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Advanced Technologies

The Cutting Edge: Manufacturing using advanced technologies

31.01.21|CTech
An implanted multifocal lens that obviates the need for glasses and polymeric coverings for medical stents manufactured using revolutionary technologies are two of the developments that are successfully competing with powerful giant corporations and gaining global achievements
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Israeli startups invited by Mastercard Europe and Enel X to FinSec Innovation Lab

24.01.21|James Spiro
The FinSec Innovation Lab was launched to offer startups the opportunity to test and develop fintech and cybersecurity solutions
מימין עמי אפלבום ו אניה אלדן מרשות החדשנות

Israel Innovation Authority launches $25 million seed incentive program

06.01.21|Meir Orbach
Companies that take part in the program will be able to receive a grant worth 40% of the investment round of up to $1.1 million
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In the global AI arms race, a thriving local ecosystem gives Israel the lead

06.01.21|Ctech
Israel is third only to the U.S. and China when it comes to the number of AI companies operating in this thriving industry of tomorrow
חיסון קורונה גרמניה פייזר ביונטק

Who's targeting a $2 billion Nasdaq IPO and how much did M&As drop in 2020?

30.12.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Israeli tech sector raises alarm bells over plummeting dollar
אניה אלדן

Israel Innovation Authority approves $43 million budget for 62 programs to train high-tech employees

30.12.20|James Spiro
The programs, which operate from two funds, will train a total of 9,000 people and are committed to placing 80% of graduates in sectors like R&D, support positions, and the Israeli industry as a whole
דור חמישי G5 אינטרנט מהיר

Innovation Authority and Ministry of Communications grant five startups NIS 12.5 million for 5G pilots

29.12.20|Avior Abou
As part of the joint program the five Israeli companies will receive financial support at a rate of 20% - 50% of the approved R&D expenditure
אהרון אהרון מנכ'ל רשות החדשנות 30.9.20

“We can bring 50,000 unemployed Israelis to work in the tech sector”

28.12.20|Maayan Manela
“Amazingly, 25% of unicorn-status startups in Israel grew during the pandemic,” says Israeli Innovation Authority CEO Aharon Aharon
אהרון אהרון מנכ'ל רשות החדשנות 30.9.20

Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck, and Teva win tender for new Israeli Innovation Lab

27.12.20|James Spiro
The lab, which is set to research digital health and computational biology, has a government budget of $9.9 million
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Israel announces emergency stimulus program to boost employment in tech and industry

04.10.20|Hagar Ravet
The NIS 60 million program aims to quickly train 3,000 job seekers for R&D positions and R&D support roles
אהרון אהרון מנכ'ל רשות החדשנות 30.9.20

Delegating the IIA to a government ministry would be an act of madness, says outgoing CEO

02.10.20|Meir Orbach
After four years at the head of Israel’s tech investment arm, Aharon Aharon shares his successes and failures
פאנל סולארי אנרגיה מתחדשת

Israeli government agencies invest more than $3 million in alternative energy R&D

24.09.20|James Spiro
“The call for proposals for pilot programs in the energy sector will lead to the rapid commercialization of innovative energy technologies”
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Shalom, Alexa: New association to help voice tech understand Hebrew and Arabic

23.09.20|James Spiro
The association will help tackle one of Israel’s biggest problems of voice technology and its inability to understand Hebrew and Arabic
אניה ולדן רשות החדשנות ועידת קיימות

Israel’s tech industry is unaware of impact tech, says Israel Innovation Authority VP

06.09.20|Tomer Hadar
Anya Eldan who heads the startup division at the Israeli government investment arm spoke Sunday at Calcalist’s online conference on sustainability and innovation
אהרון אהרון מנכ"ל רשות החדשנות

Israel Innovation Authority CEO Aharon Aharon resigns

31.08.20|Meir Orbach and Hagar Ravet
Aharon who has led the government's tech investment arm since 2017 said he felt the job had run its course
מתכנתים מפתחים פיתוח DEVOPS

Covid-19 will go away, the tech talent crunch will not, says tech veteran Yuval Eshel

30.08.20|Maayan Manela
Eshel, the CEO of custom software company Giga Real Time wants to launch an internship program for fresh-out-of-school programmers and says he needs $5.9 million in government funding to do so