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Research Database Startup MaterialsZone Raises $1 Million

MaterialsZone develops an online system that allows researchers worldwide to collaborate and share data regarding new lab-made materials

Tel Aviv-based research database startup MaterialsZone Ltd. has raised $1 million from French businessman Philippe Bouaziz’s investment firm Sarona Ventures, MaterialsZone announced Monday. Founded late last year, MaterialsZone develops a blockchain-based online system that allows scientists, labs, and academic and industrial researchers worldwide to collaborate and share data regarding new lab-made materials. Paris-based Sarona Ventures has invested in 14 Israeli companies to date.

 

Assaf Anderson, co-founder and CEO of MaterialsZone. Photo: PR