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- Hi-tech company founded in 2013 and famous for its content creation apps, with nearly 100 million downloads worldwide, including global hit Facetune. - Lightricks raises $60 million in its second investment round, from Insight Venture Partners and Claltech. - The Jerusalem startup's 2018 revenue is estimated to be more than $50 million. Jerusalem hi-tech company, … [Read more...] about Israel’s Lightricks, the Company Behind Facetune, Secures $60 Million to Change How the World Creates Content

IVC Research Center, a world-renowned Israeli venture capital research institute, released a list of the most active Chinese investment institutions in Israel's high-tech venture capital market in the first three quarters of 2018. CreditEase Israel Innovation Fund (CEIIF) is ranked the second on the list, next to Horizons Ventures. The list represents an array of well-known … [Read more...] about CreditEase Israel Innovation Fund (CEIIF) Ranks Second Most Active Chinese Investment Institution in Israel

Investors include Toyota Importer Union Ventures, B&E Equities, and other private investors TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 12, 2018 /Technologies.org/ -- Guardian Optical Technologies today announced that it received an additional investment of $2.5 million from investors Union Ventures, B&E Equities, and other private investors. The investment is part of a pre-B round that totals … [Read more...] about Guardian Optical Technologies Announces $2.5 Million of Funding from Strategic Investors

SEOUL, KOREA and TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, November 5, 2018 (Media Press Room) – Hyundai CRADLE, Hyundai Motor Company’s corporate venturing and open innovation business announced today its strategic investment in allegro.ai, a leading technology company specializing in deep learning (DL) - based computer vision. This partnership with allegro.ai will allow to speed up deployment of AI … [Read more...] about Hyundai Invests in Israeli Startup allegro.ai

Precision medicine solution named as finalist in national competition to evaluate potential and promise of local technology innovators BE’ER SHEVA, Israel & PITTSBURGH -- 2bPrecise™, LLC, was named one of nine finalists in Israel’s “most promising startup” competition. Sponsored by Calcalist, Israel's leading financial daily news publication, the contest drew more … [Read more...] about 2bPrecise Honored as One of Israel’s Top Startups

A vegan marketplace with the aim of becoming the 'Amazon for vegans' has been launched by serial tech entrepreneurs Alon Hochberg and Amir Lavi. Billion Vegans has raised pre-seed private investment of $300,000, and recently opened an equity crowdfunding round on WeFunder. The company, which is based in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, was conceived by Hochberg, 56, who went … [Read more...] about An ‘Amazon for Vegans’: Israeli Tech Entrepreneurs Launch New Online Marketplace Billion Vegans

NESS ZIONA, Israel--Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:FRSX) (TASE:FRSX), an innovator in automotive vision systems, announced today it will hold an investor conference and present a live demonstration of its breakthrough QuadSight™ quad-camera vision system. The conference will take place on December 17th, 2018, in Rehovot, Israel. The live demonstration will … [Read more...] about Foresight to Hold Investor Conference and Live Demonstration of QuadSight™ Quad-Camera Vision System

HARMAN CEO & President, Dinesh C. Paliwal, Meets Honorable Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu to Affirm Company’s Commitment to Israel Opens New Research & Development Center with an Advanced Smart Car Lab in Hod Hasharon HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., focused on connected technologies for automotive, … [Read more...] about HARMAN Strengthens Presence in Israel with New Headquarters

Volkswagen Group, Mobileye and Champion Motors have announced plans to commercialize Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) with self-driving vehicles in Israel. Volkswagen Group will provide the electric vehicles (EVs) as well as its in-depth knowledge about the design and deployment of mobility services. Mobileye, an Intel Company, will provide a full turn-key hardware and … [Read more...] about Volkswagen, Mobileye and Champion Motors to Invest in Israel and Deploy First Autonomous EV Ride-Hailing Service

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) today called on Jewish communities across the country—along with elected officials, religious and civic leaders, and other communal allies—to flock to synagogues this coming Shabbat (Friday night and Saturday, November 2-3) in a nationwide campaign named #ShowUpForShabbat. The AJC initiative was launched in response to the horrific attack at … [Read more...] about AJC Calls on Jews and Allies to #ShowUpForShabbat Following Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack

Below is a statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President Columbia (SC) Mayor Steve Benjamin on the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh: "The horrific, anti-Semitic attack on worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday breaks our hearts. The Anti- Defamation League believes this to be the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in … [Read more...] about Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President Columbia, SC Mayor Steve Benjamin on the Shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh

The Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council (MJAC) is shocked and outraged by the horrendous act of terror committed inside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday. The attacker, who was apprehended by law enforcement, killed at least eleven people and injured six others during Shabbat morning prayer services. "To murder innocent people during a prayer … [Read more...] about Muslim-Jewish Coalition Expresses Outrage at Tragic Murders in Pittsburgh Synagogue

In response to the tragedy in Pittsburgh today, HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees, issued the following statement: "There are no words to express how devastated we are by the events in Pittsburgh this morning. This loss is our loss, and our thoughts are with Tree of Life Congregation, our local partner Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS) of … [Read more...] about HIAS Statement on Pittsburgh Tragedy