|  | | | Israel at Mobile world congress, Barcelona, 15-19 February 2010 |  |
| |  At Mobile World Congress 2010 held in Barcelona (Spain), there will be an Israeli Pavilion consisting of around 70 exhibiting Israeli companies. A full catalogue of the exhibiting Israeli companies is now available, and the Israel Trade Commission encourages any Australian company who is heading to Mobile World 2010 to be in contact with us to see what solutions Israeli Technology has to offer. Click here for more | | | | |
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| | | |  All new Business Opportunities from Israel are now conveniently listed on our website . The Business Opportunities range across all industries, and we are also able to source products or companies for you if they are not featured in our Business Opportunity listings. We also archive all of our Business Opportunities so you can look at previously listed companies as well.To view our list of Business Opportunities please click here | | | | |
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| | | Israeli High Tech capital raising in 2009 reached $US 1.12 billion | |
| |  The following are the findings of the Israeli Venture Capital (IVC) Quarterly Survey conducted by the IVC Research Center, which for more than 13 years has been at the forefront of high-tech, venture capital and private equity research in Israel. This Survey reviews capital raised by private Israeli high-tech companies from Israeli venture capital funds, foreign and other investors.In 2009, 447 Israeli high-tech companies raised $1.12 billion from local and foreign venture investors. In the fourth quarter, 124 Israeli high-tech companies raised $275 million from venture investors – both local and foreign. Sixty-seven companies attracted more than $1 million each. Of these, 17 raised $5 million to $10 million each and four companies raised more than $10 million.
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| | | | | Latest stories from world press: clusters and models | |
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From the Wall Street Journal:
The Rest of the World Can Learn a Lot From the Israeli Formula for Growth
Now is the time to take a close look at models.
No, not those who strut the catwalks of London, Paris and other rallying points of international fashionistas. Instead, those economic models that might contain clues for post-recession policy. The European Union wants to jack its growth rate up from a meager 1% to 2%, and the United States would like to see its economy grow at an annual rate of at least 3%. Faster growth means more jobs, and an increased flow of tax revenues with which to bring down the huge deficits many countries are running. To read more From the New York Times:
The Tel Aviv Cluster
Tel Aviv has become one of the world’s foremost entrepreneurial hot spots. Israel has more high-tech start-ups per capita than any other nation on earth, by far. It leads the world in civilian research-and-development spending per capita. It ranks second behind the U.S. in the number of companies listed on the Nasdaq. Israel, with seven million people, attracts as much venture capital as France and Germany combined. For the full article click here | | | | |
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| | | spotlight on TASE | |
| |  The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is Israel’s only stock exchange, trading over 1,100 securities of more than 630 companies. The TASE was established in 1953 to handle the rising number of securities and transactions in the years following the establishment of the State.
The exchange is owned by its member firms, which include 15 banks (including the Bank of Israel, the country’s central bank) and 14 brokerage firms. For more info about Israeli Publicly Traded Companies
TASE (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange) LAUNCHES NEW INDEX: BIOMED
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) Board of Directors approves (January 21st 2010) to launch a new equity index covering the biomed sectors. Some 100 technology companies currently trade on the TASE, of which 38 are in the various biomed industries. Most of these companies are early-stage enterprises engaged in R&D in life sciences, biotechnology, drug discovery, medical equipment, etc. The total market value of all biomed shares comes to approximately US$2.2 billion while the value of the free float comes to approximately US$1billion Biomed is one the growth sectors, which has generated considerable investor interest in the past few years. Demand for ETNs and other products tracking this sector has grown with this interest. | | | | |
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