Monthly Archives: May 2022

Israel hosts Euro U17 soccer finals

16 European soccer teams including Israel are competing in the Under 17 European soccer finals in Israel. There will be 31 games involving 345 soccer players beginning May 16 at stadiums in Ness Ziona, Lod, Ramat Gan, Netanya, and Rishon … Continue reading

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Elite Ukrainian athletes train in Israel

Seven elite Ukrainian athletes who fled their war-torn country with two coaches are continuing to train in Israel for competitions in Europe and South America. They are using facilities at Israel’s Neurim Youth Village, run by Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization … Continue reading

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Tel Aviv – read all about it

The easyJet magazine’s introduction to Tel Aviv: “Tel Aviv is a whirlwind. It’s a city that never relents, with friendly locals who love a good time. You can go from grazing over delicious mezze to drinking cocktails on a rooftop … Continue reading

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More gas discovered

A new natural gas reservoir has recently been discovered at the Athena exploration well off Israel’s coast. It will provide another 58 billion cubic meters of natural gas, giving another significant boost to Israel’s rapidly developing energy industry. https://worldisraelnews.com/another-significant-gas-discovery-found-off-israels-coast/

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Re-wilding the wetlands

Israeli NGO Terra is partnering the Society for Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) to rehabilitate Israel’s wetlands by re-wilding many of its fishponds. It has major environmental and business benefits, creating a nature-based, carbon removal credit project, saving wild … Continue reading

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Investment in Israeli startups to 15/5/22:

Pyramid Analytics raised $120 million; Nexite raised $67 million; ProteanTecs raised $45 million; Solidus Labs raised $45 million; Komodor raised $42 million; BookAway raised $35 million; BioGenCell raised $16 million; Oriient raised $11 million; Faye Insurance raised $8 million; Sequentify … Continue reading

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Takeovers and mergers to 15/5/22:

Israel’s Augury has acquired Israel’s Seebo for $100 million.

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Cybersecurity company’s cybersecurity fund

Israel’s CyberArk (see here previously) is so big (valued at $4 billion) that it can afford to launch its own cybersecurity investment fund. CyberArk Ventures is to invest $30 million in early-stage cyber startups and already has funded Dig Security, … Continue reading

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The largest cybersecurity seed fund

Israel’s YL Ventures has just launched a $400 million fund – YLV V, bringing its total capital under management to $800 million. The new fund is the largest cybersecurity-focused Seed stage fund ever raised. Of YLV’s 25 startups since 2007, … Continue reading

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Animal-free milk wins US patent

Israel’s Wilk (formerly Biomilk – see here previously) has received a US patent for its animal-free cultured milk and cell-based infant formula. The processes are based on a decade of proprietary research by Dr. Nurit Argov-Argaman of the Hebrew University … Continue reading

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