Congrats to SiteAware on its latest $10m Series A round led by Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Axon Capital. Great news for the team - but more importantly for the construction industry!
SiteAware raises $10 million to track construction zone progress using drones and AI
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SiteAware, a startup adopting a 'digital twin' approach to construction validation, has raised $10 million in series A funding to expand its operations.Avichay Nissenbaum Yaniv Golan Reut Zeiri Max Marine Avivit Vaknin Jhuchenko Tony Saigh
With Mars-shots being the new Moonshots, it was our pleasure to host the D-Mars team for training at lool HQ last week. D-Mars is an Israeli space simulation center, located in the Ramon crater in Israel, attracting researchers and future astronauts from all over the world, providing a home for space and mars explorers...
The US military just chose XTEND Human Machine Telepresence's SKYLORD combat-proven solution for counter UAS missions and to protect its troops. And yes, it is like Iron Man only this is real...
U.S. Military to Test Drones Israel Used to Parry Gaza Attacks
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American soldiers are employing a drone that Israel pioneered to take down flaming kites launched over the border from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry.Founders love using SAFEs for fund raising. Some don't realize that there are actually 3 types of SAFE, very different from each other - the old SAFE, the new SAFE, and the Israeli SAFE 🤯
This is our attempt to clarify this, based on our belief at lool ventures that reducing the information gap will lead to a more healthy and successful ecosystem.
Thanks to Nimrod Vromen who reviewed an early draft of this and provided important insights!
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Old SAFEs, new SAFEs, and how the SAFE made an Aliya, Oy Vey.Kudos to Wibbitz for making the 2020 #Inc5000 list!
Wibbitz joins Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in America - Wibbitz
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Wibbitz joins the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies - boasting a whopping growth rate of 91.94%.Way to go! Yes, Kudos 🙂
Excited to announce our investment in Inner Cosmos, inventors of the world's first "digital pill", a penny-sized brain chip that gradually rebalances brain networks using precise, minimally invasive electrical activity, replacing brute-force chemicals like anti depressants. Read on to learn more and why we invested
#braincomputerinterface #neuroscience #mentalheath #neurotech
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On February 26th, 2020 we wrote “By many metrics, life on earth has never been this good. Technological, economic, and political progress…TheMarker Online just published their annual list of the top Israeli startups of 2020 - very proud to have 3 of our portfolio companies on the list 😇 Beewise Technologies, Voca.ai, XTEND Human Machine Telepresence - this recognition is very much deserved, congratulations!
נבחרת הסטארט-אפים 2020: השמות הגדולים של השנים הבאות
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זו השנה השלישית שבה כתבי מגזין TheMarker בוחרים בחברות המסקרנות ביותר בזירת הסטארט-אפים הישראלית. מי מהן תממש את ההבטחה?Thank you Lool ventures, we are honored and humbled <3
אלוף 👑 כל הכבוד 🙏🏼
כבוד !!🏆
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מתנה מתאימה ביום מתאים גאווה גדולה 👑
Our friends at OpenView are back with their annual Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Survey! Calling all SaaS companies to participate here 👉
OpenView SaaS Benchmarks Survey - 2020 Edition
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2020 marks the fourth consecutive year of OpenView’s Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Survey. By participating, you’ll gain an understanding of how you stack up against your peers and what it takes to be a standout SaaS business in 2020.Congrats to Beewise on closing their $10m Series A (less than 12 months since we led the seed round). Super proud of this team already counting 40 customers and tackling an incredibly important issue. Kudos to co-investors Fortissimo Capital, Atooro Fund, Arc Impact and Michael Eisenberg for backing this exceptional mission
Beewise raises $10 million to automate beehive monitoring and harvesting
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Beewise, a startup developing an AI-powered beehive monitoring and harvesting platform, has raised $10 million in venture capital.Huge congrats to Noory Bechor, Ilan Admon and the entire LawGeex team on closing a $20m funding round.
We're honoured to be a part of this journey and proud of LawGeex's achievements in leading transformational change within the legal industry.
Looking forward to this next chapter and working alongside new investor Corner Ventures and of course our friends at Aleph VC.
Automated Legal Contract Startup LawGeex Raises $20 Million
www.calcalistech.com
LawGeex develops software that automates legal contract reviews for customers including HP and General ElectricBrodmann17 makes big step in bringing potentially life-saving functions to the mass market with development of an aftermarket advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) solution
Thinkware & Brodmann17 Collaborate For ADAS Aftermarket Device | AutoVision News
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Thinkware and Brodmann17 are developing an ADAS Aftermarket Device as part of a new collaboration. The device benefits fleet managers and those with older cars.Coronavirus and Israeli tech: Who'll prosper, who'll struggle?
Mental disorders are projected to cost $16 trillion globally by 2030 - more than cancer, diabetes, and respiratory diseases combined. The good news is there's been a steady rise in mental health tech, global funding in this area increasing from $150m in 2014 to $750m million in 2019. We're incredibly proud to be making our contribution to the rising investment in this space by backing the team at Eleos Health. Read on to learn more about their mission to improve mental health quality of care and patient outcomes.
#mentalhealth
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By many metrics, life on earth has never been this good. Technological, economic, and political progress have led to ever-increasing…Want to know how artificial intelligence will solve traffic?
NoTraffic, Tal Kreisler
Tech News: How Artificial Intelligence Can Solve America's Traffic Problems
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It is possible to bridge the gap between technology advancement in vehicles and our archaic traffic systems.So 2020's kicked off with an investor of the year nomination for our very own Yaniv Golan by Geektime גיקטיים. We clearly think he should win, so please support by voting here: bit.ly/2RDKlr4
#investoroftheyear #voteforyaniv
אלה המועמדים הסופיים ב-GeekAwards: בואו לבחור את הזוכים שלכם
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טקס פרסי תעשיית ההייטק, הסטארטאפים וההון סיכון שעורך גיקטיים חוזר ב-5 בפברואר, ולכם יש הזדמנות לבחור את הזוכיםGo UrbanLeap !
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The GovTech 100 is an annual list compiled and published by Government Technology as a compendium of 100 companies focused on, making a difference in, and selling to state and local government agencies across the United States. In 2020, as detailed in this feature-length story, the gov tech market b...Way to go!
UrbanLeap, we're so proud of you! Only two years old and already on GovTech's top 100 companies in GovTech for 2020!
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The GovTech 100 is an annual list compiled and published by Government Technology as a compendium of 100 companies focused on, making a difference in, and selling to state and local government agencies across the United States. In 2020, as detailed in this feature-length story, the gov tech market b...Check out this incredibly creative, hilarious rap video created by Start-Up Nation Central, Just A Moment and Lool ventures' Max Marine, which showcases the truly phenomenal impact Israel’s startup ecosystem has on the world.
thanks lool - you are the best!
Great to see so many budding entrepreneurs at the The LIFT accelerator tonight. The only way is up!
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