On March 20th, more than 300 venture capitalists, private investors, corporate VCs, investment bankers, entrepreneurs and potential strategic partners will get together at Newark, NJ for the annual US/ Israel Venture Summit. Up to 40 Israeli companies seeking initial rounds…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer, on his “Mad Money” TV show, spoke highly of VeriFone, a company that makes point-of-sale electronic payment devices – the credit- and debit-card-swiping machines found at checkout counters that people use to make purchases. He described it…
Fitch: Israel’s net external creditor position, high per capita income exceed those of many higher-rated countries.Source: Globes External solvency indicators have continued to improve and strong inward and outward investment reflect Israel’s growing integration with the world economy. Last but…
Betocracy will allow you to create your own market bids and predict the outcome of events such as the 2008 elections or year end bonuses. Decision markets, otherwise known as prediction markets, idea futures or simply bets, are gaining visibility…
Sewage sludge is the last place where you’d expect to find something valuable. But the brains behind Israeli startup BioPetrol say it is exactly the place where it is possible to find gasoline and natural gas. Source: Israel21c The company…
ChangingThePresent.org claims that it will transform nonprofits the way that malls tranformed shopping. The website offers a marketplace for philanthropy. You prbably heard about this new trend in the media. People are discovering that the best way to show you…
KishKish lie detector will be an add-on for Skype. The Israeli development detects the stress level of the person you are talking with over Skype™ by scanning the level of anxiety of the person on the other side of the…
When I read that technorati won the 2007 Tech Pioneers award, I had to find out more about it. The companies were nominated by the world’s leading venture capital and technology companies and the final selection was made by a…
I was looking for information on M&A in Israel and I found this interesting forecast by Morgan Stanley (MA) from 2001. Many things changed politically and economically since the forecast was put together, but it’s still very much relevant. Israel:…
Karl Skorecki, a biologist at Technion University in Haifa, Israel, is among a handful of researchers hoping to turn a certain kind of rare tumor into biological gold. Accoring to the New York Times, new research suggests that the very…
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