Energy producer Energean has announced the discovery of 7 – 15 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas at its Hermes exploration well in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-energean-declares-gas-discovery-in-hermes-field-1001426242

The ‘Azerbaijan Investment Company’ has signed a memorandum of understanding with Israel’s ‘I.D.E. Water Assets Ltd’ (IDE Technologies – see here previously) to establish a plant for desalinating Caspian Sea water in Azerbaijan. https://www.azernews.az/business/200587.html

TripActions raised $300 million; IronVest raised $23 million; SecuriThings raised $21 million; Classiq raises an extra $16 million; Cipia raised $9 million; Tres.finance raised $7.6 million; Kubiya raised $6 million; Continue AI raised $5.7 million; TaTiO raised $5.3 million;

Israeli semiconductor startup Banias Labs was acquired by UK’s Alphawave IP for $240 million. Israeli-owned BrainPOP was acquired by Lego’s holding company KIRKBI A/S for $875 million.

Here is one example of an Israeli embarking on a completely new career. Shlomo is a full-stack developer for the fintech firm Capitolis. But just five years ago, he was a camel rancher with little-to-no technical experience. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-718889