Author: David Leibermann

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 […]

Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel Startup Israel New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli High-Tech Raised $17.78 Billion In Q1–Q3/2021Startup Nation keeps on hitting new highs, bringing in a record $17.78 billion in new investment for its high tech firms from 575 different deals over the first three quarters of 2021. This according to a new report […]

Noa Kirel at Long Island FIDF Event (Photo: Courtesy FIDF) Global pop star and active IDF soldier, Sergeant Noa Kirel, performed Tuesday at a concert organized by Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Long Island Chapter at the Woodbury Jewish Center. The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces is the sole official organization authorized […]

Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet, is seen alongside its moons (illustrative). Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 moons, is both Jupiter’s sixth closest moon and the Solar System’s sixth-largest moon. It is a dwarf planet with a smooth, frosty surface marred by cracks and fissures. The moon’s surface is a desolate world with an average […]