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Lifeward CEO issues open letter to shareholders on progress to finalize exoskeleton medicare payment rate

Apr 1, 2024 |

ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (DBA Lifeward™), (Nasdaq: LFWD) (“Lifeward” or the “Company”), a global market leader delivering life-changing solutions to revolutionize what is possible in rehabilitation, recovery, and the pursuit of life’s passions in the face of physical limitation or disability, today issued an open letter from Larry Jasinski, Chief Executive Officer, to shareholders discussing the Company’s progress with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) to establish a payment rate for ReWalk Personal Exoskeletons. The full letter is published below: Read more...

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Newsletter: Keeping food fresh + No more lost in Instacart’s supermarket

Newsletter: Keeping food fresh + No more lost in Instacart’s supermarket

Apr 1, 2022 |

Top investment opportunitiesStartup of the Week: Sufresca, natural, edible coating keeps produce freshRewire: Banking services for millions of migrantsNobel laureate and MedTech CEOs talk precision medicineThe EVERY Company produces animal-free macaronPlantish fishes for restaurant partnersOurCrowd hosts dinner for US Ambassador to IsraelSabah al-Binali, OurCrowd’s man in Abu DhabiOurCrowd staff mark Good Deeds Day, Jerusalem MarathonParalyzed man climbs to world record with ReWalk exoskeletonSapiens and Ravin.ai streamline auto insurance claimsNVIDIA drives autonomous vehicle development with ForetellixIntroductionsMore than 4,600 high-tech jobs Startup of the Week:Sufresca: Natural, edible coating keeps produce fresh As much as half of all the world’s fresh fruits and vegetables are lost or wasted, resulting in steep financial costs to suppliers, and a major impact on the global food supply and environment. Israeli startup Sufresca has developed a novel, cost-effective, edible, natural and biodegradable coating that extends the shelf life of produce, while being ultrathin, transparent, tasteless, odorless and virtually undetectable to consumers. The coating, based on 15 years of research at the Hebrew University, adds several weeks to shelf life in refrigerated and ambient temperatures, and is...

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Startups: A Better Way to Invest in Impact

Startups: A Better Way to Invest in Impact

Nov 6, 2018 |

A key buzzword in the financial world for a while now has been impact, as in impact investing, the idea that you can make investments in companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate a positive, measurable social or environmental effect alongside financial return. The biggest issue in impact investing has been the assumption that those financial returns will be lower. No longer. Many startup companies are having a real, lasting, positive effect on the world, from MedTech companies using scanning technology that reverses spinal injuries to IoT sensors deployed in AgTech to conserve water and increase crop yields. The potential is only beginning to be realized. With the private markets increasingly a place that sophisticated investors look to for outsize returns (albeit with outsize risk), investors may be able to satisfy their desire for impact without giving up return.  That’s a pretty exciting prospect. Let’s look at it in detail. A Model Ripe for Disruption Excitement about impact investing has swept the investor world. According to the Global Impact Investing Network, assets under management defined as impact...

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