Mobixell and 10 Israel-related headlines, Week of January 17, 2010
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Information Technology, Internet Security, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mobile Web, Web2.0
During the week of January 17, 2010, Israeli mobile ad tech company Mobixell announced that it bought Internet firm 724 Solutions. A new report indicated that most Israeli hi-tech companies are planning to hire this year and the Google breach from mainland China was further analyzed. For these stories and the rest of this week’s 10 headlines, see below.
Cleantech
1. Sunday Solar to Build Large Solar Array on “Damaged” Negev Land
Investment and Economy
2. Mobixell buys Web firm 724 Solutions
3. Israel’s PowerSines seeks IPO abroad in H1
4. Most high-tech companies plan to hire people this year
Information Technology
5. Google vs. China: The Tip of the Cyberwar
6. Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Israel
7. Women in Technology: Rony Ross, Panorama Software (Interview)
Miscellaneous
8. Want an MBA from an entrepreneurial hot spot? Look to Israel.
9. ‘Ajami’ on short list for Oscar nomination
10. Tuition-Free University Gains a Following
12 Israel-related headlines from the week of May 17, 2009
Filed under: Advertising, Cleantech, Company Briefs, Information Technology, Mobile Web, Uncategorized, VC, Web2.0, cloud computing
During the week of May 17, 2009, news focused on a California cleantech investors mission to Israel that was deemed successful and Israeli companies trying to build a global profile for themselves. In mobile and video technology, Waze announced its technology, which offers real-time traffic reports based on user input, and Yaniv Axen of SundaySky was interviewed. For more on these stories and the rest of this week’s 12 headlines, check below.
Cleantech
1. UN Climate Talks: Cleantech IP Battle of the Year?
2. Will the Electric Car Make the World a Better Place?
Investment
3. Israeli Companies Seek Global Profile
4. China’s 4 trillion Yuan stimulus package: Israeli opportunities
5. IVA 2009 – Business as Usual?
Information Technology and Web 2.0
6. Waze: The traffic of the crowds
7. B.O.S. to provide large-scale wastemanagement solution
8. Yaniv Axen, Co-Founder of SundaySky
9. AcCells Named a Mobile Innovation Grand Prix Nominee
10. Innovating Video Conferencing In Israel
Miscellaneous
11. Photo: Sandstorm Strikes Israel
12. Viva Tel Aviv!
U.S. expatriates in Jerusalem meetup to discuss Israeli market investing as… bull?
The U.S. dollar is falling, several foreign countries are experiencing significant growth rates, and the price of gold has risen from the $300 range to the $800 range. What should expatriates living in Israel invest their U.S. dollars in?
These questions and more were discussed at the first Jerusalem Investing Meetup event organized by portfolio manager extraordinaire, Zack Miller. Topics covered in depth included:
- Why investors invest internationally? Growth, valuation, diversification.
- How investors can invest internationally? Stocks, International bonds, currencies.
By applying what I have learned over the past few months about investing and technology in Israel with what was discussed at the meetup, here are my thoughts on investing in Israel and its high-tech companies:
While BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) have had the most growth in the past few years and promise the most return. Return on investments in these countries aren’t a guaranteed thing. Israel, on the other hand, also has a fair growth rate and a proven track record of getting money out of investments made in it. For reasons such as these, VCs are learning to love investing in Israeli companies and so should more individual investors.
To briefly expound, Israel is currently a bull market that has the highest concentration of engineers in the world and over 120 publicly traded companies in the US. After the United States, Israel has the largest amount of companies listed on the Nasdaq and is one of the top four countries American VCs invest in. Many companies, from Microsoft to Cisco to Google, have opened R&D offices in Israel. There is also talk that Google is planning to hire more local database experts as the demand for that increases.
If so many major companies find value in investing in Israeli technology, shouldn’t the individual investor as well?
Here are some well-established Israeli high-tech companies that are being recommended to individual investors, such as the expats at the meetup:
Comverse Technologies
Teva Pharmaceutical
Elbit Medical
Africa-Israel
I think these companies should also be recommended:
Voltaire
Given Imaging
Ormat Technologies
Think other Israeli high-tech companies should be recommended to investors? Enter the company or companies you recommend and I’ll add it here.
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