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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Dror Bin

Illustrative: Chairwomen and female CEOs of tech and biomed companies ring the opening ball at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in celebration of International Women's Day, March 7, 2024. (Courtesy)
March 6, 2025, 8:20 pm
Only one-tenth of Israeli startups are headed by female CEOs as gender gap persists
Women hold around 17% of senior management positions in private tech firms; overall share of women in Israeli tech workforce stagnates, study by Israel Innovation Authority shows
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
July 16, 2024, 10:33 pm
Could Google’s $23b bid for Israel-founded cyber unicorn boost local tech outlook?
Parent company Alphabet is said to be in ‘advanced talks’ with Wiz, in what would mark the biggest-ever Israeli tech acquisition, and generate tax windfall during Gaza war period
By Sharon Wrobel
View of Kiryat Atidim, the tech business park of Tel Aviv. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
June 4, 2024, 6:03 am
Israel innovation head urges state to insist on stimulus for vital tech industry
More funds needed in 2025 to stimulate investment and protect resilience of tech sector, the main growth engine of war-battered economy, Israel Innovation Authority says
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Haredi young women who are part of the Adva program that aims to train them with skills for the tech sector (Courtesy)
March 7, 2024, 5:57 pm
Still underrepresented, share of women in Israeli tech workforce stagnates
Women make up a little more than a third of the total number of tech employees but their share of senior management jobs is lower, and only 13% of CEOs are female
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. High-tech office buildings in Herzliya Pituach, in central Israel, December 12, 2015. (Nati Shohat/ Flash 90/ File)
January 15, 2024, 10:19 pm
Government approves stimulus package to assist vital hi-tech industry during wartime
As part of the 2024 war budget, the Israel Innovation Authority, in charge of directing tech policies, will get additional funds to help incentivize investments in startups
By Sharon Wrobel
View of Kiryat Atidim, the tech business park of Tel Aviv. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
November 30, 2023, 6:14 pm
Amid war, Israel to back angel investor clubs to help young startups nab funding
Israel Innovation Authority will allocate NIS 9 million for the establishment of three clubs of private investors who will pool critical funds for early-stage startups
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image: cancer cells against a backdrop of DNA (Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen via iStock by Getty Images)
July 12, 2023, 8:12 pm
Israel earmarks NIS 113 million to build R&D center for chip-based biodevices
Israel Innovation Authority will fund R&D infrastructure for the development of biodevices such as environmental diagnostic sensors and smart implants for medical treatment
By Sharon Wrobel
Tel Aviv's financial business district skyline, June 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
June 27, 2023, 12:13 am
The coming months will be ‘critical’ for the Israeli high-tech sector, report warns
In annual study, Israel Innovation Authority raises serious concerns about underperformance of Israeli tech firms and prospects for industry recovery
By Sharon Wrobel
Israel holds first demonstrations of air taxi flight tests. (B.Y. Creative & Productions)
June 6, 2023, 12:15 am
Drone taxis take first test spin in Israel in bid to ease traffic congestion
As part of a government-led initiative, Israel prepares infrastructure for national airspace network of large drones that are designed to carry passengers and heavy cargo
By Sharon Wrobel
Tech workers march in Tel Aviv to protest against the government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, January 31, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 1, 2023, 11:27 pm
Government agency warns judicial uncertainty will damage tech ecosystem
Israel Innovation Authority predicts Israeli startups will struggle to raise capital, forcing them to shut their operations or move to other countries if uncertainty is not lifted
By Sharon Wrobel
Ultra-Orthodox young women in the Adva training program, which aims to teach them with tech skill (Courtesy)
August 29, 2021, 6:45 pm
Israel offers funding for innovative ways to train new candidates for tech jobs
Israel Innovation Authority to back startups and initiatives working to tap into talents of communities underrepresented in industry
By Ricky Ben-David
Dror Bin, appointed the new CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority, February 15, 2021 (RAD)
February 15, 2021, 3:57 pm
Dror Bin to replace Aharon Aharon as Israel’s innovation chief
Industry veteran has held positions at communications firm RAD, Comverse and Carmel Ventures; will take up post in near future, Israel Innovation Authority says
By Shoshanna Solomon
RAD Data's MiNID device, together with its innovation award (Photo credit: Courtesy)
June 9, 2013, 8:29 am
Network’s inventor names Israeli tech top network product
Dr. Robert Metcalfe, who co-created the Ethernet, chose RAD Data’s communication device as this year’s best networking device
By David Shamah
Yehuda Zisapel (L), founder and chairman of RAD Data Telecommunications, with Dror Bin, company President and CEO, at the annual RAD Data partners' meeting in Eilat (Photo credit: Courtesy)
October 28, 2012, 10:02 am
At RAD Data, it’s all about the partners
Israel’s largest telecom technology company has ‘fans’ in 165 countries around the world, who sell the company’s products and technologies to local telecoms
By David Shamah
The Eshkol Water Filtration Plant in Northern Israel, the fourth largest plant in the world and the first of its kind in the country. The plant filters water pumped from the Kinneret. (Photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
October 18, 2012, 11:34 pm
Keeping cyberterrorists out of our ‘digital Pearl Harbors’
Israel’s RADiFlow, a part of the RAD group, is developing equipment and software to keep utilities and infrastructure safe
By David Shamah
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