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LiDAR Maker Innoviz Raises $65 Million

10.09.17|Hagar Ravet
Autopart suppliers Delphi and Magna and South-Korean web company Naver participated in the Series B funding round
יורם כהן ראש שבכ השבכ שב"כ השב"כ

Cybersecurity Firm Names Israeli Spymaster as Advisor

06.09.17|Calcalist
Tel Aviv-listed cybersecurity company Safe-T appointed former director of Israel’s internal security agency Yoram Cohen as advisor
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Demographic Trends Threaten Israel's Talent Edge

06.09.17|Omri Milman and Lilach Baumer
A Moody's report cites "educational and productivity gaps" as a threat to the country's long-term growth
אמיר אהרוני אלסטיפייל

Western Digital, Huawei, Invest in Cloud Storage Company

06.09.17|Meir Orbach
The cross-cloud data management startup raised $16 million in Series C funding
טנק כרמל

Israel Unveils New Armored Vehicle

06.09.17|Ynet
On Tuesday Israel unveiled a lightweight next-generation armored vehicle and two unmanned submarines
ירון אשכנזי SIGA

Homeland Security Fund Invests $3.5 Million in Israeli Cybersecutrity Startup

06.09.17|Hagar Ravet
Founded by Israeli-born businessman Yaron Ashkenazi in 2016 AWZ imports homeland security technology from Israel. The company lists the former Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, and former Mossad division head Haim Tomer as board advisors
עידן גבע מנהל עסקי אלון רביד מנכ״ל מנו גבע מנהל מדעי ווייזר Wizer

Nielsen Backs Customer Research Startup Wizer

05.09.17|Hagar Ravet
According to Wizer's announcement, the company intends to expand its teams in Israel and the U.S.
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Israeli National Basketball Team to Base Diet Plan on Gut DNA

05.09.17|Ouriel Daskal
Nutrition plans for the national basketball team will be formulated using technology by DayTwo Ltd., an Israeli startup analyzing the DNA of gut microbiomes to provide highly individualized dietary recommendations
מנכ"ל איליי לילי ישראל דודו גל מנכ"לית פארמה ישראל עידית צ'רנוביץ ומנכ"ל abbvie ישראל רפי בלום

Regulation Hinders Innovative Drug Development in Israel, Executives Say

04.09.17|Naomi Zoreff
Despite Israel's advanced medical infrastructure, excessive red tape steers pharmaceutical companies away
רכבת ישראל

Train Safety Company Rail Vision Plans Nasdaq IPO

04.09.17|Golan Hazani
The company hopes to raise $25 million with a $100 million company valuation
דדי פרלמוטר סגן נשיא אינטל העולמית לשעבר

Former Top Intel Executive Weighs In on Underrepresentation of Arabs in Israeli Tech

31.08.17|Lilach Baumer
Comprising around 20% of the overall Israeli population, Arabs with Israeli citizenship only account for 1.4% of technology-sector high earners in the country, according to a new study
מימין איטאצ'ו דל פלאסיו נינגיי טנג מגומי איקדה ועידת לונדון

Israeli Tech Comes to London

30.08.17|Calcalist
On September 13-15, top tier innovation leaders from the U.K. and Israel will gather in London to take part in an exclusive invite-only innovation event by Calcalist
אוניברסיטה הטכניון טכניון חיפה

Israeli Universities Continue Fall in Global Ranking

28.08.17|Sefi Krupsky and Hagar Ravet
Some of Israel’s biggest universities dropped out of the top 100 spots in the 2017 Shanghai Ranking
רחפן של פלייטרקס איסלנד

In Reykjavík, Urban Drone Delivery Service Takes to the Air

24.08.17|Viki Auslender
Icelandic online marketplace Aha.is utilizes a small fleet of drones to deliver sushi, hamburgers, waffle makers, and dishwasher tablets
משה כחלון שר האוצר מסיבת עיתונאים רשות השידור

Israel to Force State-Owned Companies to Work with Startups

23.08.17|Omri Milman
“We will lead these companies forward," said Israel's Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon
קרין אייבשיץ-סגל מנכ"לית מרכזי הפיתוח אינטל ישראל

Following Executive Departures, Intel Appoints New Chief in Israel

15.08.17|Meir Orbach
In March, an Israeli Intel executive left the company and joined Apple as country manager
נאוטק האב Neotechub כלכותה הודו

Kolkata-based Real Estate Developer Ambuja Neotia Reaches Out to Israeli Startups

14.08.17|Meir Orbach
The real-estate company calls Israeli startups seeking to get a foothold in the Indian market to join its incubation program
מינגלינג כנס פינטק 2016

Israel Seeks to Ease Regulation on Fintech Startups

14.08.17|Omri Milman and Reut Shpigelman
With a small local market, country-specific regulation and stiff competition from incumbent service providers, only 10% of Israel’s home grown Fintech companies offer their services domestically
עובדי נוירודרם

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to Buy Israel-Based NeuroDerm for $1.1 Billion

25.07.17|Gil Kalian
Osaka-based Mitsubishi Tanabe said it expects the deal would help it achieve sales of over $700 million in the U.S. by 2020
משרדי CA ישראל ב הרצליה פיתוח

Fearing Diplomatic Fallout, Israel Ends CA Tax Probe

18.07.17|Tomer Ganon and Omri Milman
The Israeli tax authority investigated suspicions that CA Israel, an Israel-based subsidiary of CA, failed to report 30 million dollars in income