Thank you for being part of the IsraelDev community. Each month we bring you reviews of past and upcoming events, featured members, international development articles, opportunities to get involved and much more. Feel free to contact us for any questions you have regarding the information below, or if you want to get involved! |
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The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu launched on July 6th a bilateral innovation challenge for startups in Israel and India – the India-Israel Innovation Bridge. The program, which was designed for the governments of Israel and India by the Pears Program for Global Innovation, will be led by the Israel Innovation Authority and Startup India, in partnership with the Pears Program, T-HUB and iCreate. The India-Israel Innovation Bridge is an online platform to facilitate bilateral collaboration between Israeli and Indian startups, tech hubs, corporations, and other key innovation ecosystem players. The Bridge will launch with a Global Challenge competition, in which Israeli and Indian startups will be invited to submit their solutions to innovation challenges in the field of water, agriculture and digital health. The most promising proposals will win cross-border mentorship and incubation/acceleration prizes; an opportunity to participate in an exclusive co-creation summit in India with industry leaders, experts and potential partners; a bilateral market access seminar in Israel; and an opportunity for funded pilots with leading partners in India. Applications open September 10th. Stay tuned for more updates during the summer! |
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Driving Growth Through Partnerships and Government Grants |
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Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn about funding opportunities and government grants to grow your company. This seminar will address the tools and grants offered to Israeli startups to build partnerships around the globe, and grow their business. Hear first hand experiences of Israeli companies who received funding and learn from their best practices. When? 17 July, 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM Where? Campus Tel Aviv More info and registration here |
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4th Annual Conference on Israeli Solutions for Sustainable Development |
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How can Israeli technologies and innovations in Agriculture, Water, Energy, ICT and Health fulfill their potential and become widely adopted in developing countries? The Department of Public Policy, The Boris Mints Institute, the Pears Program for Global Innovation, and The Manna Center Program for Food Security at Tel Aviv University are pleased to invite Innovators, Researchers, Organizations, Startups and Companies to join the discussion. When? 18 July, 08:45 AM to 1:00 PM Where? Tel Aviv University To register for the event or propose a presentation, click here |
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Are you a "green entrepreneur"? Are you looking for funding? SwitchMed and TheHive by Gvahim are partnering to offer entrepreneurs working on projects with positive environmental impact a unique opportunity to pitch to relevant investors! The deadline for applications is July 31st. More info here |
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The LAVAN Impact Investor Fellowship |
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The LAVAN Impact Investor Fellowship is an intensive training program, focused on investing with Jewish values. A select group of 25 Fellows will acquire a deep understanding of the impact investing space, learn the fundamentals of angel impact investing, gain hands-on investing experience, and become part of a closely knit cohort committed to aligning their capital with their Jewish values. Collectively, the Fellows will invest $250,000 in Jewish values aligned investments. Applications are due July 20th, 2017. The Fellowship will begin in September 2017. More information here |
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Rise Challenge is an open innovation platform for finding novel solutions to health challenges and unmet patient needs worldwide. The Rise Challenge platform presents open health challenges coming from patient groups, health providers and care organizations. These challenges are open to solver communities: entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists, researchers, designers, academy students, and anyone who wants to contribute to a world of better health. Rise Challenge invites you to join the competition and make a difference. Financial awards are waiting for the winning solutions. Rise is the venture arm of Teva pharmaceuticals aiming to transform healthcare in growth markets, bringing hope and healthcare access to billions of people around the world. Deadline for submission of solution: September 30, 2017 More details here |
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There are some 500 million smallholder farms worldwide; more than 2 billion people depend on them for their livelihoods. These small farms produce about 80 per cent of the food consumed in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. They are mainly dependent on rain-fed agriculture or use unreliable electricity or diesel generators to pump water. In most cases, irrigation is done by flooding and fertilization manually. |
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Existing solar pumping systems are expensive and not affordable for smallholder farmers. Most of them have an overall energy efficiency of 30-40%, which increases the number of panels needed to operate the system, thus increasing its cost. Agrosolar invented and developed a cost effective, affordable, piston-based solar-powered water pumping system with overall efficiency of 60-65%. The new pump and other elements such as a dedicated inverter/controller are specially designed to optimally couple varying sun energy to the pump. The technology can be combined with drip irrigation or other micro-irrigation systems to allow grid independent pumping, irrigating and fertilizing, resulting in dramatic improvements in yield; all this with an acceptable cost to the farmer. |
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INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT NEWS |
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Cancer Diagnostic Company MobileODT Raises $6.85M The Israeli cancer diagnostic company MobileODT recently completed a $6.85 million funding round led by the OrbiMed Advisors LLC venture capital fund. Founded by Ariel Beery and David Levitz, MobileODT uses mobile phones to detect cancer; their first product is an FDA cleared internet-connected mobile colposcope that detects cervical cancer. The product has already screened more than 16 000 women in over 25 countries. Read more |
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When Startup India meets Startup Nation, it is a perfect tango With the beginning of a new era of strategic partnership between India and Israel following the unprecedented visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel, a big door of opportunities has opened for Indian and Israeli startups. Read more |
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Collaborative Innovation: The Vehicle Driving Indo-Israel Prosperity On the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Israel, NASSCOM and Accenture are co-signing this first-of-its-kind report on accelerating Indo-Israel collaboration. The report states the unique innovation complementarities that the two countries share and provides an action framework to achieve ‘Vision 25/25’, which estimates that by 2025, up-to USD 25 billion of revenue potential can be unleashed for businesses in the two nations through cumulative cross-border investments. Access the report here |
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