by Ehud Zion Waldoks
Scientists at IBM Research- Haifa have developed complex algorithms that can help minimize water loss from burst pipes, streamline maintenance and reduce general water loss and even predict breaks, Pnina Vortman, senior manager, research scientist, and Smarter Planet Solutions leader told the Post on Monday. http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=182723
by Globes’ correspondent
by Batya Feldman
The latest Kesselman and Kesselman PricewaterhouseCoopers Israel MoneyTree report shows investments in Israeli start-ups totaled $206 million in the second quarter of 2010, up 21% from the preceding quarter, and up 27% from the corresponding quarter of 2009. Total investments in Israeli start-ups in the first half of 2010 amounted to $376 million, a slight rise over the $356 million invested start-ups in the first half of 2009. The upward trend was led by the medical devices and biotech sectors, while investments in Internet start-ups bounced back to the levels of recent years after low levels of investment in the first quarter of 2010. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000577247&fid=1725
By Karin Kloosterman
Klara Oren, CEO of the Israeli clean tech-focused incubator LN Greentech, started the company in her living room in the early ’90s. She thought it would be a good way to help Israel’s new immigrants from Russia to integrate. Back then the focus was on biotech, and the government liked her approach so much that it provided funding to help transform research ideas into companies. Following business trips from Israel to Ohio, and those bringing Ohioans to Israel, last month LN Greentech signed a deal with the Ohio Clean Technologies Group, which is designed to create more than 2,000 sustainable jobs in the Midwestern state’s Mahoning Valley. The group’s vision includes plans to bring clean technologies in alternative energy and clean energy to market. And it includes Israel as well. http://www.israel21c.org/201007258146/environment/israels-clean-tech-clicks-with-ohios
