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Global Wellness News™ | May 24th, 2022. Israel Edition
As Israel Turns 74, Get To Know Some Of Its Most Innovative Companies
Israel is celebrating its 74th anniversary after a record-breaking year for its high-tech sector, with $5.6 billion raised in the first quarter of 2022 and over $25 billion raised through 2021. Indeed, the record fundraising should be praised, but it’s the incredible innovation and technological achievements that have kept Israeli companies at the top of their game this year in sectors like cybersecurity, digital health, and climate tech.
Israel has 130 innovation, tech companies geared for women
Majority of companies are focused on health, others develop solutions in fields of cosmetics, safety and sexual wellness. Israel is home to some 130 startups and growth companies geared toward women, reported innovation and tech platform Start-Up Nation Central ahead of International Women’s Day.
Israeli innovations in medical tech embraced worldwide
Israel’s 20th Biomed Conference will take place on May 10. Its organizers expect an even larger participation than in previous years. For the local med-tech and health-tech industries, the conference offers an excellent opportunity to showcase Israeli innovation. Viz.ai, for example, announced on April 7 that it had raised over $100 million more, giving it an estimated value of $1.2 billion.
Tel Aviv ranks 2nd in global cleantech ecosystems report – I24NEWS
Israeli city trails only Silicon Valley in list of top places for sustainability-focused startups Tel Aviv ranks second in a new report ranking the world’s top cleantech ecosystems, trailing only Silicon Valley.
How Israel is promoting wellness in the high-tech ecosystem
Arieli Capital has teamed up with the Bridge Healing Arts Center (a U.S healthcare and real estate company) to launch a Wellness Tech Bootcamp, that will connect 10 startups with relevant brands, global customers, and investors. The goal of this international Bootcamp is to boost their global reach and grow these startups.
Across Israel, a New Crop of Hotels and Resorts are Hitting New Design Heights
Led by the stunning new Six Senses Shaharut, a handful of sleek properties have emerged as some of the chicest in all of the Middle East Approaching Six Senses Shaharut, located off a dusty road in Israel’s Negev desert, the first thing you notice is almost nothing at all.