Tag: Israel

Israeli VC looks to partner with Aussie corporate investors

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Ahead of the Australia-Israel Innovation Summit, MarineTech venture capital fund theDOCK’s co-founder Hannan Carmeli shared his thoughts on automation opportunities in the maritime sector and his aim to build...

Digital tech and Israeli water management

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Australia and Israel are at once similar and different in the way they handle water management, but as digitisation disrupts water technology both countries must make their water systems...

Aussie VC soars, but it’s lumpy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The amount of venture capital invested in Australia has soared to a record high, but with a lower number of deals there are concerns about a remaining funding gap...

Aust needs policy ‘urgency’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian government cannot afford to “tinker” with innovation, it must be much braver says Michelle Blum, CEO of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce. “There needs to be a...

Disrupting VC: iAngels on Israel

Posted on   |  by James Riley
You have to wonder at how far the world has turned on its axis when Israeli venture firms are arriving in Australia to raise money. This seems counterintuitive. The...

Dave Sharma: Our man in Tel Aviv

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma is in the country for a couple weeks, in part to drum up business for Austrade’s new startup ‘Landing Pad’ in Tel Aviv....

Lucy in Israel, with Aussie diamonds

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Australia may never face the existential challenges of Israel, demand national service of its youth, or have a Chief Scientist with $500 million a year to blow on startups...

Open door policy for Avi Hasson

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Office of the Chief Scientist inside Israel’s Ministry for the Economy is responsible for the execution of government policy in support of industrial research and development. Given Israel’s...

Israel to issue startup visas

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As if anyone needed reminding that we are in a global competition to attract the best and brightest to work in Australia, the world’s most successful startup ecosystem outside...