March 8, 2013, category: Hi-Tech, Technology
David Shamah, Times of Israel: For years, convergence has been the watchword in the mobile world. Where once users would carry a device for phone calls, another for data recording (like the old
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March 5, 2013, category: Hi-Tech
Tel Aviv awarded #2 most innovative city in the world Tel Aviv has been ranked the world’s second “most innovative city” as part of the Wall Street Journal magazine
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February 15, 2013, category: Hi-Tech, investment, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Technology
Ynet News reports that Israeli VC-backed deals amount to $1.37 billion, down 22% from 2011. VC fund investments down 19% to $516 million. In 2012, 575 Israeli high-tech companies raised $1.92
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November 27, 2012, category: Hi-Tech, Technology

Bloomberg reports that according to a global study, Tel Aviv was picked as the world’s best place for start up companies right after California’s Silicon Valley: Tel Aviv’s startup ecosystem
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August 22, 2012, category: Hi-Tech, investment

We are happy to announce the grand opening of the ELTA North America headquarters in Howard County, Maryland. After a hard work of two years and, with 100 new jobs coming
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August 14, 2012, category: General, Hi-Tech, investment, Technology
Is Jerusalem the next Silicon Valley? CNN Clip CNN’s Elise Labott spoke with entrepreneur and investor Erel Margalit, head of Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), a leading Israeli venture capital firm with over $900
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August 12, 2012, category: Hi-Tech, investment, Technology
Wired Magazine has crowned Tel Aviv the world’s second largest center for technology start-ups after Silicon Valley, Haaretz.com reported. As part of a special feature for its September issue the science
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July 10, 2012, category: Hi-Tech, Medical, Technology
What if you could know your heart rate, temperature, and more…through your cell phone? Israeli medical monitor developer LifeWatch AG has launched the world’s first medical smartphone, for Android-powered devices.
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July 3, 2012, category: Hi-Tech, Technology
Israel has long been recognized as a leader in security technology. Now Israeli security companies have been chosen by the Louvre and by British Telecom. YnetNews reported that Synel,
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June 25, 2012, category: Hi-Tech, Technology
Original article by TechCrunch There is certainly no shortage of startup incubators and accelerators these days, but Silicon Valley’s Upwest Labs is doing something especially unique. Upwest, which got
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