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Ravit Ram Bar-Dea, CEO of Well-Beat. Credit: Vladimir Askin.

Israel sending finalist to entrepreneur contest in Dubai

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Ravit Ram Bar-Dea, co-founder and CEO of digital health startup Well-Beat, will represent Israel in a global contest to be held in Dubai in October, after she won first place in the TiE Women Entrepreneurship Competition...
Asio has developed a system called NavGuard to provide drones with their own ability to process video feeds from on-board cameras, analyze their surroundings and convert that information into precise location information. Credit: Courtesy.

In increasingly crowded skies, Israeli company offers drones a new way of navigating

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In the not-too-distant future, the skies will grow increasingly crowded with drones, and civil aviation authorities are concerned about safety. In 2020, the number of consumer-level drone services in the United States surpassed $1.25 billion,...
Manhattan, New York City, Aug. 14, 2015. Credit: Ivan2010 via Wikimedia Commons.

Twenty-One Israeli unicorns now call New York City home

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Following a flurry of investment activity in recent months, New York is now home to 21 Israeli-founded unicorns—privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more—according to the United States-Israel Business Alliance. Each of...
Israel celebrates Independence Day. Illustrative photo via Shutterstock.

73 fun facts about Israel

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Israel has the highest number of altruistic kidney donations per capita in the world: 1,005 in the past 11 years, and counting. The oldest tree in Israel is a jujube tree in Ein Hatzeva...
Efrat Duvdevani, director-general of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (center), and the center's senior adviser for international and diplomatic affairs Nadav Tamir (far right) with the UAE visiting delegation, Feb. 17, 2021. Credit: Courtesy Peres Center for Peace and Innovation.

In preparation for embassy opening, UAE delegation visits Peres center

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The first official advance delegation from the United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry visited the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation on Wednesday as part of a wider visit to prepare for the opening of the United...
MilkStrip is a biotech and wellness company that provides real-time breast-milk decision support at home, informing new mothers about the freshness and nutrition of human milk. Credit: Courtesy.

In Israel, women ‘juggle it all’ with motherhood, degrees, even high-tech startups

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Mastercard’s Index of Women Entrepreneurs announced last month that Israel is ranked as the best country for female entrepreneurs in 2020, rising from fourth place in 2019, with the United States, Switzerland and New...
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), Sept. 2014. Credit: Yaniv Morozovsky via Wikimedia Commons.

Why did Israeli firms win record investments in a coronavirus year?

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The year 2020 began under the shadow of a coming pandemic that would soon wreak havoc on worldwide health and finances. Yet despite rising unemployment and a decline in early-stage financing, a year-end report from...
A promotional image of BlackSwan Technologies AI software. Source: BlackSwan Technologies/Facebook.

Israeli software firm uses AI modeled after the human brain to generate insights for...

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A recently launched artificial intelligence (AI)-driven operating system company allows companies to receive an unprecedented level of operational efficiency and data-driven decision-making, according to Michael Ouliel, founder and CEO of BlackSwan Technologies. The company, based...
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Report: Investment in Israeli companies to reach record $10 billion despite pandemic

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Despite the global coronavirus pandemic, Israeli companies raised a record amount of capital in 2020, according to a new report by an Israeli NGO. According to the report, released by Start-Up Nation Central (SNC) on...
A view of Dubai at night. Credit: enjoytheworld/Pixabay.

‘Beacons of opportunity’: Israel-UAE to build broad partnerships, says high-tech investor

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The recent Israel-UAE peace agreement will forever change the business and tech landscape in the region, says Jon Medved, CEO of Jerusalem-based venture-capital platform OurCrowd. As one of Israel’s biggest high-tech investors, managing more than...