Author: David Leibermann

Israeli agtech startup Vertical Field is bringing its tech for growing food to Russia and Ukraine. As the company’s name implies, Vertical Field can grow food up to down, like on the side of a building or alongside a cliff. Think of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, only someday it will be the Hanging Gardens […]

Jacob Steinmetz, Arizona’s No. 25 ranked prospect by MLB / source ABC7 New York , screenshot by Contributing Author The Arizona Diamondbacks will rely on a rapidly improving farm system to help them eventually return to contention. It won’t be easy, considering the division features the annual powerhouse Los Angeles Dodgers, the 107-win San Francisco […]

Augruy co-founders Gal Shaul (left) and Saar Yoskovitz. Photo Ori Habushi Augury, an Israeli startup that works in the field of internet of things IOT and AI-driven Machine health solutions, has hit unicorn status after raising $180 million in new funding. This brings Augury’s post-funding valuation to over $1 billion. Augury has now raised a […]

GCEC Baltimore- ASPER – HUJI Innovate Deputy Director, Ayelet Cohen accepted the prize together with Yotam Zach, Program manager at ASPER-HUJI Innovate The Innovation Centers of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have been awarded two of the world’s most prestigious accolades for higher education entrepreneurship. The Hebrew University Center […]

Scentech Medical COVID-19 breath test Listen to this amazing story brought to you by Israeli Calcalist. According to Calcalist, in 1998 Harel Hershtik, a 20-years old from Kibbutz Degania Bet, murdered Yaakov Sela, his mother’s lover whom he stole several thousand NIS from. Hershtik was caught. Instead of returning the money, he killed the man. […]

Dr. Robert Montgomery, the H. Leon Pachter, MD, Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at NYU Langone and director of its Transplant Institute, performs the first xenotransplantation of a genetically engineered nonhuman kidney to a human at NYU Langone Health. Credit Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health History was made by doctors at […]

Robert Kraft official pic Robert Kraft has invested in Drive by DraftKings. Drive raised $60 million for its debut fund from a number of sports franchise owners like Kraft, as well as other prominent sports figures. Kraft invested though his Kraft Group, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers Todd […]

Founded in 2017, and working four years in a stealth mode, Israeli electric aviation startup, AIR has introduced its personal electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) for the individual consumer market. According to the company, AIR ONE is based on technology and manufacturing techniques from the automotive and aerospace sectors and is designed to […]

Cato Networks Team from company Facebook page Cato Networks, an Israeli startup and unicorn that provides the world’s first Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, has now hit a $2.5 billion valuation. The new valuation comes after Cato Networks raised $200 million in a round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Cato Networks already […]

Israeli startup Metrolink.ai, which is developing a data management platform, has completed a $22 million seed round of funding from Grove Ventures and Eclipse Ventures. Founded in January of this year by two veterans of the Israel Defense Forces’ high tech and computer units Asaf Cohen and Ronen Korman, Metrolink’s declares that its goal is […]