Mobileye planning largest IPO in Israel’s history, at $3.5-5B valuation
Founded in 1999, Mobileye is a leading developer of “smart vision” technology for cars, which is used for accident prevention and, in the future, autonomous driving. According to a report in the WSJ, Mobileye has made a confidential filing with the SEC and will try to raise as much as $1B, at a company value of $3.5-5B. Mobileye’s IPO might prove to be the biggest ever by an Israeli tech company. To read more, click here.
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Israel inks tech pacts with China’s Silicon Valley
Israel signed a bilateral industrial R&D cooperation agreement with China’s Zhejiang Province, known as the Silicon Valley of China, as 350 delegates from the Asian giant attended MIXiii, the Israel Innovation Conference, last week. It also inked agreements with Jiangsu Province’s Science and Technology Department to promote Israeli companies’ participation in Chinese innovation parks. To read more about developments in the China-Israel relationship, click here.
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Israeli fall-prevention motorized shoe is a step in the right direction
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