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Google has selected another ten Israeli startups for the sixth cohort of its Startup Growth Lab. They are , , , Guardz, , , , , Lexense, and .  Startup Growth Lab graduates have raised a total of $3.7 billion in funds.

Intel has selected another ten Israeli startups for the seventh cohort of its Ignite startup growth accelerator program in Tel Aviv. They are Dragonfly, Briya, Scala Bio, IOriver, Codium, , Control Monkey, Sensorz, Utila, and tons.ai.

Another ten Israeli startups have selected to join Deloitte’s Launchpad accelerator (see previously).  Only Trusstor (digitizing the construction process) has not been featured before in this newsletter. The 23 previous Launchpad members have already raised a total of $400 million in funds.

Some 333,500 tourists visited Israel in Oct 2022, the greatest number recorded since Feb 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic began, with its associated travel restrictions. In 2022, some 649,300 visitors arrived from the USA – the most popular origin.

UK retail giant Tesco has announced the opening of three autonomous stores based on the technology developed by Israeli computer vision startup Trigo (see previously). The first, on Chiswell Street London, has just opened and will shortly be joined by others in Fulham and Birmingham.

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Israeli reduced sugar fruit juice startup Better Juice (see previously) has launched its first full-capacity manufacturing plant in Israel. The Ness Ziona factory can produce 250 million liters of juice (with 80% less sugar) per year.

Israel’s Teridion (see previously) has been working with Deutsche Telekom since January, to help build a product that will connect DT’s customers via the cloud. DT has just invested $25 million in Teridion.

US real estate giant Durst has just invested in Israel’s Skyline Robotics (see previously). We soon should see Skyline’s Ozmo robots cleaning the windows of the 104-story One World Trade Center - the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere - and other skyscrapers in New York City.

Early 2023, El Al is to launch three nonstop flights a week between Tel Aviv and Dublin. They’ll connect Israel’s and Ireland’s high-tech sectors and encourage Christian pilgrimage to Israel. Many Israeli high-tech workers work at Dublin-based multinationals, serving Europe and the Middle East.