1,000 delegates from 30 countries attended the Nov 10 MIXiii Health-Tech.IL Conference in Jerusalem. They heard Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI) share their 2021 report that Israel’s 1,800 active life-sciences companies exported $5.2 billion of products in 2021 – over … Continue reading →

Japan’s Fujitsu is to open a new Tel Aviv center for research and development in Apr 2023, focusing on innovation in the field of data and security. It follows the establishment of the “Fujitsu Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Israel” … Continue reading →

Lumen raised $62 million; Bionaut Labs raised $43 million; BeeHero raised $42 million; NeuReality raised $35 million; CommonGround raised $25 million; Nectin Therapeutics raises $25 million; Shield raised $20 million; BondIT raised $14 million; GreenOnyx raised $10 million; RepAir Carbon … Continue reading →

Israel’s Meat the End (MtE) is expanding production thanks to its deal to develop vegan Whoppers and no-chicken nuggets for Burger King Israel (see here previously). MtE is installing €1.5 million of artificial-intelligent extrusion machinery to produce its plant-based textured … Continue reading →

The David Kempinski Tel Aviv (see here previously) was named “Best New Hotel in The World 2022” at the 14th edition of luxury travel awards ceremony, the ULTRAs, in London. The 5-star hotel is the European luxury hospitality group’s first … Continue reading →

The Israeli Tourism Ministry is to build some 8,000 new hotel rooms in the next two years. Hotel occupancy rates are nearing pre-pandemic levels as the tourism industry picks up again. Plans are to add 770 rooms in the north … Continue reading →

Israel’s AVATAR Consortium comprises Rafael, Opsys, ThirdEye, VayaVision, Cognata, Ebit, and nearly all Israeli universities and technical institutes. They are testing autonomous vehicle decision-making to develop a framework for advanced Israeli technologies. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-724069 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FentPb97-wk

Israeli NGO ICON (see here previously) has announced the 10 Israeli startups to complete its latest SV101 accelerator program for connecting and expanding to Silicon Valley. They are Amplication, ARMO, Confetti, EverSQL, Eureka Security, Ludeo, Nilus, Oligo Security, Redefine, and … Continue reading →