CTech’s Sunday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

Israel to increase regulation on electric bikes and e-scooters. IT and analytics company Elastic catapults on NYSE IPO

Israel to increase regulation on electric bikes and e-scooters. Following a series of high profile and deadly accidents, the Israeli regulator considers requiring underage users of battery-powered bicycles and scooters to pass a road safety test. Read more

 

IT and analytics company Elastic catapults on NYSE IPO. The Israel-linked company closed 94% up on its first trading day, after raising $252 million at above the original prospectus price. Read more

 

Bird electric scooters in Tel Aviv. Photo: Yanai Menahem

 

 

Required not to air games in the West Bank, Israeli broadcaster may waive UEFA rights, report says. Kan won the rights to broadcast the games of the Israeli national football team during the next UEFA European Championships, but the contract forbids it from broadcasting to Israeli citizens living outside Israel’s 1967 borders in the West Bank. Read more

 

Opinion | Light enforcement cushions failed crowdfunding projects. Many jurisdictions are struggling to find an optimal middle ground that protects investors in crowdfunding campaigns without destroying the relatively unstructured and unregulated nature of the platforms. Read more

 

Radio wave-based imaging can increase car safety without compromising privacy, says Vayyar CEO. Raviv Melamed, CEO of Israel-based 3D imaging sensor company Vayyar, spoke at a conference on innovation held by Calcalist at the Mondial de l'Automobile show in Paris. Watch the video

 

News Briefs

 

Next generation AI will be based on the mammal brain, Says Cortica Exec. Watch the video

 

Japan's NEC and Tel Aviv University launch second cohort of cyber incubator. Read more

 

The connected vehicle of the future will require a new architecture. Watch the video

 

Data storage startup WekaIO appoints new CTO. Read more

 

Israeli venture capital firm IGP appoints Ziv Kop as general partner. Read more