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50 years of research exchange

Germany’s Max Planck Society celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Minerva Foundation fellowship program with the visit to Israel of a delegation of members. Minerva has enabled the exchange between Germany and Israel of more than 2,000 young researchers. https://www.timesofisrael.com/while-us-jews-say-they-dont-feel-safe-on-campus-german-academics-show-up-for-israel/ … Continue reading

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Israeli AI for Japanese underwriter

Japan’s second-largest commercial insurance provider, Sompo, is to use the AI-based risk analytics from Israel’s Planck Resolution, to help automate some of Sompo’s underwriting processes. Planck uses public records, online images, videos, reviews etc., to generate risk-related insights. https://www.timesofisrael.com/japanese-firm-taps-israeli-ai-startup-to-automate-commercial-insurance/

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Investment in Israeli startups (16/5/21)

Nayax raised $430 million; SimilarWeb raised $165 million; Lili raised $55 million; Stampli raised $50 million; SpliSense raised $28.5 million; VisibleRisk raised $25 million; Cycode raised $20 million; Planck Resolution raised $20 million; UltraSight raised $13 million; Nimble raised $10 … Continue reading

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Awards for BreezoMeter

Israeli air-quality app BreezoMeter has added a second consecutive Red Herring award to its industry prizes. (see previous here). It was again placed in Red Herring’s European Top 100 in the “cleantech” category. Also, it received a new EU Horizon … Continue reading

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Startups raising funds

Latest funding includes: TuneFork raised $1.5 million; Nanox raised $20 million; Upstream Security raised $32 million; Planck Resolution raised $16 million; Binah.ai raised $13.5 million; Alpha Tau raised $26 million; Opora.io raised $7 million.

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Warren Buffet’s company partners Israeli startup

A subsidiary of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, Guard Insurance, has partnered with Israeli startup Planck Resolution to develop a full digital underwriting offering. Planck develops software that helps insurance companies analyze and risk-assess businesses. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3758012,00.html

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Tiny propellers can steer to the cells

Nano-sized propellers have been developed by researchers at Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. They have the potential to deliver cancer-killing chemicals directly to tumors without harming healthy cells. http://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Science/Smallest-ever-cancer-busting-nano-propellers-developed-by-Israeli-German-team-360182

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New Israeli-German lab for neurological illnesses

The Weizmann Institute and the Max Planck Society are establishing a laboratory for Experimental Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurogenetics in Rehovot. Headed by Weizmann Professor Alon Chen it will research cognitive, emotional, behavioral and neurological disorders. http://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Science/Israeli-German-lab-launched-to-study-neurological-illnesses-344452

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More power to the brain

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Max Planck Society of Germany are to build a 3 million euro Brain Research Center on the Hebrew U’s Givat Ram site in the nation’s capital. It is hoped that the research will … Continue reading

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