Moovit integrates with Uber
Last week it was Germany’s VW investing in Israel’s Gett. Now Israel crowdsourced public transit app Moovit is to integrate with German ride-sharing app Uber in 131 cities in 22 countries. A recent US study showed that ride-sharing customers are also regular users of public transport.
Will.i.am buys Israeli machine learning startup
US singer/songwriter Will.i.am, via his consumer tech label i.am+, has purchased Israel’s Sensiya. Sensiya’s machine learning, speech recognition capabilities are being incorporated in a number of wearables, including smartphones and smartwatches.
One of the largest industrial centers in Israel
The cornerstone laying ceremony took place in Yokneam of the new center for Israeli hi-tech giant Mellanox, due to be completed in 2018. Of the company’s 2,600 employees, 1,800 are in Israel. It employs staff from Tel Hai to Beersheva, including Ramallah and Gaza.
A month of exits
Israeli firms taken over in April included SintecMedia, (by Francisco Partners for $400 million); Crosswise (by Oracle for $50M); Ahava (by China’s Fosun for $77M); and Genome Compiler, NorthBit, and Inneractive.
Romania signs two water contracts
Romania’s largest water corporation, RAJA Constanta, signed a contract of cooperation with Jerusalem’s Hagihon. RAJA also signed a service contract with Israeli company Utilis (now Asterra), which uses satellite imagery technology to detect underground wastewater spills. (See also and )
Translating more in the USA
Israel’s One Hour Translation (OHT) has opened its third US branch, in Lehi, Utah, in addition to its US operations in Palo Alto and Washington DC. OHT provides high-quality human translation of 75 languages and 3,000 language pairs with 15,000+ professional translators in 100 countries.
Tel Aviv to New York with Azerbaijan Airlines
Azerbaijan Airlines has begun weekly Tel Aviv-New York flights. From June 15, this will increase to two weekly flights on Sundays and Wednesdays, which will include a two-hour stopover in Baku.
Portable booster seats are delivered
It seems a long time ago that I first reported on the Mifold innovative Israeli child seatbelt booster system that brings the seatbelt down to the child, rather than raise the child to the level of the seatbelt. Mifolds are now being delivered around the world – first to New York City.
Houzz is Google Play’s “Best App”
Israeli-made Houzz won "Best App" in the first-ever Google Play awards. Houzz, created by Adi Tatarko and Alon Cohen, is an app for the popular home-design website. Adi and Alon previously won Forbes “newest power couple” award.
Anadot is a “Cool Vendor”
Israel’s Anodot, the real time analytics and automated business incident detection company, has been named a “Cool Vendor” in Analytics in the 2016 Gartner report. Gartner reports Anodot as one of five “innovative vendors that are redefining the types of analysis that it is feasible for organizations to perform.”