Posts Tagged: Israeli Startups
Israeli Startup CommonSense Robotics Raises $20 Million
Israel's CommonSense Robotics, whose technology enables retailers to offer quick and affordable grocery deliveries, said on Thursday it has raised $20 million in an early-stage...
Software Giant SAP Buys Israeli Startup Gigya for $350 Million
JNS.org - SAP, the world's fourth-largest software company, announced over the weekend that it has acquired Israeli startup Gigya for $350 million in cash. The deal...
Porsche to Invest ‘Tens of Millions’ of Euros in Israeli Auto-Tech
JNS.org - German automaker Porsche announced on Thursday it will invest tens of millions of euros in Israeli auto-tech startups, following a trend by US automakers...
Israeli Female Entrepreneurs Talk About What Makes ‘Silicon Wadi’ Tick
In a video published by Mercedes-Benz on YouTube last week, three Israeli female entrepreneurs talked about the Jewish state's start-up scene and what makes it a...
Report: First-of-Its-Kind Drill Held to Mentally Prepare Elite IDF Soldiers for Horrors of War
A first-of-its-kind drill was held last week at an IDF base in southern Israel to mentally prepare a group of elite special forces soldiers for...
Ford Buys Israeli Startup to Improve Self-Driving Car Technology
JNS.org - Ford Motor Co. recently bought the Israeli startup, SAIPS, to improve its driverless car technology and plans to put these vehicles on the road...
Israeli Startups Win Global Innovation Awards in China
JNS.org - Two Israeli startups have won first and second place at the Global Innovation Awards 2016 in Beijing. NiNiSpeech, which developed an ingenious digital platform...
Israeli Startups Raise $1.7 Billion During Second Quarter, Report Says
JNS.org - Israeli startups raised $1.7 billion in the second quarter, which is more than half of the financing raised in the first quarter, according to...
Foreign Banks Increasingly Investing in Israeli Innovation
JNS.org - Israeli entrepreneurs are increasingly attracting foreign banks’ investments by offering innovative technologies. The Santander InnoVentures fund, which has $100 million available to invest in the...
Israeli Startup That Turns Manure Into Fuel is Changing the Lives of Rural Palestinians and Bedouin
An Israeli startup is making the lives of Palestinians in rural areas of the West Bank and Bedouins in Israel's Negev desert easier and healthier. HomeBioGas, based...
Israel’s Economy Defies Logic
Irrespective of a cynical and gullible "elite" media, independent of diplomatic pressure, political correctness and conventional wisdom, in defiance of the global economic slowdown, in...
US-Israel Cooperation Defies Personal Clashes
Cooperation between the US and Israel in the fields of defense, science and commerce is surging in an unprecedented manner, in defiance of the...
Why Are Russian Investors Increasingly Investing in Israeli Start-Ups?
JNS.org - The venture investment boom in Russia, which began 4-5 years ago, has contributed to a series of events including the rise of e-commerce,...
Israel’s BDS: Bounce, Develop, Surge
In defiance of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, "Ždiplomatic pressure, regional and global geopolitical instability, continued global "Žeconomic uncertainties and the overall anti-Israel...
