel”.  It is part of their … Continue reading

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Stock lending for all

Maybe not for all, but those with more than £0.5 million in shares, bonds and ETFs may wish to take advantage of the services of Israel’s Sharegain. It says it offers the private individual the ability to emulate large financial … Continue reading

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UK Trade Secretary seeks even stronger partnership

Secretary of State for International Trade, Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, made her first visit to Israel. She enjoyed the “huge opportunity” to deepen ties with a fellow democracy and tech superpower, to boost trade and strengthen cooperation in science … Continue reading

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Turning polluted air into oxygen

Some 8.8 million people die every year from respiratory illnesses resulting from air pollution.  Israel’s Airovation Technologies turns indoor air pollution into oxygen, while eliminating viruses (e.g., coronavirus) and bacteria. https://blog.startupnationcentral.org/general/finder-focus/sky-mining-airovation-technologies-converts-co2-into-valuable-minerals/ https://airovation-tech.com/

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EU to fund Israel, Cyprus, Greece power cable link

Cyprus’ Energy Minister has announced that the European Union has earmarked 657 million euros ($736 million) for the construction of a 2,000MW undersea electricity cable that will link the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece (see here previously). https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-cyprus-greece-electricity-cable-link-eu-money-82505178

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3D printing of large industrial products

Israel’s Largix has developed the first 3D printer able to produce large industrial-strength items from common and recycled polymers. Its robotic systems, sensors and machine learning can produce room-size objects such as storage tanks, with the required bonding and welding … Continue reading

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“Limited only by your imagination”

That’s the marketing slogan for Israel’s Classiq, which develops solutions for the quantum software market. It says it helps build complex quantum circuits that could not be created otherwise. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3929733,00.html https://www.classiq.io/

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