Tweet According to The New York Times environment blog, “BrightSource Energy has broken ground on a 29-megawatt solar steam plant at a Chevron oil field in Coalinga, Calif.” The move is a great for both companies. For Chevron, which, along with competitors BP and StatoilHydro, is an investor, “a solar power plant builder based in […]
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Tweet During the Week of August 16, 2009, DroidSecurity was revealed to be developing consumer and enterprise security software for Android phones and netbooks. Wanova raised $13 million for its new breed of desktop virtualization software and Israeli researchers demonstrated how DNA evidence can be fabricated. For these stories and more, check below for this […]
Tweet During the week of August 9, 2009, Crescendo Networks, which enhances the Web application delivery process, announced that it raised $5 million in funding and will move it’s headquarters to Menlo Park. SiSense announced the release of PrismCubed, it’s new business intelligence product aimed at small businesses, and MyHeritage, the free family genealogy Website, […]
Tweet During the week of August 2, 2009, it was announced that Shari Arison’s group Shikun u’Binui Real Estate Ltd. will install solar energy panels on the roofs of its projects under construction. VC investment is at it’s lowest in a decade and Panaya is providing software service for automating on-premise SAP upgrade. For these […]
Tweet During the week of July 26, 2009, FRX Polymers announced that it raised funds to develop green plastics. Reality television is getting “high-tech” with “Exit ’09”, while uTest is relying on the crowds to shorten software testing time. The Western Wall is now accepting tweets and the Israeli public might soon be forced to […]
Tweet During the week of July 12, 2009, Status Search, a web tool that enables users to search Facebook and Twitter statuses, was covered by TechCrunch. How Israel can lead clean tech was explained while Israel and China completed a solar plant in southern Israel. VC fund, Pitango is looking for a partner in China […]
Tweet During the past week, word continued to spread about IBM’s latest data-masking technology. Israel’s IQWind raised $500k from foreign investors while in Q2 2009, Israeli high-tech companies raised a total of $279 in venture capital. For these stories and the rest of this week’s 10 Israel-related headlines, see below. Cleantech 1. Study Says World […]
Tweet During the week of July 5, 2009, it was announced that NASA and Israel’s Seambiotic will be researching and developing algae for use as a possible aviation fuel. Discussion continued on N-Trig’s planned 2010 IPO and the company’s latest developments and IBM Haifa researchers revealed new data-masking technology that filters sensitive data from unauthorized […]
Tweet During the week of June 28, 2009, news surfaced that Toyota is mulling investing in Israeli hi-tech companies that can help make its cars cleaner, while it seems that clean technology investments are increasing again. Indicating that virtualization is still a hot investment, Neebula, which develops management tools for virtual computer environments and was […]
Tweet During the week of June 21, 2009, Microsoft confirmed acquiring the motion sensing technology company, 3DV and its connection to Project Natal. Ad optimization platform, TodaCell raised $1 million and networking and business continued at TheMarker conference in New York. For these stories and more, check out this week’s 11 Israel-related headlines below. Cleantech […]
