Travel to Israel has increased significantly following the start of Delta Airlines’ Atlanta to Tel Aviv route (3 times a week). El Al has begun twice-weekly flights from Tokyo and from Porto Portugal, plus thrice-weekly from Dublin and from Istanbul. … Continue reading →

Israel’s Chunk Foods (see here previously) creates whole-cut meat substitutes that are now available in restaurants in New York City and Los Angeles. Chunk Foods recently completed the biggest seed round of funding ever for an Israeli plant-based protein company, … Continue reading →

8fig raised $140 million; UVeye raised $100 million; Weebit Nano raised $40 million; Avalor raised $30 million; LeapXpert raised $22 million; Chunk Foods raised $15 million; Infinidome raised $9 million; Trobix Bio raised $3 million; Admonis raised $1.6 million.

Israel’s Tipa has acquired Germany’s compostable packaging company Bio4Pack for $8 million. It promises to further reduce plastic pollution. US giant Qualcomm is acquiring Israeli road safety startup Autotalks for $350-400 million. Hewlett Packard Enterprises acquired Israel’s Axis Security for … Continue reading →

The new ad campaign of Israel’s Honeybook (see here previously) humorously shows the difficulty of small businesses in getting paid. 100,000+ independent businesses have booked more than $9 billion worth of business on Honeybook’s platform. https://www.lbbonline.com/news/honeybook-taps-performance-art-to-launch-first-major-us-campaign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE48cVg1ZmM

Florida’s Vultr, the world’s largest privately-held cloud computing company, has opened a cloud data center in Tel Aviv. It called the city “a hot spot for tech companies thanks to its highly-skilled workforce, innovation-friendly policies, and extensive access to funding.” … Continue reading →

Israel’s Redefine Meat (see here previously) launched its alternative meat products in 300 Shufersal branches across Israel. The range includes shredded meat in pulled-beef style, ground meat, merguez sausage, lamb-style kebab, and a premium burger. All with no animal components. … Continue reading →