The 2015 Rappaport Prize for Excellence in Biomedical Research will be awarded by the Rappaport Family Trust to Prof. Hermona Soreq of the Hebrew University and to Dr. Eran Elinav of the Weizmann Institute of Science. The prizes will be given at the award ceremony…
The Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Higgs boson – the “God particle” believed responsible for all the mass in the universe – took place in 2012 at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, an underground facility where accelerated sub-atomic particles zip around…
The creators of Matific, the creators of the interactive math teaching platforms, Slate Science announced that it raised $12 million in Series A funding. The round was led by “existing angel investors” according to CEO Guy Vardi, as well as existing investors. Matific…
Israel’s economy is poised to rebound further in 2015 from the effects of last summer’s Gaza war after a strong recovery in the final three months of 2014 led to the fastest quarterly growth in nearly eight years. The fourth quarter of…
Israeli company Check-Cap which is developing an X-ray capsule for diagnosing intestinal cancer, announced the pricing for its Nasdaq IPO. The company raised $12 million at a $92 million company value, after money. The offering took place at the lower edge of…
Only 12 months after the official signing of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Gigawatt Global has succeeded in financing, constructing and interconnecting a $23.7 million solar energy plant, culminating in a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event. Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure, Hon. James…
RealMatch which provides performance-based recruitment ad solutions has closed $8 million in venture capital funding as part of a Series C-1 round. The financing round was led by Edison Partners with participation by Orix Ventures and Carmel Ventures. Founded in 2007,…
International ratings agency Standard & Poor’s says Israel’s economic outlook “stable,” elections unlikely to affect economic growth and fiscal stability projections • Finance Ministry official: Decision attests to Israeli economy’s strength, resilience. The international ratings agency Standard & Poor’s on…
Technion, together with Microsoft Israel R&D center, launched a special initiative in a lab for developing software and systems at the Technion’s computer science faculty. The initiative will focus on the field of Internet of Things and will be used…
Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple and serves on its Board of Directors. Before being named CEO in August 2011, Tim was Apple’s Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for all of the company’s worldwide sales and operations, including…
