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The past year has been a period of great upheaval and uncertainty in Israel, yet the high-tech sector has proven steadfast, despite concerns over investment and durability and swathes of the workforce serving in the IDF reserves for long stretches at a time.  And as Israel navigates this time of war on multiple fronts – […]

The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) has approved a second year of funding for a joint R&D project to develop CRISPR gene-editing technology for crustaceans that will improve key traits such as growth rate, disease resistance and environmental adaptation.  The joint project by sustainable aquaculture company Watershed AC, computational biotech firm Evogene and Ben-Gurion University of […]

Israeli medical diagnostic company MeMed has announced the successful completion of the first randomized controlled trial in the US of its test to differentiate between bacterial and viral infections.  The test could reduce the amount of use of antibiotics, which do not work on viral infections but whose prescription for them plays a part in […]

UBQ Materials, an Israeli greentech startup that transforms household waste into multifunctional bio-based replacements for plastic, says it has been awarded a €5 million grant from the European Commission’s Just Transition Fund (JTF). The JTF grant is intended to alleviate socioeconomic costs triggered by the transition to climate neutrality, supporting economic diversification, creating new business […]

Leading Israeli agritech company CropX, which specializes in digital agronomic agriculture, has acquired US startup EnGeniousAg, whose innovative nitrogen sensing technology has the potential to optimize fertilizer application while minimizing the environmental impact. EnGeniousAg’s platform provides nitrogen measurements for plant tissue, water and soil, ensuring crops have the proper levels for maximizing profitability, sustainability and […]

An Israeli startup that uses sophisticated AI software to dub movies and shows into foreign languages has launched its new Enterprise Plan, which includes API integration to meet an increasing need for scalable, high-quality localization solutions by major Hollywood studios and global dubbing houses. By using deep learning algorithms, Deepdub’s AI dubbing software can be […]

Cymbio, a leading Tel Aviv-based company that developed a dropship and marketplace automation platform, has launched a new image upload and editing suite that allows customers to accelerate their timeline for the online market. Cymagery AI automates the entire process, from uploading images to verifying copyright compliance, which reduces administrative workload by more than 70 […]

Israeli startup Better Pulse is harnessing the power of the cowpea, becoming the first company to use it as an entirely new dairy milk alternative.  Technically a bean and also known as the black-eyed pea, cowpea has a strong spiritual symbolism in many cultures.  For people from West Africa, it is a traditional symbol of […]

How can the world’s agriculturalists plan to secure the future food chain for a growing global population when climate change is making that future uncertain and unstable?  This is the conundrum that Israeli startup Croptimize has set out to solve, combining advanced crop modeling technology and effective farming methods to ensure that we all have […]

Imagine a way to not only generate clean, renewable energy, but also reduce the amount of pollution in the atmosphere while doing so.   That’s the vision of BomVento, a young Israeli startup developing a special coating for the blades on wind turbines that will extract greenhouse gasses (GHG) from the air even as the massive […]

A hunch by a respected Israeli biochemist about a molecule found in papaya has opened the door to revolutionize the treatment for metabolic and respiratory disorders, including cystic fibrosis (CF) in children. Inspired by the hunch, Israeli biotech startup ODE Pharma was founded with the mission of developing safe and cost-effective treatments for children suffering […]

  An Israeli startup whose AI platform helps manage treatment for diabetics has announced a number of new deals with health systems and companies in the United States, and is preparing to cement its presence in the country.  DreaMed Diabetes’ endo.digital platform is designed to provide treatment recommendations to millions of people with diabetes who […]

Israeli startup Nayam Wings has taken airplane wings and refitted them as sails for merchant shipping, and in doing so believes it can reduce fuel usage by an average of up to 35 percent per voyage, cutting down on costs and – crucially – pollution.  For an industry that is traditionally slow to evolve, says […]

Just a decade ago, the idea that companies and individuals would be able to take to the skies quickly and easily as part of everyday life was largely limited to books, films and TV series of a sci-fi bent.    But now unmanned aerial vehicles – commonly known as drones – have not only become instrumental […]

Running clinical trials for potential drug therapies is a complex process, involving patient participants, specialist physicians and advanced medical facilities. The average price tag for each individual trial runs into the many millions – and more than 90 percent of them fail.  But an AI platform created by Israeli startup QuantHealth is easing the cost […]