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The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has launched an English version of its MAYA website. It will report corporate disclosures of its 436 TASE-listed companies and is part of its program to make the exchange more accessible to foreign investors.

The first stage of the "Silicon Wadi" project is underway. The initiative is designed to set up industrial and business zones in the eastern half of Jerusalem. 200,000 sqm of commercial space should result in 10,000 new jobs and increase Arab participation in the hi-tech workplace.

Six Israeli firms were listed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) among its 100 New Technology Pioneers in 2020. They are , , , , and . Israel was the only country in the Middle East to be represented in the WEF list.

Thousands of investors, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, corporate executives, government officials and press from 90 countries attended Israel’s OurCrowd Pandemic Innovation Conference online. It is the first global event dedicated to pandemic investment.

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Microsoft has acquired Israeli IoT security company CyberX (reported previously) for an estimated $170 million. Microsoft said CyberX complemented its existing Azure IoT security capabilities. Microsoft praised CyberX’s cutting-edge expertise, and technology platform.

There is no need for skilled IT professionals to be out of work during the coronavirus pandemic. Israel’s WordPress website-building platform Elementor (reported previously) has set up a network to connect Elementor developers to projects and businesses that need them.

Greece’s ΟΝΕΧ Νeorion Shipyards is partnering Israel Shipyards Ltd to co-produce the “Themistocles” corvette - a next-generation, multi-purpose vessel designed to patrol and protect the Eastern Mediterranean’s sea borders.

Nine Israeli-founded unicorns (valued at over $1 billion) are based in New York State. They are Riskified, Sisense, VAST Data, Via Transportation, Compass, Lemonade, Payoneer, Taboola and The We Company. 500+ Israeli companies in New York generate $30+ billion in revenue and employ some 25,000 New Yorkers.

Taiwan’s largest innovation company, Innovation to Industry (i2i), has set up a $70 million program called IP2 LaunchPad. Its purpose is to create tech collaborations between 25 Israeli cybersecurity, AI and digital health startups and Taiwan’s industry, health care system, academia and investors.