Israel Innovation 2.0

During the week of December 6, 2009, Israeli President Shimon Peres launched his own YouTube channel to encourage peaceful dialogue and announced that he will be going to the Copenhagen climate conference representing Israel. Information security company, Promisec thrived during the recession and Israel as a startup nation was looked at in a different light. For these stories and more, check below for this week’s 11 headlines.

Cleantech
1. Israeli Cleantech Heats Up

2. Peres to represent Israel at Copenhagen climate negotiations

Investments
3. BIRD to invest $4.2m. in six new projects

4. Playtech buys GTS

Information Technology
5. Harris: Pageonce shows you don’t need to be big to be global

6. Information security co Promisec shines in dark times: Internet threats can overwhelm regular antivirus solutions

7. How to sift through Twitter’s noise? MyTweetSense, FriendBinder give it a go

8. Cyber hacking could be a thing of the past

Miscellaneous
9. Peres gets viral, dives into social media with presidential YouTube channel

10. Home cooking

11. Fail Factors – Why Startups Die: The Israeli Illusion

During the week of November 1, 2009, financial software company, Finjan was acquired by M86. The Cleantech Group ranked Israel number 5 in its list of top10 cleantech countries of 2009 and Start-up Nation, Saul Singer and Dan Senor’s analysis of Israel’s economic success, was released (headlines below video).

Cleantech
1. The top 10 cleantech countries of 2009

2. The 2010 Eilat Eilot Renewable Energy Conference Looks To Carbon-Free Energy

3. Israeli firms aim to plug world’s water leaks

Investment
4. M86 Security Buys Finjan

5. We Are The Startup Nation

6. Local VCs cut investment in start-ups

Information Technology
7. How Cloud Computing Has Transformed Small Business Software (SAManage)

8. Global from Day One: MoodBase knows what the web is feeling

Miscellaneous
9. Israeli film ‘Ajami’ wins at Montpellier festival

10. JNF aims to turn Israel diamonds from rough to ready