The Israeli government has allocated NIS 1 billion to develop Beersheba and the wider Negev region. It includes light rail, cyber, health services, R&D, education, sports, tourism, and urban renewal. Some 676,000 people live in the Beersheba metropolitan area. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-873251

Israel’s Remilk (see here previously) is partnering with Israel’s Gad Dairies to put its high-tech, non-dairy, lab produced milk, made from dairy proteins, in Israeli eateries in the coming days. A supermarket rollout is planned for early 2026. https://www.timesofisrael.com/lab-grown-milk-set-to-start-pouring-into-israeli-dairy-aisles-cafes/

Israel’s Island.io (see here previously) is opening a new research & development center in Ramat Hasharon. It will house some 50 employees, in addition to the 250 Island already has in Israel. Our success is built on Israeli talent, which … Continue reading →

Since Israel’s Wix acquired Israeli natural-language coding specialist Base44, the number of users for the tiny startup has increased seven-fold to two million.  Base44 is now expected to reach $50 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by year-end. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sy194qsg11g

Peru is purchasing 56 “Sandcat EX12” multipurpose 4×4 armored vehicles for the National Police for around $23.8 million. They are manufactured by Kibbutz Sasa-based firm Plasan (see here previously). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xpd8fE1KxE https://worldisraelnews.com/peru-to-buy-23-8-million-worth-armored-vehicles-from-israeli-firm/

US-based Itron Inc is acquiring Israel’s LocusView for $525 million. US-based Tulip is acquiring Israel’s Akooda, for tens of millions of dollars, which will become Tulip’s Israeli R&D center.

Eon.io raised $300 million (value $4 billion); Guardio raised $80 million; Venn raised $52 million; Chargeflow raised $35 million; Mate Security raised $15.5 million; Cassidy Bio raised $8 million;