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Israel’s Top 10 Trading Partners, Q1 2013
12 June 2013
The UK maintains its position as Israel’s fourth largest global trading partner, with almost $1.5 billion in bilateral trade. Israel’s Top 10 Trading Partners for Q1 of 2013 (Jan-Mar) $ Million, US (excluding diamonds and services)* *Data source: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
General News, High Tech, Life Science
Israel’s Orcam helps the blind to “read”
7 June 2013
There are a number of Israeli companies doing breakthrough research in Artificial Intelligence, research that brings almost futuristic benefits to real people. The New York Times just covered one such company – Orcam. Here are excerpts of what John Markoff at the New York Times had to say about it: Liat Negrin, an Israeli who has [...]
Business/Economic, General News, High Tech
UK Retailers find the Future in Israel
31 May 2013
From 19 – 22 May 2013, Senior Policy Advisor to the British Prime Minister, Mr Rohan Silva, was in Israel leading a high-level business delegation of technology directors from some of the UK’s largest retail companies. Ranging from high-street supermarket chains to internationally-renowned luxury brands, representatives of the UK companies experienced some of the wide [...]
Business/Economic, General News, High Tech
Israel’s OurCrowd Takes Lead in Equity Crowdfunding
23 May 2013
Israel’s hybrid VC-crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announced today that it closed financing for Jeff Pulver’s latest startup, Zula, pushing its total raised for early stage companies above $12 million. This $12 million is in addition to the $5.5 million in funding OurCrowd raised for its own platform in February this year. Zula is OurCrowd’s 18th completed [...]
Business/Economic, General News, High Tech
Senior Policy Advisor to the British Prime Minister to Lead UK ‘Future-Retail’ Delegation Visit to Israel
14 May 2013
Senior Policy Advisor to the British Prime Minister, Mr Rohan Silva, will be leading a high-level business delegation to visit Israel, between 19-22 May 2013. Some of the UK’s largest retail companies, ranging from high-street supermarket chains to internationally-renowned luxury brands, will be accompanying Mr Silva to experience the wide range of cutting-edge retail-technologies that [...]
Business/Economic, General News, High Tech
The Technion: Israel’s Hard Drive
24 April 2013
The most ambitious project in the sphere of technology studies, and perhaps in all of higher education, in the world is being planned, and Israel’s leading technology institute, the Technion, is playing a major role in it. Cornell and the Technion together won the prize in Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s contest to create a new science school. According to the Technion,The [...]
Business/Economic, Clean Tech, General News, High Tech, Life Science
VIDEO: Israel: 65 Years of Achievement
11 April 2013
Happy birthday to the State of Israel, which was born 65 years ago! Over those six-and-a-half decades, Israel grew from a struggling young nation into a highly developed state. While Israel is now known as a world leader in high-tech, this short clip highlights a number of Israel’s many other accomplishments in nation-building, immigrant absorption, [...]
Clean Tech, General News
Israeli Water Delegation to London
7 March 2013
Last night in London, some of Israel’s leading and most exciting water technology companies joined over 100 of the UK’s leading water companies and investment firms at a water technology innovation briefing. Organised by the Trade and Economic Office at the Embassy of Israel in London, in partnership with Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the [...]
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Israel: The Spirit of Technology
5 March 2013
An update from Noah Shani Minister, Trade & Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Israel in London. The start to 2013 has been particularly exciting so far. Israel’s trade with the UK is flourishing, Israel’s innovators are creating and inspiring new technologies and new scientific discoveries and Israel’s entrepreneurial achievements continue to draw high praise [...]
Business/Economic, General News, High Tech
Tel Aviv awarded #2 most innovative city in the world
5 March 2013
Tel Aviv has been ranked the world’s second “most innovative city” as part of the Wall Street Journal magazine and Citibank’s City of the Year contest, organized by the non-profit Urban Land Institute. According to YnetNews, Tel Aviv was among the three cities which made it to the final out of 200. The winner was Medellin in Colombia. [...]