Monthly Archives: November 2024

Decarbonizing desalination and more

Israel’s MOZAICO is developing an electrolysis process to remove limescale and other marine debris from coastal desalination plants and power plants. It can boost desalination and power production efficiency, absorb CO2, and generate pure calcium carbonate for industrial use. https://www.timesofisrael.com/technion-startup-aims-to-keep-coastal-industry-systems-clean-while-capturing-co%E2%82%82/

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Decarbonizing the steel industry

Israel’s Helios (see here previously) is to trial its green iron clean energy process with Australia’s BlueScope Steel. The steel industry currently accounts for some 10% of global carbon emissions. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/australias-bluescope-steel-signs-green-iron-agreement-with-helios-2024-09-18/ https://heliosmatters.com/

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Touchless control

Israel’s Wearable Devices Ltd (see here previously) has partnered with US-based Qualcomm Technologies to integrate its Mudra Band AI-powered wristband into Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform. It will boost development of virtual and augmented reality devices and apps. https://ats.org/ats-news/israeli-startup-collaborates-with-u-s-tech-firm-on-touchless-control/ … Continue reading

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Israel’s supercomputer microchips

Israel’s NextSilicon (see here previously) has launched a new supercomputer chip, the Maverick-2 and has already received orders totaling tens of millions of dollars. NextSilicon has 300+ Israeli-based employees and is set to rival Nvidia’s Israeli-based Mellanox. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bk5eooyz1g

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Better, safer, construction

Israel’s BiltOn has improved construction efficiency and safety for over 1,200 companies and at 3,000+ worksites worldwide, including residential, industrial, commercial, healthcare, and infrastructure projects. The founders served together as combat officers in the elite IDF unit Sayeret Matkal. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/r1tkhxhxjg … Continue reading

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Bereshit 2 is on track

Latest videos from SpaceIL describing Israel’s Bereshit 2 moon landing mission.  The latest expected launch date is during 2027. https://eng.spaceil.com/beresheet-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHXa5DdE04M (English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lfLsnf2pQw (Hebrew)

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Iron Beam is fast-tracked

Israel’s Iron Beam laser defense system is now set for a 2025 operational launch following Israel’s Ministry of Defense signing a new $500 million contract with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems. Danny Gold, designer of Israel’s Iron Dome, … Continue reading

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Startup investment – to 3/11/24

Israeli-founded Armis Security raised $200 million; Melio raised $150 million; Doorloop raised $100 million; Zenity raised $38 million; OneStep raised $36 million; Stream.Security raised $30 million; Innoventric raised $28.5 million; Noma Security raised $25 million; Decart raised $21 million; BiltOn … Continue reading

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Exits, mergers & acquisitions – to 3/11/24

Sweden’s Sanalabs.com has acquired Israeli AI workflow automation startup Ctrl. Salesforce is acquiring Israeli data management startup Zoomin Software.

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Women in hi-tech

The first-ever “Women at the Front” Jerusalem conference attracted 250 Israeli women in senior positions at leading hi-tech companies. It featured lectures, panels, workshops dealing with AI, smart career management and startups raising capital and penetrating global markets. https://www.jpost.com/brandblend/for-the-first-time-the-great-womens-conference-of-the-jerusalem-hi-tech-820660

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