Jerusalem Venture Partners

Medmo Raises $9 Million to Streamline Medical Imaging

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Lundi, novembre 20, 2023

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NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical imaging technology company Medmo announced a $9 million funding round led by Lerer Hippeau , alongside existing investors Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) , C2 Ventures and Stone IsraVentures.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical imaging technology company Medmo announced a $9 million funding round led by Lerer Hippeau , alongside existing investors Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) , C2 Ventures and Stone IsraVentures.
Medical imaging is a fundamental piece of healthcare, from preventative care to diagnosis to treatment.
“Medical imaging is especially challenging to coordinate and contains additional layers of complexity for both patients and providers.
By creating the connective tissue across a complex and highly fragmented market, Medmo.com is designed to optimize the efficiency of the entire medical imaging market.

Highcon Secures Equity Investment, Strategic Partnership with BHS and PO's for 2 Beam 2Cs

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Lundi, octobre 23, 2023

YAVNE, Israel , Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Highcon Systems Ltd (TASE: HICN), today announced a commitment by existing and new investors to make a new equity investment in the Company, a restructuring of its bank loans and credit lines and the receipt of orders for two units of the Highcon Beam 2C worth $~4M. Building on these important achievements, the Company has built a new business plan to reach positive cash flow and toward operational profitability in 2024. In addition, Highcon is announcing the installation of two units of the Beam 2 digital die cutting system in Europe for folding carton and together with BHS Corrugated Maschinen (BHS) today jointly announced a Strategic Partnership expected to have far-reaching implications for the digitalization of the corrugated packaging market.

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BHS Corrugated and Highcon recognized that Highcon's unique technology is starting to serve an important role in the core market of BHS Corrugated.
Therefore, BHS will support Highcon with customer leads to acquire market potential and access.
Hamsehabev , a leading Israeli turnkey contract manufacturer and longtime strategic manufacturing partner of Highcon, is also joining as an investor in Highcon for the first time.
Additionally, SEE (formerly Sealed Air), whose convertible loan to Highcon was announced in December 2022, is enlarging its convertible loan.

TWO BEAR CAPITAL OPENS NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS IN THE ALEXANDRIA CENTER FOR LIFE SCIENCE

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Lundi, octobre 2, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Bear Capital, the venture capital firm investing in disruptors in biotechnology, bioinformatics, healthcare IT, machine learning and AI, and information security, today announced the opening of its New York headquarters within the Alexandria Center for Life Science in New York City. With a mission to create and grow the life sciences ecosystems and clusters that ignite and accelerate the world's leading innovators, the Alexandria Center is the ideal location from which Two Bear Capital will operate in New York.

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With a mission to create and grow the life sciences ecosystems and clusters that ignite and accelerate the world's leading innovators, the Alexandria Center is the ideal location from which Two Bear Capital will operate in New York.
Two Bear Capital is focused on harnessing life sciences and technology to solve the world's toughest challenges.
Mike Goguen, Founder and Managing Partner of Two Bear Capital said; "Opening the Two Bear Capital offices in New York represents a real milestone for our firm.
Two Bear Capital's New York headquarters are located at 430 East 29th Street, Suite 945, New York, NY 10016.

BioBetter Pioneers Cultivated Meat Future with Molecular Farming

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Mardi, septembre 12, 2023

KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FoodTech start-up BioBetter, Ltd., opens its first food-grade pilot facility to accelerate the production of key growth factors for the cultivated meat industry. The company has pioneered a unique protein manufacturing platform for producing growth factors (GFs) using tobacco plants as self-sustained, animal-free bioreactors.

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Helping cultivated meat companies offer affordable and accessible products to consumers, BioBetter is revolutionizing the future of cellular agriculture with its innovative molecular farming-based production platform.
Currently, cultivated meat production processes are relatively expensive, making it a challenge to scale up and reach price parity with animal-based counterparts.
"Cultivated meat is still very expensive in comparison to conventional meat and the key is to reduce the growth medium costs to a minimum," explains Amit Yaari, Ph.D., CEO of BioBetter.
The company also is an active member of the Israeli Cultivated Meat Consortium, which unites academic institutions, large companies, and start-ups to collaboratively advance the field of cultivated meat.

NEW CLIMATETECH-INSURANCE JOINT VENTURE AS AUSTRALIAN-ISRAEL-NEW YORK COOPERATION KICKS OFF BETWEEN IAG FIREMARK VENTURES AND JVP

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Mardi, juin 20, 2023

NEW YORK, SYDNEY and JERUSALEM, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IAG Firemark Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Australia and New Zealand's largest general insurer IAG, together with Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), and Margalit Startup City (MSC) New York announced today a new ground-breaking ClimateTech Insurance joint-collaboration. The partnership is aimed at discovering, nurturing, and developing emerging cutting-edge technologies and startups to measure and mitigate risks stemming from the impact of climate change.

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NEW YORK, SYDNEY and JERUSALEM, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IAG Firemark Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Australia and New Zealand's largest general insurer IAG, together with Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), and Margalit Startup City (MSC) New York announced today a new ground-breaking ClimateTech Insurance joint-collaboration.
We are delighted to have IAG Firemark Ventures as our partner, along with MINI and other partners, as we explore new technologies globally in the US, Israel, and Australia.
For this reason, IAG Firemark Ventures has ClimateTech as a key startup investment focus area for the future and why we have entered into this important partnership.
The collaboration between IAG Firemark Ventures, JVP, and Margalit Startup City will officially commence in June 2023.

Pyramid Analytics added to the DoD’s Tradewind Solutions Marketplace

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Jeudi, juin 8, 2023

Pyramid Analytics (Pyramid), a leading business analytics and decision intelligence provider, is pleased to announce that its Pyramid Decision Intelligence Platform has been added to the Tradewind Solutions Marketplace , DoD’s digital environment of post-competition, readily awardable, technology solution pitch videos.

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Pyramid Analytics (Pyramid), a leading business analytics and decision intelligence provider, is pleased to announce that its Pyramid Decision Intelligence Platform has been added to the Tradewind Solutions Marketplace , DoD’s digital environment of post-competition, readily awardable, technology solution pitch videos.
The Tradewind Solutions Marketplace is the flagship offering of Tradewind, DoD’s suite of tools and services designed to accelerate the procurement and adoption of AI/ML, digital, and data analytics solutions across the DoD.
Pyramid’s platform is now listed on the Tradewind Solutions Marketplace , DoD’s digital platform for sourcing AI/ML, digital, and data analytics solutions.
For additional information on the Pyramid offerings in the Tradewind Solutions Marketplace, interested Government parties can log in at https://www.tradewindai.com/ and search for “Pyramid Analytics.” Registration is required.

1touch.io Secures $14 Million Series B Round to expand business operations for its Sensitive Data Intelligence Platform

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Vendredi, mai 5, 2023

NEW YORK, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 1touch.io, provider of Inventa™, a sensitive data intelligence solution powered by advanced machine learning, announced today that it has secured a $14M series B round led by Neotribe Ventures with continuing support from National Grid Partners and Ocean Azul Partners. 1touch.io has gained significant momentum since the previous fundraise including over 300% year-to-year revenue growth highlighted by numerous Fortune 500 customers and global accounts with Financial Services, Insurance and Hospitality placing the largest orders. In addition, OEM agreements with IBM Security and Comforte have driven a strong channel strategy with additional reach into large accounts. This explosive growth potential helped to drive the fundraise in the current challenging financial climate.

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1touch.io, a leading sensitive data intelligence solution, today announced it has secured a $14 million Series B round from leading investors Neotribe Ventures, with continuing support from National Grid Partners (NGP), Ocean Azul Partners and Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP).
In addition, OEM agreements with IBM Security and Comforte have driven a strong channel strategy with additional reach into large accounts.
"Our focus has been to create the most accurate, scalable and secure sensitive data intelligence solution in the market," said Itzhak Assaraf, CTO of 1touch.io.
"This round of investment will allow us to scale up our sales and marketing efforts and to increase our market share.

JVP Expands New York Team, Welcomes Shlomo Hagai as Partner

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Jeudi, mai 4, 2023

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JERUSALEM and NEW YORK, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), a leading Venture Capital fund, today announced that it is expanding its team in New York, welcoming Shlomi Hagai as Partner and Head of the international JVP Cyber-Climate-tech center in NYC.

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JERUSALEM and NEW YORK, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), a leading Venture Capital fund, today announced that it is expanding its team in New York, welcoming Shlomi Hagai as Partner and Head of the international JVP Cyber-Climate-tech center in NYC.
Erel Margalit, Founder and Executive Chairman of JVP and Margalit Startup City said, "We are excited to welcome Shlomi Hagai as our new Partner to lead the JVP New York office and to spearhead our international cyber-climate-tech center in NYC.
After spending 25 years working in international technology companies, I am eager to embark on a new venture with JVP.
JVP is home to companies from Israel, and with New York serving as a crucial hub for the global market, I find this opportunity incredibly thrilling.

Pyramid Analytics expands AI-driven Decision Intelligence with new OpenAI integration

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Lundi, mars 20, 2023

OpenAI is integrated throughout the Decision Intelligence Platform—including the data preparation, data science, the business analytics and spreadsheet modules, and the storyboard and publication designer modules.

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OpenAI is integrated throughout the Decision Intelligence Platform—including the data preparation, data science, the business analytics and spreadsheet modules, and the storyboard and publication designer modules.
The company’s Decision Intelligence Platform was ranked #1 —by leading analyst firm Gartner—for “Augmented Analytics” in the 2022 Gartner Analytics and Business Intelligence (ABI) Critical Capabilities report.
Click here to schedule a demo of the Pyramid Decision Intelligence Platform and to learn more about OpenAI on the platform.
Avi Perez, CTO and Co-Founder, Pyramid Analytics: “By integrating OpenAI throughout the Pyramid Decision Intelligence Platform, we are extending our existing AI and augmented capabilities with the latest generative AI tech, transforming—and simplifying—the decision-making experience further.

Patricio Northland Named CEO of BeetleSat

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Mardi, mars 14, 2023

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BeetleSat , formerly NSLComm, a fast-growing satellite technology company building the world’s first global LEO constellation optimized for premium point-to-point communications, today announced that Executive President Patricio Northland has been named Chief Executive Officer.

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BeetleSat , formerly NSLComm, a fast-growing satellite technology company building the world’s first global LEO constellation optimized for premium point-to-point communications, today announced that Executive President Patricio Northland has been named Chief Executive Officer.
His previous executive leadership roles include serving as CEO of Eutelsat Americas, CEO of Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (SATMEX) and Chairman, President and CEO of AT&T Latin America.
View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230314006035/en/
BeetleSat CEO Patricio Northland (Photo: Business Wire)
As CEO of Eutelsat Americas, Northland led the company’s market entry and business in the region after architecting a successful merger with his prior company SATMEX in a deal valued at over $1.7B.
Leveraging his 20+ years of corporate leadership experience in the satellite technology and communications industries, Northland will lead BeetleSat through the next phases of its growth.