Shoshanna Solomon

Shoshanna Solomon is The Times of Israel's Startups and Business reporter

The team of Memic Innovative Surgery, a medical devices startup that has developed the Hominis Surgical System (Roy Mizrachi)

April 13, 2021, 10:55 am

Memic raises $96 million to commercialize FDA-approved robotic arm

The Hominis system features miniature limbs that provide human-level dexterity, multi-planar flexibility and 360 degrees of movement

By Shoshanna Solomon

UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Mahmoud Al Khajah, right, and Start-Up Nation Central's CEO Eugene Kandel; April 11, 2021 (Eyal-Marilu)

April 13, 2021, 10:38 am

Joint Israel-UAE taskforce to study ways to boost tech cooperation

Nonprofit Start-Up Nation Central and UAE’s Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Mahmoud Al Khajah to set up team to help connect Emirati and Israeli entrepreneurs in host of fields

By Shoshanna Solomon

Nvidia's founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaking at the firm's GTC developers conference in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2017. (courtesy)

April 12, 2021, 10:02 pm

Nvidia introduces set of new products to tackle growing AI demands

US firm introduces a first central processing unit (CPU) for data centers, with 10x performance of the fastest servers; and next-gen of Israel-developed data processing unit

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative. A pile of $100 bills. (choness, iStock by Getty Images)

April 12, 2021, 1:12 pm

Israeli tech firms raise record $5.4 billion in first quarter of year

The amount is more than double the sums raised in the same period a year earlier, report by IVC-Meitar shows, and 89% higher than the funds raised in Q4 2020

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative. Computer processors. Conventional computers process information, or bits, each of which can be either a zero or a one, in the binary language of computing. Quantum bits, however, used by quantum computers, can be both a zero and one simultaneously. (Rost-9D; iStock by Getty Images)

April 12, 2021, 12:19 pm

Amazon Web Services, Hebrew U join forces in quantum computing research

Collaboration marks the first time an academic institution in Israel will work with the US tech giant for the development of quantum technologies, Hebrew University says

By Shoshanna Solomon

An illustrative image of the Israeli and Indian flags (Oleksii Liskonih; iStock by Getty Images)

April 11, 2021, 3:41 pm

First cohort of Israel-India accelerator yields initial ties

Eight-week program was launched in February to help Israeli startups match up with potential Indian partners and tap into the vast potential of the Asian giant

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tariq Bin Hendi, director general of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, signs a cooperation agreement virtually with David Leffler, director general of the Ministry of Economy and Industry of Israel (on screen). (Courtesy)

April 11, 2021, 3:30 pm

Abu Dhabi Investment Office kickstarts Israel activities with online event

Live office launch on Monday will highlight strategic opportunities and incentives for Israeli firms in the UAE; health, agriculture, fintech are fields of potential collaboration

By Shoshanna Solomon

The Nasdaq building in Times Square in New York. (littleny, iStock by Getty Images)

April 8, 2021, 4:27 pm

Phone cracking firm Cellebrite to list on Nasdaq via SPAC merger

Cellebrite, which has come under scrutiny of human rights groups, says it will merge with TWC Tech Holdings II Corp at valuation of $2.4 billion

By Shoshanna Solomon

Instead of building concrete blocks, which are bad for marine ecology, damaging the fish, oyster and coral ecosystems, ECOncrete uses a technique known as bio-mimicry – concrete products which embed the shapes and textures of natural systems (YouTube screenshot)

April 8, 2021, 4:24 pm

Israeli maker of ecofriendly concrete among 12 winners of BloombergNEF award

ECOncrete, an environmental infrastructure startup, named with other 2021 BNEF Pioneers, a title conferred on early stage firms pursuing ‘exciting low-carbon opportunities’

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)

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

Trax uses computer vision technology to scan shelves in stores and identify what is needed (Courtesy)

April 7, 2021, 5:12 pm

Retail data startup Trax raises $640 million in funding round

Company uses robots with computer vision tech to scan contents of store shelves, identifying out-of-stock products for replenishment and helping shoppers find what they need

By Shoshanna Solomon

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

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

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

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

Innoviz shares start trading on Nasdaq on April 6 after merger with SPAC completed (Courtesy)

April 7, 2021, 1:30 pm

Innoviz shares surge on Nasdaq in first trading day after SPAC merger

Shares of the maker of sensors for self-driving cars up 10%, marking first Israeli tech firm to market in US after SPAC merger completion

By Shoshanna Solomon