Tag: Israeli High-Tech
Greenblatt joins Israeli OurCrowd as partner for building Mideast relations
Jason Greenblatt, the former U.S. special envoy to the Middle East in the Trump administration, has joined OurCrowd, a large venture-capital investment company in Israel, as a partner whose responsibility is building ties with...
Israeli leader in artificial intelligence earns $1 million Dan David Prize
Israeli tech leader Amnon Shashua will be awarded the 2020 Dan David Prize for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as CEO of Mobileye and co-founder of OrCam, a tech company...
New York City, Israeli venture capital firm partner to open cyber-security hub
New York City partnered with Israeli venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) to open a new cyber-security center in downtown Manhattan on Monday.
The $100 million partnership, including a $30 million contribution from New...
For Antwerp leader Cathy Berx, Israel represents ‘the summary of humankind’
With the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, world leaders and particularly European leaders came to Jerusalem not just to commemorate the attempts of Jewish genocide that took place on their soil, but...
First Israeli cycling team in Tour de France will promote ‘Start-Up Nation’
Israel Cycling Academy (ICA) just announced a partnership with Start-Up Nation Central (SNC), a Tel Aviv-based nonprofit that connects international companies with Israeli innovation.
Under the name “Israel Start-Up Nation,” the team will compete on...
FDA approves Israeli device that extracts medical results based off drop of blood
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an Israeli startup device that can quickly extract results based off just a drop of blood.
However, unlike the former startup Theranos, which falsely claimed that it could test...
Rhode Island governor signs MoU with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The Hon. Gina M. Raimondo, governor of Rhode Island, visited Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Nov. 20 focused on joint innovation and entrepreneurship.
Professor Daniel Chamovitz,...
TIME magazine includes Israeli-water technology as top 100 inventions of 2019
A machine that makes safe, clean drinking water out of ambient air—manufactured by the Israel-based company of Watergen—was included in Time magazine’s list in 2019 of the top 100 inventions published on Nov. 21.
Resembling a typical...
Uzbekistan signs agreement with Israeli high-tech firm to help fight water shortage
The government of Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding with the Israel-based company Watergen in an effort aimed at harnessing and using the company’s patented technology to make clean drinking water out of ambient...
Team of Israeli doctors fly to Cyprus to save woman’s life
A team of four Israeli heart specialists traveled to a hospital in Cyprus with life-saving technology to save a woman who was suffering cardiac issues following childbirth, the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer revealed on...