Monthly Archives: June 2023

What to do with the kids in Israel this summer

Israel is the most child-friendly destination for tourists on the planet. Here is Israel21c’s guide to 32 summer activities for visitors with children. Beaches, animals & birds, adventure playgrounds, water parks and activities, digging up history, caves, tunnels, science, art … Continue reading

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EcoMotion 2023

The 11th annual EcoMotion conference welcomed more than 3,600 participants from more than 60 countries to Tel Aviv. Key topics were batteries, energy storage and cybersecurity. Top executives from Audi, BMW, Renault, and Toyota heard a “white” hacker identify security … Continue reading

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Making Cincinnati a safer city

Israel’s Ceragon Networks (see here previously) has won a multi-year contract worth $4.2 million with the city of Cincinnati to upgrade its public safety network. Ceragon will increase network capacity, efficiency, and lifespan, while supporting AI, automation, and real-time video. … Continue reading

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Investment in Israeli startups to 4/6/23:

Reddress raised $26 million; Firmbase raised $12 million; Faye Insurance raised $10 million; Unity SCM raised $8 million;

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3D metal printing startup to go public

Israel’s XJet (see here previously) which develops inkjet technology for 3D printing of small metal and ceramic parts, is seeking to raise about $10 million from an initial public offering (IPO) of shares on the Nasdaq. XJet’s 100 employees doubled … Continue reading

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Cleaning solar panels in India

Israel’s Airtouch Solar (see here previously) will supply its waterless cleaning robots to Adani Green Energy Limited, the leading Indian energy developer in a deal worth $2.5 million. It will boost energy production and save hundreds of thousands of liters … Continue reading

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Better Place put Israel in a better place

10 years ago, in May 2013, Israeli electric car network pioneer Better Place went bankrupt. But it has had a huge impact on the global EV market and positioned Israel at the forefront of autonomous vehicle and battery charging technology. … Continue reading

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Partner goes electric

Always good to read initiatives to reduce pollution on Israeli roads. Israeli telecoms company Partner is switching most of its employees’ cars from gas to electric. Dozens of charging stations are installed at Partner’s Rosh Ha’ayin HQ as it already … Continue reading

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Startup+ winner

Cloud company Qubex won the Calcalist and Poalim Hi-Tech’s StartUp+ competition. Qubex is building a platform that allows companies to adjust the size of their cloud to their actual consumption. Runners up included Faireez, ANINA Culinary Art, Exosomm, and NOF … Continue reading

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1 million happy IT developers

Israeli AI software development platform Tabnine (see here previously) is now used by a million IT professionals every month. This should increase significantly as Tabnine has just been made available on Google Cloud Marketplace. https://apnews.com/press-release/globe-newswire/generative-ai-globe-newswire-business-e448b9acff71bf8afdaec2ad85e2b4f4

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