Companies in brief: 19 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of December 23, 2007

December 30, 2007 by Lisa Damast · Comment
Filed under: Company Briefs, Industry pulse, VC

The week of December 23, 2007, saw American VC fund, Advanced Technology Ventures start to look for cleantech opportunities in Israel showing that investing in cleantech in Israel will continue to grow in 2008, despite predictions that overall funding to Israeli high-tech industries would remain stagnant in 2008. The week also saw Cepco’s Med-O-Card’s competitor, LifeOnKey end the year by raising $5 million, and sales and deals in Asia continue, among other news. For a full overview of the major headlines related to technology in Israel during the past week, check out these headlines and the rest of this week’s 19 Israel-related technology headlines below.

Cleantech
Advanced Technology Ventures looks for cleantech opportunities in Israel

Foreign companies to take part in new Negev solar power plant tender

Israeli nanotech provides green electricity [VIDEO]

The garden city north of Tel Aviv

IDE to build desalination plant in Australia -paper

Israel’s Ofer Shipping Invests $30M in Electric Car Venture

Investments
Israel’s Lifeonkey Closes $10M To Help You Access Medical Records Via Net/Cell

Code testing co TypeMock raises $1.5m

‘Emerging markets hold the key to Israeli VC success’

Stagnant market may mean trouble for local VCs in 2008

Israel-Asia deals
Israeli company Exalenz Bioscience signs distribution agreements in Korea and Hong Kong

Taiwan, Israel to collaborate on Information Technology, Biotech