Monthly Archives: May 2022

New hotel in Tel Aviv

Posted on May 1, 2022

The David Kempinski luxury hotel has opened overlooking the beach on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv. It is the 80th hotel in the Kempinski European hotel group, with 34 floors and 250 rooms. It includes 43 suites, massive, floor-to-ceiling windows … Continue reading →

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More startups ignited

Posted on May 1, 2022

Intel has selected another 10 Israeli startups for its sixth Intel Ignite Tel Aviv acceleration program. Redefine.dev, Verobotics, Xyte, Senser, Predicta Med, Kahoona, Volumez, PxE Imaging, Dual Bird Technologies, and Oligo Security. This is the first mention in this newsletter … Continue reading →

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Takeovers and mergers to 1/5/22:

Posted on May 1, 2022

Israel’s OpenWeb acquired France’s ADYOULIKE for $100 million;

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Investment in Israeli startups to 1/5/22:

Posted on May 1, 2022

bloXroute raised $70 million; Silverfort raised $65 million; FundGuard raised $40 million; Riverside.fm raised $35 million; Demostack raised $34 million; ARMO raised $30 million; RiseUp raised $30 million; Source Defense raised $27 million; Sentra raised $23 million; TULU raised $20 … Continue reading →

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Addionics wins ecology award

Posted on May 1, 2022

Israeli smart battery developer Addionics (see here previously) has won a BloombergNEF award (see here previously) for pioneering technology for a low carbon economy. Addionics was one of 12 winners from 270 applicants from 27 countries. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-maker-of-smart-3d-battery-tech-among-12-winners-of-bloombergnef-award/

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Splashdown!

Posted on May 1, 2022

Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe and his Ax-1 colleagues safely landed off the Florida coast after an extended 17-day mission, including 15 days on the International Space Station. Read also about some of the Israeli Rakia Mission’s experiments and activities that … Continue reading →

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The oldest star ever seen

Posted on May 1, 2022

Ben-Gurion University Professor Adi Zitrin was a key member of the US-Israeli team that identified Earendel – the most distant star ever seen. Light from Earendel has taken 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, via the Hubble space telescope. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-israeli-scientists-document-oldest-star-ever-seen-13-billion-light-years-away/

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The story of Ariel University

Posted on May 1, 2022

Israel’s 8th and latest University began as a college in 1982. Its school of Architecture opened in 1995; the Particle Accelerator Center (1999); Wine Research Center (2010); University status (2012); School of Medicine (2019); Autonomous Vehicle Lab (2020) and Satellites … Continue reading →

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Speeding up blockchain transactions

Posted on May 1, 2022

Israel’s bloXroute increases the processing speed of blockchain transactions by a factor of one hundred. It solves the scalability issue that is preventing blockchain’s secure trading mechanism from being more widely adopted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEWU9CFv43E https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkuvolvvq https://bloxroute.com/

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A virtual model

Posted on May 1, 2022

Fashion designers work with Israel’s Styletech to showcase their designs using an AI virtual model. No need for stylist, makeup, hair, photographer, or location. Select from a database of 20,000+ AI models plus the appropriate gender, shape, age, height, weight, … Continue reading →

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