Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup December 7 – December 13, 2024New Startups / VC FundingRiverside.fm: Revolutionary Remote Recording Platform Launched by Israeli Tech InnovatorsRiverside.fm is an Israeli startup that offers a platform for remote recording. The firm raised $30 million in Series C funding. Led by Oren Zeev’s Zeev Ventures, with participation from […]
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Hyro is an Israeli startup that offers voice and chat artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare. The firm raised an additional $15 million in a Series B extension led by Healthier Capital, bringing its total funding to date to $50 million. Founded in 2018 by CEO Israel Krush and Rom Cohen, Hyro says it is connecting […]
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These are the sons of Tziv’on: Ayah and Anah. It was Anah who discovered how to breed mules in the desert, when he was tending the donkeys for his father Tziv’on. ~ Genesis 36:24 So much innovation has come from the desert.First, we taught horses and donkeys to love each otherand mules came along, our […]
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Stigg is an Israeli startup that offers the first unified monetization platform for engineers. The firm raised $17.5 million in a series A funding round led by Red Dot Capital Partners, with participation from Unusual Ventures, Emerge Ventures, Redseed, and Cerca Partners. This funding brings the company’s total investment to $24 million. Stigg’s foundation lies […]
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Is it halakhically permitted to recite L’Hadlik Ner (Shel) Hanukkah – To Kindle the Hanukkah Light – over an electric menorah? In his book Mayim Hayim, Rabbi Yosef Messas not only permits the use of an electric menorah, but writes that it’s arguably the finest way to fulfill the mitzvah of lighting the Hanukkah lights. […]
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A new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers suggests that the cognitive benefits of exercise can last for an entire day. Previous studies have shown that physical activity can improve brain function in the short term. However, it was unclear how long these benefits would persist. This new research, published in the International […]
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Man Attacks Northern CA Elementary School, Wanted “Child Sacrifices” Over “Genocide” Against Palestinians A man shot and injured two kindergarteners at a Christian school in Butte County, CA because he reportedly wanted “child sacrifices” in response to the United States’s involvement in the ongoing war “genocide” against Palestinians. According to Patch, the shooter, identified as […]
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“Autocratic regimes use brutality to eliminate any hope their populace may have for a different future,” Anne Appelbaum writes in The Atlantic, in the wake of the removal of one of the region’s most brutal dictators in Syria. Indeed, while many around the world are “celebrating” this development, Appelbaum’s colleague Graeme Wood adds a word […]
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The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality and the municipal company Atarim, in collaboration with Eco Wave Power and EDF Renewables Israel, launched Israel’s first pilot station for generating electricity from sea waves at Warehouse 2 at the Jaffa Port. This project is a step towards a greener future. Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality is leading the charge in fighting […]
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Israeli Startup Identifai has developed AI technology capable of identifying the risk of 250 genetic diseases in a 9-week-old fetus through a simple maternal blood test. The firm states that this is a “first-of-its-kind capability to conduct full genetic sequencing of fetuses” which “increases the number of detectable genetic conditions tenfold” compared to traditional NIPT […]
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