Confidela and 15 Israel-related headlines from the week of May 31, 2009
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, IT management, Industry pulse, Information Technology, SaaS, Uncategorized, VC, Web2.0
During the week of May 31, 2009, Sunday Energy, SolarEdge and Ormat all had major announcements related to providing alternative energy in Israel, while GameGround and The Box successfully raised funds. In IT, Discretix explained the threat of bank accounts being hacked on mobile phones and Trusteer signed a contract with PSECU in England. For these stories and the rest of this week’s 15 Israel-related headlines, check below.
Cleantech
1. Sunday Energy forges new ground in Israel with Ormat
2. Israeli firm boosts performance of photovoltaic solar array
3. Exploiting Limited Resources
Investments
4. GameGround snags $4.1 million from Sequoia for gamer services
5. Investment in Green Energy Quadruples in 4 Years
6. Israel’s The Box Secures Funding from Greylock Partners to Target US and Other International Markets
Information Technology
7. PC Touch-Screen Technology Moving Beyond Curiosity
8. How much serious is the threat of hacking bank accounts via mobile phones? (Discretix)
9. PSECU Secures Web Channel with Trusteer
10. Virtualize Your Internet Connection with BufferZone
11. WatchDox Makes Document Security Simple
Miscellaneous
12. Central Park’s Tel Aviv ‘beach party’
13. Video: Microsoft’s Project Natal in action
14. Nestle producing new breakfast cereal in Sderot
15. Brain research center to be built at Hebrew University
Companies in brief: 29 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of December 16, 2007
The week of December 16, 2007, was filled with new headlines related to the future of nanotechnology in Israel and abroad. Cleantech received its usual attention about investments, plans and government initiatives, and internationally, speculation of a recession in the U.S. and inflation continued. Check out these headlines and the rest of this week’s 29 Israel-related technology headlines below.
Cleantech:
Israel And The US Partner For Clean Energy
World Bank mulls financing Negev solar project
Evogene and Ormat subsidiary receive biodiesel grant
Ben-Eliezer offers plan to promote renewable energy
Israel Cleantech Ventures invests in Citrine Renewable Energy
Solar Market to reach $40 Billion in 5 Years
Investments and M&A:
Value of Israeli VC exits rises 30% in 2007
Don’t believe them: Brokers will tell you TASE stocks are a bargain. Here’s why they aren’t.
Noise control co Silentium raises $1.8m
Plenus invests $2.5m in Logia Content Development
Radcom raises $2.5m in PIPE offering
American VC funds favor Israel, China
CopperGate to be the 1st Israeli start-up to list on NASDAQ in 2008
Nanotechnology:
Israeli Nanotechnology companies have doubled since 2005
Yissum gives birth to biotechnology start up Nanolymf
Nanotechnology Companies Planning to Sell Shares
International:
South American trade block signs trade pact with Israel
Jim Rogers: US is in recession, the administration is lying
Your Taxes: Korea welcomes Israelis
China Less Willing to Be America’s Piggy Bank
Telecommunications:
Ericsson to equip Partner Communications with advanced 3G equipment
Breakthrough deal for Alvarion
Why The Internet Needs to Become a National Priority for Israel
Miscellaneous:
IBM Unveils Semantic Search For Corporate E-mail
Plexiglas-like DVD to hold 1TB of data
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