Tag: StartUp Nation
Israel sending finalist to entrepreneur contest in Dubai
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...
In increasingly crowded skies, Israeli company offers drones a new way of navigating
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,...
Twenty-One Israeli unicorns now call New York City home
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...
73 fun facts about Israel
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...
In preparation for embassy opening, UAE delegation visits Peres center
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...
In Israel, women ‘juggle it all’ with motherhood, degrees, even high-tech startups
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...
Why did Israeli firms win record investments in a coronavirus year?
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...
Israeli software firm uses AI modeled after the human brain to generate insights for...
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...
Report: Investment in Israeli companies to reach record $10 billion despite pandemic
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...
‘Beacons of opportunity’: Israel-UAE to build broad partnerships, says high-tech investor
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...