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Daily Updates from Silicon Wadi for
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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Israeli agtech startup Prospera snapped up by US firm Valmont for $300 million
By
Shoshanna Solomon
Maker of AI-based sensors and cameras to help farmers monitor crops was founded in 2014, had raised $22 million from investors
56 MKs back Lapid for PM, including right-wing New Hope, as Rivlin resumes talks
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ToI Staff
Yamina backs Bennett, but rebel Yamina MK says he’ll object to emerging right-center-left government; Joint List backs Lapid; pro-Netanyahu bloc and Ra’am make no recommendation
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Daily Briefing May 5 – Lapid, Bennett… Rivlin: Who will get president’s vote?
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ToI Staff
Wix buys Israeli startup Rise.ai to offer stores customer-loyalty tools
By
Shoshanna Solomon
Tel Aviv based-startup, set up in 2015, is a developer of software that allows merchants to re-engage with customers using gift cards, rewards and referrals
Fast-charging battery startup gets NASA nod for research in space
By
Shoshanna Solomon
Israel’s StoreDot plans to test its battery technology on International Space Station, using zero gravity to learn more about the chemical processes that cause silicon to expand
Israel unveils chosen space experiments, from battery cells to leukemia cells
By
Shoshanna Solomon
44 ‘bold and daring’ projects, part of Rakia program of research projects on International Space Station, to be performed by Israeli astronaut with kids following along in class
Israel to open its borders to tour groups from 14 destinations this month
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ToI Staff
Starting May 23, tourists from US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong can visit if vaccinated
Green groups ask High Court to halt secret UAE oil deal signed by state company
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Sue Surkes
Deal signed by Europe Asia Pipeline Company with Emirati consortium ‘invalid’ because it wasn’t approved by government or opened for consultation with public, petition charges
Harel to buy Shirbit Insurance for a reported NIS 100 million
By
Shoshanna Solomon
Harel’s parent company says in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange filing that subsidiary will take over Shirbit customers at deal completion; Shirbit was subject to massive hack last year
Uri Pilichowski
A harsh assessment of the catastrophe at Meron
When Jewish leaders abandon the ways of the Torah and resemble charlatans, it’s up to other rabbis, even know-nothings like me, to call them out
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