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Israel is now leading the way in self-driving car tech! Read this item and more in this week’s Startup Nation newsletter. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Pull over, Detroit: Israel is new Motown for self-driving car tech Detroit has been known as “the motor city” ever since it became the center of the automobile industry at the beginning of the twentieth century. But now, one hundred years later, with the car tech industry heavily focused on producing self-driving vehicles, it’s not Detroit leading the way, but Israel. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Trendlines featured in Times of Israel BioCatch featured in Reuters ReWalk featured in PR Newswire CyberX featured in Network World MedAware featured in Globes Bizzabo featured in TechCrunch   Israeli startup extracting water from air, around the world Water Gen tech works in remote locations, and where pipes are no longer safe. Read more. In big day for Israeli high-tech, Valens raises $60 million, Dapulse $25 million It was a big day for Israel’s high-tech industry on Thursday, with two startups announcing they had raised a combined $85 million...

Florida hospital Tampa uses medical virtual reality Surgical Theater to remove pancreatic tumors for the first time. Read this item and more in this week’s Startup Nation newsletter. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Israeli digital health investment grew 30% in 2016 $183 million was invested in the sector in 2016, up 30% from $144 million in 2015, according to Start-Up Nation Central. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Surgical Theater featured in Bay News 9 CrediFi featured in Forbes Intuition Robotics featured in Bloomberg   Samsung to integrate Israeli tech in bid to spot strokes South Korean electronics giant signs 5-year licensing deal with MedyMatch to improve CT imaging for head trauma. Read more. Logistics startup Freightos lands $25 million in funding from GE Ventures Freightos, a startup that wants to digitize more of the international logistics process, announced today that it has raised a $25 million Series B extension round led by GE Ventures, General Electrics’ venture capital arm. Read more. Israeli cyber group sets up multi-million-dollar cyber defense center in Latin America The Israeli Cyber Companies Consortium (IC3), a group of Israeli...

Collaborations aren’t done yet for Israel and China! What will the Mobileye acquisition do for Israeli startup investing? Check out these stories and more, below in this week’s Startup Nation newsletter. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now China and Israel tech ties grow closer with $10M deal for 3 AI centers China and Israel tech collaboration just grew a little closer again with the signing of an initial $10 million investment by a Chinese conglomerate and an institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with the University of Haifa to create three artificial intelligence centers in Beijing, Hangzhou and Haifa. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Neverware featured in Yahoo Finance Argus featured in Fortune OurCrowd Qure featured in MobiHealthNews   50 startups founded in Negev in 2016 The Beersheva high-tech park already has over 40 companies and 1,800 employees. Read more. Mobileye deal to fuel investment in late-stage Israeli startups Intel’s $15.3 billion purchase of autonomous-driving firm sends message that investors can expect significant returns. Read more. Iron dome start-up to provide critical support to New York Power Authority The Israeli...

We just had one of the most exciting events occur for the Startup Nation- the Mobileye acquisition. What lies ahead? Read up on this news items and more below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Intel’s Mobileye deal marks Israel as autonomous tech hub Israel’s emergence as a center for automotive technology got a vote of confidence on Monday when Intel Corp. said it would pay $15 billion for Mobileye NV, a Jerusalem-based maker of chips and software for driverless cars. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Zebra featured in Huffington Post Engie featured in TechCrunch CyberX featured in PR Newswire Argus featured in Globes VocalZoom featured in Jerusalem Post OurCrowd featured in Crowdfund Insider   Israeli tech firms revving up engines for self-driving cars As the world moves toward an era of self-driving cars, Israel is positioning itself to be the Detroit of the future. Read more. Catching up to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem rising in world’s ranking of start-up hubs “With a population of almost 1 million – one-third of which is Muslim – Jerusalem’s start-up ecosystem thrives on diversity...