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Apple Partners with Arab-Jewish Tech Incubator Moona

11.02.18|Omer Kabir
Founded in 2013 in Israel’s northern Galilee region, Moona wants to create bridges through space technologies and robotics
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CTech’s Daily Israeli Tech News Roundup

08.02.18|CTech
Israeli Prime Minister Says Government Should Avoid Moves to Shore Up Dollar. Generic drugmaker Teva says profit will continue to drop in 2018.
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Saudi Arabia to Allow Flights to Israel Through Its Airspace, Israeli Officials Say

08.02.18|Itamar Eichner, Danny Sade and Smader Perri, Yedioth Ahronoth‏
According to a Reuters report, a Saudi official denied the country has issued the required permits
עוז חלבי

Israel Lowers Tax on International Venture Capital Funds

08.02.18|Omri Milman
International funds can now pay an expense-based income tax on capital gains in Israel, instead of a fixed rate of 10%-15%
גילון בק יור ריווליס ו שותף בכיר ב קרן פימי

FIMI Opportunity Funds Acquires U.S. Electronics Company Aitech for $30 Million

08.02.18|Golan Hazani
Aitech develops and manufactures commercial and military embedded computing solutions. It lists Boeing and Lockheed Martin as customers
רחוב יפו רכבת קלה ירושלים

Merck Group Inaugurates Jerusalem Innovation Lab

07.02.18|Lilach Baumer
The new lab is located at Merck subsidiary Qlight Nanotech, acquired by the pharmaceutical company in 2015
טיילת תל אביב חוף מלון דן קטגוריה

Tel Aviv Startup Nexar Wants to Poach Tech Workers from Silicon Valley

07.02.18|Asaf Shalev
The company announced a relocation program that includes a $20,000 bonus, housing assistance, yearly flights back home, and Hebrew lessons
בעל השליטה באנט ו בעליבאבא ג'ק מא

Alibaba Partners with Israeli Startup to Supply a Cloud Database in China

07.02.18|Lilach Baumer
Tel Aviv-based SQream Technologies develops a GPU database for large-scale data analysis
מימין ערן אדן כפיר עובד MeMed

Bacteria or Virus? Automated Blood Tests Startup MeMed Wins Department of Defense Grant

07.02.18|Omer Kabir
MeMed develops a printer-sized automated blood test device that can diagnose the source of infections in under 15 minutes, compared to days-long lab tests
רועי סבג בלוקצ'יין כרייה משאבי טבע

In Stark Contrast to Past Statements, Bitcoin Company Says No Steps Taken to List in Toronto

07.02.18|Reut Shpigelman
After the Israeli regulator moved to bar cryptocurrency-oriented companies from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Blockchain Holdings’ CEO Roy Sebag announced the company has received preliminary approval for listing on Toronto and Nasdaq
בריכה ב ים המלח

Israel's Government Sets Up Team to Save Withering Dead Sea

06.02.18|Omri Milman
The Potash and salt extracted from the Dead Sea’s salty water net Israel hundreds of millions of shekels a year at a dire environmental price
מוסף שבועי 24.12.15 הצד הרווחי של המטבע סקוט טובין

Venture Capital Firm Battery Closes Two New Funds Worth $1.25 Billion

06.02.18|Meir Orbach and Tofi Stoler
For Battery, investment opportunities outside of the U.S. “are bigger than domestic opportunities,” a general partner at the firm said
TLV Partners מימין איתן בק רונה שגב שחר צפריר

TLV Partners Closes Second $150 Million Venture Capital Fund

06.02.18|Lilach Baumer
The firm's first fund, raised in 2015, manages around $115 million in seed and Series A investments
אייל ולדמן מנכל מלאנוקס

Activist Investor Starboard Piles Pressure on Mellanox

06.02.18|Dror Reich
For a third time in a month, Mellanox's largest shareholder sends a scathing letter, this time criticizing management's insider stock sales
חיים לייבוביץ' מנכ"ל בריינסטורם

Israeli ALS Treatment Developer Recruits Kite Pharma's CSO as Board Member

05.02.18|Dror Reich
Nasdaq-listed BrainStorm develops stem cell therapies for degenerative neurological diseases
מרכז שילוח אמזון ב בריטניה

How One Lawyer is Fighting Brand Hijackers on Amazon’s Marketplace

05.02.18|Moshe Gorali
Based on fake reviews and complaints by competitors, Amazon suspends some seller accounts. Israeli lawyer Yael Cabilly fights back
חנות וולמארט ארה"ב

Israeli Government Invites Walmart to Open Local Branch

05.02.18|Adrian Filut
In January, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with John Furner, the CEO and president of Sam's Club, a members-only division of Walmart
חנות לממכר ביטקוין ב ת"א תל אביב

Israel on Track to Become a Crypto-Powerhouse, Says Attorney

04.02.18|Amir Rosenbaum
Regulatory uncertainties slow the development of the local hub, says local law firm partner
מגדל עזריאלי שרונה

CTech’s Daily Israeli Tech News Roundup

04.02.18|CTech
Playtika to hire 100 employees, lease space at Israel’s tallest office tower. Danish Leo Pharma is launching an innovation lab in Israel
מייסד פלייטיקה רוברט אנטוקול על רקע משחק של פלייטיקה

Playtika to Hire 100 Employees, Lease Space at Israel’s Tallest Office Tower

04.02.18|Lilach Baumer
The online gaming company will lease a floor at the Azrieli Sarona office tower in Tel Aviv, which also houses Amazon, Facebook and Dropbox