By shiri

An Israeli company that develops network intelligence solutions for telecom operators transitioning to 5G networks is renewing its multi-year collaboration with a Japanese mobile network operator.  Tel Aviv-based Radcom will continue to provide its technology as well as include artificial intelligence powered analytics to identity and prevent degradations, which aims to allow Tokyo-based Rakuten Mobile […]

The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA), the branch of the government dedicated to promoting the country’s high-tech sector, has launched a new fund to create three new incubators for Deep Tech (innovation in science or engineering) startups.  The initiative, part of a scheme launched to support the industry during the war in Gaza, aims to strengthen […]

An Israeli professor is among 10 international recipients of an award for innovative neurobiological and behavioral research.   Prof. Dorit Ben-Shachar from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is one of the 10 senior-level scientists to equally share the grant of $1 million from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF).  Ben-Shachar aims to target […]

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) is opening a new center to study the role of sports in international diplomacy.  The Center for Sports Diplomacy (CSD) aims to focus on the impact of sports on a range of foreign affairs-related fields, including cultural and public diplomacy, international relations and political science.  CSD is planning on […]

Leading Israeli crop protection company Adama has launched a new early stage multi-crop cereal fungicide in Europe.  The company says that Forapro includes two separate active ingredients to boost its performance, protecting crops such as wheat and barley from common fungal diseases including Powdery Mildew and Rust.  The fungicide is designed to better penetrate into […]

Israeli AI chipmaker Hailo has raised $120 million in its latest funding round, the company said. The Series C round means the company has raised more than $340 million in the seven years since its establishment.  Investors in the round include OurCrowd, Israel’s largest online investment platform; Poalim Equity, Bank Hapoalim’s investment branch; and the […]

People who have undergone bypass surgery due to coronary heart disease have a higher survival rate when living in a green environment, according to newly published research at Tel Aviv University.  Coronary heart disease means that the blood vessels taking blood to the heart become blocked, potentially leading to a heart attack. Bypass surgery involves […]

An Israeli speech recognition platform for people with non-standard speech is collaborating with a Philippines online training school to help its students improve their opportunities for employment. The AI-powered Voiceitt is designed to recognize and translate speech by people with an underlying medical condition, disability or age-related condition that means their speech is hard to […]

A study carried out at the University of Haifa has identified neural pathways in the brain that react faster to a perceived threat if the subject has undergone a prior traumatic event.  The study, led by research student Dr. Ami Ritter of the School of Psychological Sciences, showed that mice were more likely to keep […]

Imagine if getting your daily dose of fresh vegetables was as easy as grabbing a snack or a drink from a vending machine.  One Israeli startup is working on making that a reality, developing a specialized vending machine that grows a variety of high-quality, nutritious leafy greens inside it, and in less time than it […]

Leading Israeli company Cellebrite, a global leader in digital investigative solutions for law enforcement at all levels, rang the closing bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York on Wednesday night.  The event took place a day after the company’s annual Investor Day in New York, which was attended by some 50 institutional investors and […]

An Israeli startup that automatically detects and fixes cybersecurity threats for small to medium-sized businesses has raised $100 million in its latest funding round.  Coro says it automates 95 percent of the work normally carried out by software experts, allowing them to focus on larger and more complex threats. The software is already in use […]

The innovation center at Israel’s leading hospital is partnering with a US health service on a new hub that will focus on using advanced technology to make healthcare better and more accessible. ARC Innovation at Sheba Medical Center and RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic health system in New Jersey, intend to make HealthSpace2030 a showcase […]

An Israeli startup has developed a video game for the phone that aims to retrain the nervous system of people with chronic pain in order to ease their suffering. The haptic mobile game created by Tel Aviv and New York-based company TrainPain is designed to help the player improve their brain’s natural ability to dial […]

An Israeli foodtech startup that makes milk and other dairy products from mushrooms has partnered with one of America’s biggest biotech companies, Ginkgo Bioworks, to scale-up and produce affordable animal-free non-whey dairy products.  Haifa-based ImaginDairy has bioengineered milk protein to create a wide range of dairy products using mushrooms but no cows. Through a process […]