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Yulife offers life insurance cover to business teams – whether that’s small 20-person companies or those with 500 staff members – so that employees can protect their loved ones financially if they become unwell or die. Policies start at £4.99 each month, per member.
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Israel received a visit from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg this week, where she launched Facebook’s “Playground”, a “new hub for startups and entrepreneurs in Israel to build connections, develop skills, and foster innovation.”
Israel’s Defense Ministry also announced the launch of an innovation hub aimed at fostering security-related technologies and strengthening the relationship between the country’s civilian and defense markets.
In recent acquisition news, Salesforce buys the Israeli field service software company Clicksoftware for $1.35B.
Israel – from Startup Nation to FoodTech Nation? See it in CTech. FoodTech is a hot topic now, as the United Nations warns: Climate change threatens the world’s food supply.
Meet ClimaCell’s new weather app – alerting you when it’s about to rain, down to the minute, all around the world.
Which Israeli startups are playing a leading role in data-driven digitized production? Read it in Forbes.
There is only one company that I am aware of that is using drones to save lives: Edgybees. With a very interesting name and an equally interesting story to match, Edgybees is the leader in real-time collaborative visual-intelligence technology, providing critical software that enables for the most accurate, collaborative virtual worlds of any complex environment.
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DarioHealth Corp. (“DarioHealth” or “Dario”) (DRIO), a leading, global digital therapeutics company, today announced an alliance with DigitalHealth.London (“DH.L”) as part of its UK Israel Dangoor Health Initiative (the “Initiative”), which aims to partner leading Israeli digital health companies with the UK National Health Service (NHS) to benefit patients.
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Creating an exclusive car ownership experience perfect for Bengaluru’s urban asset-lite lifestyle, Nissan India introduced the newly launched Nissan KICKS through Zoomcar’s leasing program.
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Nexa3D, a California-based SLA 3D printer manufacturer, has announced that its Co-Founder and Chairman Avi Reichental will be the company’s permanent Chief Executive Officer. Reichental will serve as CEO whilst retaining his position as Executive Chairman of the company.
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BioCatch is once again highlighting the advantages of behavioral biometrics in a new blog post that details two use cases in which the BioCatch platform was used to stop more complex forms of fraud.
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Kenna Security, a leader in predictive cyber risk, has ranked in the top 500 of all companies in this year’s Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies from Inc. magazine. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.
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