Monthly Archives: August 2023

Another quarter of a billion for Israeli startups

Posted on August 20, 2023

TLV Partners (see here previously) has raised $250 million in new funds to invest in innovative Israeli-founded early-stage startups. Its fifth fund will back up to 25 Israeli-founded startups engaged in AI, cybersecurity, fintech, biotech, and other fields. https://www.timesofisrael.com/tlv-partners-pulls-in-250-million-for-early-stage-startup-investment-fund/

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Israeli security for Microsoft

Posted on August 20, 2023

Israel’s Appdome (see here previously) is partnering with the U.S.-based Microsoft Azure DevOps to advance its Cyber Defense Automation Platform. It allows mobile app developers to rapidly detect potential cybersecurity threats and build secure Android and iOS applications. https://nocamels.com/2023/07/microsoft-recruits-israeli-firm-providing-app-security/ https://www.appdome.com/ … Continue reading →

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Knee implant makes US debut

Posted on August 20, 2023

The Agili-C knee implant from Israel’s Cartiheal has just been used for the first time in the United States. Dr. Ken Zaslav, a specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at Northwell Health in New York, was the first physician … Continue reading →

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Electric road for France

Posted on August 20, 2023

Israel’s Electreon (see here previously) has won a French public tender to install a 2km wireless Electric Road System (ERS) to charge passing electric vehicles. It will be built into a section of the A10 highway, Southwest of Paris. It … Continue reading →

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Electric bus Blue Line for Tel Aviv

Posted on August 20, 2023

Work has begun on Tel Aviv’s new Bus Rapid Transit system. Advanced electric buses will connect 44 stations along the 14 miles from Tel Aviv to Rehovot via Rishon LeZion and Nes Ziona. The line is estimated to cost nearly … Continue reading →

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NIS 113 million for biodevices R&D

Posted on August 20, 2023

Israel’s Innovation Authority is allocating NIS 113 million for a new research and development center for startups to build biodevices based on biochips. This area is known as bio-convergence and is expected to be a growth engine and source of … Continue reading →

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Strong growth in Israeli hi-tech

Posted on August 20, 2023

Israel’s high-tech exports increased by 6.9% during the first five months of 2023. Over the same period, industrial production in Israel’s high-tech sector expanded by 5.6% more than in the first five months of 2022 and the number of Israeli … Continue reading →

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More green hydrogen

Posted on August 20, 2023

Tel Aviv University scientists have boosted the efficiency of producing hydrogen (a vital fuel) using electrolysis. They used a hydrogel to attach the enzyme hydrogenase to the electrode. It made the process 90% efficient and avoided the current need to … Continue reading →

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Happy robot teaches English in kindergarten

Posted on August 20, 2023

Curiosity Robotics has created Aico – a friendly, chatty little robot to teach English as a foreign language to preschoolers.  Aico uses the teaching method of UK-Israeli Helen Doron, which advocates for children starting to learn a second language as … Continue reading →

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11 medals at student Olympiads in Japan

Posted on August 20, 2023

At the International Mathematics Olympiad in Chiba, Japan, Israel’s Itamar Nir won a gold medal. Israelis won five other medals, taking Israel to 14th place of the 112 countries. Israeli students also won five silver medals at the International Physics … Continue reading →

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