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Hippo becomes a Unicorn.

I reported previously (2nd Dec) on Israeli-founded Hippo and its smart home insurance technology. It has just raised another $100 million of funds, bringing it up to the finance-language status of a “Unicorn” – i.e. a company with a market … Continue reading

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Sussita – Israel’s new National Park

The Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine city of Hippos (Sussita in Hebrew) was established over 2,300 years ago in the Golan Heights. The new Sussita National Park (see here previously) offers a glimpse of ancient life there. https://www.israel21c.org/marvel-at-ancient-ruins-sea-views-atop-a-new-national-park/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I56y336sbIU

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The power of sleep

Researchers at Tel Aviv University and UCLA have shown that long-lasting memories are consolidated during sleep by communication between the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex. Deep-brain stimulation during sleep improves memory consolidation and provides hope for dementia patients. https://english.tau.ac.il/memory_sleep https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01324-5 … Continue reading

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Alzheimer’s breakthrough

Tel Aviv University scientists have identified pathological activity in the brain that precedes initial Alzheimer’s symptoms by many years. A systemic failure causes high activity in the hippocampus even during sleep. They also found that an existing MS treatment suppresses … Continue reading

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Investment in Israeli startups (8/8/21)

Hippo raised $550 million (IPO); Rapyd raised $300 million; Buildots raised $30 million; Localize.city raised $25 million; RealView Imaging raised $15 million; HopOn raised $10 million; STOREE raised $8 million; AgroScout raised $7.5 million; Append Medical raised $7.4 million; Renovai … Continue reading

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Investment in Israeli startups: (29/11/20)

Hippo raised $350 million; Inuitive raised $106 million; Novidea raised $15 million; SavorEat raised $13 million; Aquarius Engines raised $10 million; Glue Loyalty raised $8 million; Zesty raised $6.6 million; Zero Egg raised £5 million; Vanti Analytics raised $4.5 million; … Continue reading

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What’s Up at Center Stage

Last week’s On-Cue interview at Israel’s theater for English speakers featured comics Lenny Ravich and Mike Kroll (see here). Tonight (Aug 23 noon EDT) see “The Wandering Israeli” Elad Shippony with Aaron Scheer of “The Daily Freier”. Coffee Club on … Continue reading

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Investing in Israeli startups

Hippo raised $150 million; Gett raised $76 million; Taranis raised $30 million; GoTo Global (formerly Car2Go) raised $19 million; XM Cyber raised $17 million; Belkin Laser raised $12.2 million; RealView Imaging raised $10 million; Epsagon raised $10 million; CIM Group … Continue reading

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Israeli Unicorns doubled in 2019

Israel has 20 Unicorns, privately-held companies worth more than $1 billion. Only the US, China and the UK have more. The new ones are Riskified, InMode, Monday.com, Vayyar, Fabric, Lemonade, Next Insurance, Lightricks, Hippo, Trax and SentinelOne. (See here). https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-doubles-number-of-unicorns-in-2019-1001312322

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Going the extra mile

Israeli-founded insure-tech startup Hippo has been doing a bit more than normal insurance companies to help Californian wildfire victims. First, using maps and artificial intelligence, Hippo warned customers in the route of fires to evacuate. They then arranged accommodation and … Continue reading

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