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  The week’s top investment deals from OurCrowd Fresh fruit picked from the tree by Israeli robots Startups tackling Covid and urgent health challenges BioCatch: Fingering fraudsters, saving millions Insightec: Can ultrasound help treat brain tumors? YuLife enhances group risk coverage for UKs medical insurers QuantLR among Top 5 picks for Israel Aerospace Industries program Webinar: A new way to treat burns Introductions Job opportunities Fresh fruit picked from the tree by Israeli robots Tevel Aerobotics is receiving orders for its fruit-picking autonomous drones from North America, Europe, China, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil, the India Times reports. Ten percent of fruit worldwide rots on the tree because there’s no one to pick it and labor shortages have increased during the coronavirus pandemic as countries restrict entry to seasonal workers. Tevel’s flying fruit picker – an artificial intelligence-driven robotic drone that gently picks fruit and performs other tasks like thinning and pruning, can save farmers up to 30% of their costs and it could not be more timely. At our recent AgTech webinar, Founder and CEO Yaniv Maor revealed...