U.S. Midwest Region

Israeli healthcare start-ups make headway in U.S. investment roadshow

February 19, 2013, category: Investing, Medical

9 promising Israeli start-ups recently returned from a whirlwind investment coast-to-coast roadshow in the U.S. The Roadshow was organized by Invest in Israel, the Foreign Trade Administration and the 

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Healthcare start-ups from Israel coming soon to a city near you!

January 21, 2013, category: Investing, Medical

Israel is known as the “start-up nation” and this is true not only for hi-tech, but also in the medical devices sector. There are over 650 companies in Israel active in the sector, with exports

Israeli Knee Implant a Groundbreaking Advance

January 15, 2013, category: Medical

CartiHeal, a privately owned medical device company in Israel, trademarked Agili-C a new medical device for knee implants which allows new cartilage to form. The implant acts as a scaffold enabling

New R&D Center for Philips Healthcare in Haifa

January 12, 2013, category: Hi-Tech, Medical

Philips has announced their decision to open a new R&D center in Haifa. The decision was reportedly spurred by the “outstanding medical achievements and developments” from the already 600 Philips employees in Haifa. The new

MarginProbe Receives FDA Approval

January 3, 2013, category: Hi-Tech, Medical

Dunes Medical Devices Inc. device to probe for breast cancer, MarginProbe, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In order to be granted approval, the MarginProbe was successfully used in a

NovoSpeech Raises $500k

January 2, 2013, category: Events, Hi-Tech, Medical

NovoSpeech, an Israeli company focused on speech recognition software, has recently announced that it completed a fundraising round of $500k.  In March, 2012, Novospeech was in Chicago with a group of medical device companies at

Israeli Alzheimer research company, NeuroQuest, to receive $500,000 in funding from U.S. sources

December 17, 2012, category: Medical

South Carolina business officials visited Israel looking for investment opportunities. The goal of their visit was to bring government and business officials to Israel and also encourage Israeli companies to consider South

Israel’s MMATech Develops Longer-Lasting Medical Implants

November 16, 2012, category: Medical

According to the Times of Israel, MMATech displayed their innovative material for hip replacements at the third annual Medical Device Design & Manufacturing Industry Conference in Haifa. The patented material,

Economic Mission Fall Schedule Busy With Events in Homeland Security, Healthcare, Renewable Energy, Food Production and More

September 27, 2012, category: Beverages, Cleantech, Events, Food, Homeland Security, Medical

This fall the Government of Israel Economic Mission is planning and participating in many events that cover a wide range of sectors, all highlighting Israeli innovation and focusing on establishing partnerships between

GE Invests in Israeli Start Ups in Healthcare and Imaging

September 5, 2012, category: Investing, Medical

General Electric has recently invested in a specialty monitoring firm based in Israel. GE run Healthymagination Funds recently invested in Ornim Inc, based in Lod, Israel. Ornim Inc is a medical systems