Though there wasn’t a lot of technology news coming from Israel during the week of September 28, 2008, the cleantech industry received a significant amount of the coverage that it did receive. The big news in the industry was that the future of cleantech is still promising and that the climate does impact cleantech investment. Widget company, Gigya raised funds and much of SanDisk’s value has to do with MSystems, Ltd. For the full stories on these and more, check below for this week’s 10 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of September 28, 2008.

Cleantech
1. Clean technologies to create business opportunities, say panelists

2. Accelerated business response to climate change drives cleantech investment

3. Cleantech investment breaks all-time record

Investments
4. JVP Media V holds $100m first closing

5. Gigya Raises $11 Million Series C Round

Information Technology
6. Sandbox security versus the evil Web (Trusteer and Check Point)

7. New Chip Technology Is Crucial to SanDisk’s Value (MSystems, Ltd)

Miscellaneous
8. PicScout Continues to Guard Visual Content Copyright

9. Stellar Startups: The spirit of a startup

10. Israel’s population in New Year: 7.3 million, 76% Jewish

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