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Israel’s Yamit develops and manufactures water purification systems for the industrial, municipal, and agriculture markets. Already selling to the Chinese market, Yamit has just agreed that The Toro Company of Bloomington MN will be its exclusive distributor in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Israeli startup Convizit won Pitango Venture Capital’s TRIFECTA early-stage startup competition in New York and its $1 million first prize. Convizit’s Artificial Intelligence captures, names and categorizes every on-line interaction, to provide a company with complete behavioral data.

I’ve reported several times on Israeli compostable plastic packaging developer TIPA. It has just raised another $25 million of funds to enable TIPA to continue its growth into new territories, and to further develop its portfolio of unique packaging solutions.

I reported previously on Israel’s Foresight and its QuadSight vehicle camera-based vision systems.  Wuhan Guide Infrared (a $2.7 billion Chinese company) will promote Foresight’s systems in China and incorporate Guide’s Infrared solutions into QuadSight.

I reported previously on Mars Inc’s partnership with Jerusalem Venture Partners. George Graham, vice president of the Mars Advanced Research Institute (MARI), just visited Israel as part of Mars’ search to find the most crucial breakthrough solutions for the global food system.

100 Israeli startups met UK business leaders at Calcalist’s third Mind the Tech conference in London. This article features Duality Technologies (data encryption, Supersmart (supermarket scanning), Run:AI (computer optimization), Papaya Global (payroll management), Vicarius (cyber defense), and Loop (youth tech movement).

These potentially life-saving Israeli products can be purchased right now. Lishtot TestDrop Pro Water Tester (); Safe Sea’s jellyfish repellant ; Sunway clothing to stop UV radiation and Elepho’s eClip to prevent baby being left in a hot car ()

I reported previously on Israel’s WSC Sports and its real time, on-demand videos of TV sports broadcasts. Its customers include WarnerMedia, NBA, US Open, PGA Tour and Bundeslig. It has just raised another $23 million to fund its phenomenal growth.

French soccer team Olympique de Marseille has partnered with Israel-based public transit app developer Moovit. The app will direct fans to the stadium via public transportation, bicycle, or on foot, offering directions to specific gates at the team's home stadium and to the club's official store.

Israeli-founded SoundBetter offers an online music production marketplace where musicians can purchase services such as mastering and mixing pieces. It has a community of more than 180,000 registered artists. SoundBetter has just been acquired by US music streaming company Spotify.