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The world’s eyes are on Israel for photonics innovations
In the early 1970s, when physicist Abraham Katzir was a graduate student at Hebrew University, his supervisor urged him to get into optics, the study of light. The future, he predicted, was all about lasers and optical fibers.
Israeli startups push crowdfunding as investment in Israel
Funding platforms like OurCrowd and iAngels — which require relatively low minimum investments and supply easy access to pre-vetted Israeli startups — are making Israeli industry much more accessible to Jews outside Israel.
Microsoft reportedly to acquire Israeli cloud monitoring startup
Cloudyn for around $60 million
Microsoft is lining up a bid to buy Israeli cloud-monitoring and analytics startup Cloudyn in a deal thought to be worth between $50-$70 million, according to a report (in Hebrew) in local Israeli business publication the Calcalist.
