By Globes
The Next Waze? Social Public Transportation App Moovit Raises $28M
Israeli startup Moovit, which developed an app that uses crowdsourcing to help users plan travel-routes using public transportation, has raised $28 million. The company is already active in Israel and in more than 100 cities around the world.
December 19, 2013
Chinese-Israeli Electric Car Venture Partners With American Company
The dream of the Israeli electric car is not dead yet, despite Better Place's recent demise. Chinese-Israeli automotive company Qoros has recently partnered with American AAM and together, the two will have electric cars ready to ship by 2015.
July 25, 2013
CoreBone Implants Corals As Human Bone Replacements
Bone reconstruction is a $3.5 billion dollar market. A new player in that market is Israeli company CoreBone, which uses innovative techniques to grow special corals that are can be used as human bone-replacements.
July 23, 2013
Israeli Startup Is Making Beer (Yes, Beer) Smarter!
One of the hardest things to monitor at bars is beer-on-tap consumption. Israeli startup Weissbeerger is using state-of-the-art technology to make beer drinking easier to monitor and more cost effective for both bar owner and client.
July 21, 2013
Tiny Electric Car Pilot To Debut In Israeli Town
The first two models of the Renault two-seater Twizy electric car have arrived in Israel. The cars will participate in a trial for environmentally friendly urban transport in cooperation with the Kfar Saba Municipality.
January 27, 2013
Fiverr Named Top Israeli Startup For 2012
Offer any service you'd like, as long as you don't charge more than $5. That's the simple and brilliant concept behind Fiverr – the Israeli startup that was named most promising by financial magazine Globes. Three years into business, the website offers no less than one million services.
October 29, 2012
Israel Invests $11M In Nano Drug Delivery Robot
Several Israeli universities will participate in a national project to try and create a nano "inter-body robot". The robot, with nano-sized particles, could direct medicine and imaging systems directly to predetermined targets in the body.
July 28, 2012
Israeli App Helps You Nail Dangerous Drivers
Israeli startup Nirsham has developed a platform for documenting and reporting traffic violations. Users can record the incident with their camera and send photos to Nirsham's servers.
July 24, 2012
Conduit Introduces Branded Lock Screens For Androids
Conduit is expected to launch an application for Android users that will enable them to directly consume designated content from their device's lock screen. The company says they will offer quick access to data, such as news, sports or weather.
April 03, 2012
Will Sea Anemone Contribute To Human Organ Repair?
Israeli scientists will establish a center to study the sea anemone Nematostella, which has the ability to regenerate its body parts. Researchers are hopeful this sea creature will contribute to the development of drugs that can speed rehabilitation of damaged organs.
March 13, 2012
Israeli-Built Devices Lead Way For Cardiovascular Interventions
Two leading Israeli cardiologists talk to "Globes" about the latest technologies in cardiology being developed in the country. "Israel is a world power in innovation - the top in terms of patents per capita, and first in terms of start up companies. In all of Silicon Valley there are 700 start ups. In Israel, there are 1,000 and only 7 million people."
December 25, 2011