Category: Business

David Geffen Gifts $150 million to Yale School of Drama David Geffen also funds The David Geffen Auditorium in Jerusalem. David Geffen Auditorium ((Simulated image Herzog de Meuron, Mann-Shinar Architects) Entertainment mogul David Geffen has donated $150 million to the Yale School of Drama. The money will be used to make the school’s program tuition-free […]

Israeli Startup AiVF Works to Improve IFV for Conception AiVF was co-founded by Daniella Gilboa, the JBN entrepreneur of the month. Daniella Gilboa CEO of AiVF (photo: courtesy) In vitro fertilization (IVF) has been around for decades. It is used to help people who are trying to conceive, but have trouble due to some sort […]

Huge Fallout In Israel Over Ben & Jerry’s Ben & Jerry’s is in big trouble over its decision to join in on the boycotting of Israel. The company revealed its decision to do so yesterday, Monday. Politicians and journalists alike in Israel are up in arms over it. From the news anchors, to the pundits, […]

Dov Barkai: “Canario will be the Waze for air monitoring” Canario Pro/ Courtesy by Yehudit Haspel Ben-Dak 9 billion people breathe globally polluted air and about 400 hundred million people fight asthma and other respiratory diseases. About 20 million die every year from viral infection spread by respiratory droplets and about 100 million suffer skin […]

Israel High Tech Scene Week In Review July 11 – 17 Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli Tech Startups Raised Record $11.9 Billion In H1 2021In the first half of 2021, Israeli high-tech companies have raised $11.9 billion, a record amount of cash, above the $10.3 billion raised in all of […]

TailorMed Teams with AllianceRx Walgreens Prime to Cut Med Costs Israeli medtech startup TailorMed is a financial navigation technology fintech company that helps patients and healthcare providers remove financial barriers to care. TailorMed is now working with AllianceRx Walgreens Prime to help reduce patient out-of-pocket costs. We all know what the worst thing about seeing […]

Justice Stephen Breyer Is Not Planning to Retire — Yet Liberals are hoping that Stephen Breyer will step aside soon. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Official Portrait (Wikipedia) Stephen Breyer, the U.S. Supreme Court Justice, says that he has no plans at the moment to retire from the bench. This is in spite of calls […]

Uniper Care secures $14.5 million in funding Uniper Care founders L-R Avi Price, Meir Shreiber and Rami Kirshblum/ Courtesy Uniper Care, a technology-based community that enables the elderly to live a healthy and active social life, announced a $14.5 million Series A fundraising round. With backing from Aleph, Zeev Ventures, and leading investors with experience […]

Coca Cola Israel Invests in Biomilk Milk Company The BioMilk Team — Company pic by Libi Katan Naor Biomilk is an Israeli foodtech company which produces dairy products from cultured milk. The Central Bottling Company, also known as Coca Cola Israel, is investing about $2 million in Biomilk which is publicly traded in Israel on […]

Melisron Buys GROO, Aerodrome Buys FlyTech A Melisron Mall (company website) Melisron is an Israeli shopping mall proprietor. Melisron just bought e-commerce company GROO for NIS 100 million ($30.5 million), reports Globes. Aerodrome is an Israeli company which develops drone tech. They just agreed to buy fellow Israeli drone tech firm FlyTech NIS 15 million […]