Author: David Rutman

Israel’s K Health Starts 2021 with $1.4 Billion Valuation It did so with $132 million in new investments. K Health App K Health, an Israeli startup which develops a mobile app that uses AI to deliver personalized primary care, now has a $1.4 billion valuation. Startup Nation starts 2021 with yet another billion dollar valuation. […]

Dr. Rachel Levine to Be First Transgender Cabinet Secretary She is the current Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rachel Levine — Courtesy of Biden transition team Dr. Rachel Levine has been appointed by President-Elect Joe Biden to be America’s next Secretary of Health and Human Services. She will not only be […]

Israeli Startup CorNeat Has Brought Eyesight to the Blind – Literally Its KPro Implant replaces the cornea. Prof. Irit Bahar and Her patient (CorNeat) CorNeat Vision, an Israeli startup that develops biomimetic implant technology, has successfully restored the vision of a 78-year-old man who had been blind for 10 years. The procedure was performed at the […]

Washington 2021 storming of the United States Capitol (cropped) The growing threat from anti-government groups in the U.S. was highlighted by the shocking events at the Capitol on January 06 when the far-right Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, Boogaloo Bois and The Proud Boys were spotted among the crowds of Trump supporters storming the country’s seat […]

Israeli Martech Startup Humanz Helps Social Media Influencers Not all influencers are as famous as the Kardashians. Humanz is an Israeli martech startup which offers a new platform for social media influencers. This platform helps influencers promote themselves through “micro-influencer campaigns.” The company just raised $3 million in a seed round led by NGN Partners […]

First Women on Stage Summit Highlights Diversity and Inclusion in Tech  Moran Weber, the founder of Women On Stage Women On Stage organization which founded with a mission of fixing the present-day gender imbalance that exists between men and women announces its first conference on Feb 10-11. the conference will be broadcasted online and will […]

Joe Biden’s Jewish Cabinet At least 10 have been nominated to key positions. Five of the twenty-two cabinet-level positions will be held by Jews. Janet Yellen When Joe Biden becomes the President of the United States tomorrow he may very well have the most Jewish Cabinet members and senior officials of any Presidential administration in […]

Donald Trump Only President Never To Break 50% Approval He leaves office at 41%. Donald Trump will have made history in a number of ways by the time that he leaves office on January 20, many of them nefarious. Like being the only twice impeached U.S. President.  His latest triumph is becoming the first President […]

Elon Musk Tweet Helps Promote Israeli Robotics Startup BionicHIVE BionicHIVE is developing an automatic warehouse solution based on a fleet of synchronized robots that can be retrofitted onto existing warehouses Is Elon Musk planning on investing in the Israeli robotics startup BionicHIVE? People are asking just that after the billionaire behind Tesla responded to the […]

Israeli Startup FeelIT Offers RetroFeel to Detect Structural Damage Germany’s Henkel Adhesive Technologies has just invested $5 million in the new company. FeelIT RetroFeel FeelIT is an Israeli startup which develops structural sensing technology which can detect changes in any material and analyze the data. In doing so the startup can help prevent companies preempt […]