Venture investing platform OurCrowd has announced that it has appointed Dr. Hasanat Dewan as its new Chief Innovation Officer. In his role, Dr. Dewan will oversee the development of OurCrowd’s next-generation platform to help investors access venture capital and private markets. Read...
Read MoreOurCrowd, the leading venture investing platform and Israel’s most active venture investor is planning to set up a Global AI Innovation Center and the UAE is among the leading candidates. “We are assembling a Global AI Ecosystem Advisory Board to assist us in sharing the benefits of OurCrowd’s AI innovation with multiple stakeholders. We are analysing the best place to base our next-generation innovation team and we will announce our decision shortly,” OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved said. Read...
Read MoreIsraeli company H2Pro claims its highly efficient water-splitting technology will deliver green hydrogen at less than US$1 per kilogram before 2030. That’s a big deal; it would represent a 60-80 percent drop in green H2 prices, down to a level where it’s cheaper per unit of energy than current retail gasoline prices in the United States. The Hydrogen Council’s current projections don’t expect that kind of price drop until 2050, and even then it’s a best-case scenario. Read...
Read MoreIn early 2020, Metabiota’s COVID-19 insights prompted an events software company to pivot its business model to online events six weeks ahead of its competitors, leading to 100%+ revenue growth for the year. Metabiota has developed these insights into a new epidemic early warning system and is making them available through a pilot program. Read more...
Read MoreSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — March 9, 2021 Plenty, the flavor-first vertical farming company with a mission to improve the lives of people, plants, and the planet, today announced an expansion to 17 new Safeway stores across Northern California, bringing the total number of stores carrying Plenty produce in the region to 53. The additional Albertsons-owned stores, which include Safeway and Vons, are part of the multi-year agreement between the two companies to expand Plenty produce into over 430 Albertsons-owned stores across the state of California. The new store locations are primarily in smaller communities, making Plenty the first indoor, vertically farmed produce available to these shoppers. Read...
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