Posts Tagged: Start-Up Nation
Apple Pays About $40 Million to Acquire ‘Cue’ Start-Up Created by 21-Year-Old Israeli
Tech giant Apple, Inc. will pay some $40 million or more to acquire a start-up created by 21-year-old Israeli Daniel Gross, formerly of Jerusalem, and...
Jewish ‘Hackathon’ Planned for Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv
JNS.0rg - Tel Aviv and California's Silicon Valley will simultaneously hold the first Jewish-themed "hackathon," called Friday Night Hack, from July 19-20. More than 120 hackers...
Israel’s IonMed Develops ‘Cold Plasma’ Technology to Replace Needle and Thread Sutures
Israeli medical device company IonMed has developed a "cold plasma" technology to close medical incisions with less pain and fewer scars than the old-fashioned needle...
Israel Interior Ministry Introduces Biometric ID Cards
Israel's Interior Ministry today launched a two-year pilot program, beginning in the country's fourth largest city Rishon LeZion, to construct a biometric database and issue...
Israel’s ‘Silicon Wadi’: Samsung Pays Tens of Millions for Israeli Internet Streaming Company Boxee
Another "Silicon Wadi" start-up was acquired by a multinational group on Thursday, with Korea's Samsung reportedly agreeing to pay about $30 million for Israeli cloud...
Italy Looks to Israel to Build ‘Start-Up Nation’
JNS.org - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, making his first trip outside Europe since taking office in April, expressed admiration for Israel's culture of...
Israel’s Cortica Raises $1.5m from Mail.Ru for Image to Text Technology
Cortica, an Israeli technology developer, received a $1.5 million investment from Russian internet company Mail.ru Group (LSE:MAIL) as part of a wider funding round to...
‘Start-Up Nation’ Israel and Massachusetts Find Common Ground in Innovation
BOSTON—What do Israel and Massachusetts have in common? Many recent comparisons have centered on the fact that, when the Boston Marathon bombings occurred, Bostonians got...
From Dry Bones to Start Up Nation
On May 15th, 1948 a certain national myth became a reality. Though Jews weren't the only landless people to walk the earth at the time,...
Israeli Cardboard Bike Could Revolutionize Transportation in Developing Nations
An Israel inventor has created a bicycle made nearly entirely out of cardboard as well as a new model of "green" transportation production that could...
Maryland’s Model for U.S.-Israel Economic Alliances
In May of 1988, Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer visited Israel to sign the historic Maryland-Israel Exchange agreement. The document listed financial incentives authorizing and...
Thanking Jabotinsky For Israel’s Booming Economy
With political upheaval taking place throughout the Middle East, one could be forgiven for overlooking Israel's booming economy. The acclaimed book "Start-up Nation" which deals...
Godfather of Israeli Start Ups Credits Demanding Social Code for Success
Yossi Vardi charmed and inspired several hundred Israeli American Young professionals at a gathering hosted by Israel Bonds at the first completed tower at the World...
