Israeli high tech

The Qualitest team in Petah Tikva, February 2020 (Courtesy)

Qualitest buys Israel-based Comply to gain edge in pharma software testing

Deal adds Teva, Merck, Johnson & Johnson to Petah Tikva-based Qualitest’s list of clients; transaction marks its second acquisition this year

Left to right: Dima Kagan, Eugene Geht, and Amit Israel, founders of Cyberfish (Courtesy)

US firm Cofense to buy Israel’s Cyberfish to better detect and avert phishing

By Shoshanna Solomon

Maserati 3500 GT oldsmobile vintage car preparing for Saalbach Classic rally on June 21, 2018 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria (josefkubes; iStock by Getty Images)

Stellantis, maker of Dodge and Maserati, scouting Israeli startups for tech edge

By Shoshanna Solomon

April 8, 2021, 1:17 pm

Stellantis, maker of Dodge and Maserati, scouting Israeli startups for tech edge

Italian unit of Stellantis signs cooperation agreement with Israel Innovation Authority to pinpoint and help develop smart-mobility prowess for benefit of both sides

By Shoshanna Solomon

A computer using Aidoc's technology reports findings on a CT scan (courtesy of Aidoc)

April 8, 2021, 12:40 pm

Israel’s Aidoc, Radiology Partners join to boost AI use in medical imaging in US

Aidoc’s AI-based software analyzes medical images and notifies radiologists of unusual findings, to assist with caseload

By Shoshanna Solomon

April 7, 2021, 3:01 pm

Qualitest buys Israel-based Comply to gain edge in pharma software testing

Deal adds Teva, Merck, Johnson & Johnson to Petah Tikva-based Qualitest’s list of clients; transaction marks its second acquisition this year

By Shoshanna Solomon

April 7, 2021, 2:16 pm

US firm Cofense to buy Israel’s Cyberfish to better detect and avert phishing

Following the acquisition, US cybersecurity firm will open its first R&D center in Israel, led by the Cyberfish team based in Beersheba

By Shoshanna Solomon

Cannabis seeds developed by CanBreed (Courtesy)

March 30, 2021, 5:16 pm

Israel’s CanBreed gets hemp growing and breeding license in California

Startup uses gene-editing technology to create cannabis seeds that are uniform and high quality, in a bid to increase profitability in the industry with more resilient species

By Shoshanna Solomon

Microsoft's new campus in Herzliya, Israel, inaugurated in Nov. 2020 (Amit Geron)

March 30, 2021, 12:40 pm

Microsoft reportedly seeking to invest over $1 billion in Israel

According to Globes, tech giant’s CEO Satya Nadella earlier this month informed Netanyahu of expansion plans including a new data center and chip R&D

By Shoshanna Solomon

The Orca Security team, March 2021 (Orca Security)

March 24, 2021, 11:42 am

Orca Security raises $210 million, becomes ‘unicorn’ with $1.2 billion valuation

Google’s growth fund leads investment in the Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity firm set up 2 years ago by former execs of Check Point Software Technologies

By Shoshanna Solomon

The SCADAfence team, March 2021 (Courtesy)

March 22, 2021, 3:02 pm

Cybersecurity startup SCADAfence raises $12 million to boost growth

Funding in the company, a developer of solutions for critical infrastructures and manufacturing plants, is led by JVP and includes new strategic investment from US firm Rapid7

By Shoshanna Solomon

An illustrative image of an Atlas craft (Courtesy)

March 16, 2021, 1:13 pm

Not a bird, not a plane: Startup hopes to hit skies with ‘eco-friendly’ blimps

Israel-based Atlas LTA seeks to build luxury dirigibles for tourists, bringing new tech to traditional crafts and aiming at zero carbon footprint

By Jake Epstein

BrainQ hopes to uses AI-based electromagnetic therapy to reduce disability following a stroke (Courtesy)

March 15, 2021, 1:20 pm

Study of 25 stroke patients shows BrainQ’s wave therapy can reduce disability

Hat-like device developed by startup aims to treat damaged areas with ‘artificial brainwaves’ that mimic healthy neural networks to rebalance the brain

By Shoshanna Solomon

Daniel Ramot, left, and Oren Shoval, the co-founders of ridesharing firm Via Transportation Inc (Courtesy)

March 10, 2021, 11:37 am

Israel-founded ride-sharing firm Via buys US mapping software maker Remix

$100 million acquisition will bring Via complementary capabilities to boost its offering to customers; Via operates in 200 cities across 24 countries

By Shoshanna Solomon

Michael Szalontay, left, and Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founders of tech investment firm Flashpoint at their London HQ (Courtesy)

March 10, 2021, 11:30 am

London-based Flashpoint seeks to invest $100 million in Israeli tech

Tech investment firm plans to raise $200 million in a secondary fund, part of which will be channeled to late-stage Israeli startups; firm has $350 million in managed assets

By Shoshanna Solomon

Left to right: Eyal Biram, Ilan Hazam, Norah Alawadi and Ahmed Elmansuri, pose for a photo as part of the first formal visit of the Leaders of Tomorrow initiative in Dubai last November (Courtesy)

March 9, 2021, 1:12 pm

In hackathon, hopes of new ties between young Israelis and Arab peers

‘The First Abraham Accords Virtual Social Hackathon,’ to be held in late March, will see students and professionals from Israel, Bahrain, Morocco and the UAE brainstorm together

By Jake Epstein

The ribeye cultured meat steak developed by Aleph Farms (Aleph Farms and Technion Israel Institute of Technology)

March 4, 2021, 4:14 pm

Israel’s Aleph Farms and meatmaker BRF to bring cultured steak to Brazil

Partnership will co-develop and produce cultivated meat using Aleph’s tech, which can make whole-muscle steaks from cattle cells without the use of animals

By Shoshanna Solomon

TytoCare, a telehealth startup that has developed an artificial intelligence based device that enables remote medical examinations (YouTube screenshot)

March 4, 2021, 2:03 pm

Telehealth startup TytoCare raises $50 million as COVID pushes doctors online

Israeli firm’s AI-based device enables clinicians to perform remote medical checks of heart, lungs, skin, ears, throat and belly, and take temperature

By Shoshanna Solomon