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ירון צהרי מנכ"ל מדטרוניק ישראל

The Medical Market Should Focus on Value, Not Price, Says Medtronic Exec

25.07.19|Tzally Greenberg
Medtronic Israel country director Yaron Itzhari, who scouts the Israeli startup scene for potential acquisitions and investments, talked with Calcalist about the company’s acquisition strategy, its special focus on Israel, and the current and future trends in the medtech industry
מאט בריטין גוגל

Google Wants In on 6,000 Israeli Startups Within the Next 3 Years, Says Exec

24.07.19|Elihay Vidal
Matthew John Brittin, Google’s president of business and operations, EMEA, spoke with Calcalist about the company’s role in Israel’s tech ecosystem, navigating regulation, and future plans
מוסף שבועי 18.7.19 ד"ר שחר ברבש

Paving the Way to Alzheimer’s Cure, One Algorithm at a Time

19.07.19|Tzipi Smilovitz
Israeli scientist Shahar Barbash is making waves in the pharmaceutical world with a new approach to image analysis that has even chemistry Nobel laureate Michael Levitt on board
אנטואן בורדס מדען AI הראשי של פייסבוק

Companies Must Invest in Research Unrelated to Their Product, Says Facebook Exec

19.07.19|Omer Kabir
With a PhD in machine learning, 36-year-old Antoine Bordes joined Facebook in 2014 after several years as a scholar
אייל מנור Google  גוגל Cloud

Credibility Is the Most Crucial Quality for Cloud Services, Says Google Cloud Executive

17.07.19|Omer Kabir
Eyal Manor joined Google in 2007 and has previously worked on an array of products including YouTube and Google Ads, before transferring to the company’s cloud division in 2016
מימין קאלואן פוסון ויליאם הו פוסום ליאור דיין מיסטר לואי

Fosun Whetted Our Appetite, Says Alma Lasers CEO

04.07.19|Golan Hazani
Fosun Pharma CEO Yifang Wu and Alma Lasers CEO Lior Dayan gave Calcalist their first joint interview since the Chinese conglomerate acquired the Israeli medical laser company in 2013
ריצ'רד קיי מנהל קרן קומג'סט Comgest Growth Japan

Japan’s Economical Changes Spell Opportunities for Israeli Investors, Says Comgest Exec

01.07.19|Ran Abramson and Raheli Bindman
Richard Kaye, portfolio manager of the Comgest Growth Japan fund, has been involved in the Japanese market since the lost decade
מימין אילן טוויג ו אריאל כהן טריפאקשנס

The Secret to TripActions' Success: Clients' Low Expectations, Says Co-Founder

30.06.19|Meir Orbach
TripActions' recent $250 million funding round saw it jump from a $1.1 billion valuation to $4 billion in less than a year
פרופ' לויד מיינור דיקן הפקולטה לרפואה בסטנפורד

Your Zip Code Is a Better Indicator of Lifespan Than Genetics, Says Stanford Dean of Medicine

19.06.19|Adrian Filut
In a recent interview with Calcalist, Lloyd B. Minor said that healthcare systems should be asking themselves not how to cure people but how to help them be healthy
ספנסר מוהן קרן Finistere

Venture Capital Firm Finistere Is Committed to Israel, Says Founding Partner

11.06.19|Omer Kabir
On Tuesday, the San Diego-Based VC, along with several local partners, won a government tender for the establishment of a foodtech startup hub in Israel’s northern Galilee region
גיל גולן מנכ"ל מרכז הפיתוח ג'נרל מוטורס בישראל

General Motors Competes With Google, Facebook Over Israeli Tech Workers, GM Exec Says

11.06.19|Udi Etsion
Gil Golan, the executive director of GM's Advanced Technology Center in Israel, believes workers are drawn to where they can make a bigger impact
עו"ד איתן אטיה

Smart City Is Just a Buzzword, Says Head of Israeli Cities Union

29.04.19|Nimrod Busso
Eitan Atia, the general manager of Forum 15, a union of fiscally autonomous Israeli cities, believes that there is much still left to be done to make a city better before spending millions on shiny new technologies
 שי בנון מנכ"ל Elastic

Passing on Open Code, Israel Missed on Elastic, CEO Says

02.01.19|Meir Orbach
In October, Israeli-linked IT and data analytics company Elastic floated on NYSE, attaining a market capitalization of around $2.5 billion
אודי מוקדי מנכ"ל מייסד סייברארק

CyberArk Sees Opportunity in Small and Medium Businesses

31.12.18|Dror Reich
While big cloud vendors invest in cybersecurity, they pass the responsibility of keeping the data safe to customers, says CyberArk CEO Udi Mokady
אורן שובל מיסד ויה  בשחור

After Launching Services in 21 Countries, Via Founders Come Home to Tackle Israeli Traffic Jams

21.12.18|Hagar Ravet
Israel’s notoriously congested roads sparked the idea that led the founders of carpooling firm Via to start the company. Now they’re planning to launch a pilot in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area
רון מירון מנכ"ל חברת אייסיקיור

Cancer Freeze-Blasting Company Seeks to Expand Market Foothold

20.12.18|Tzally Greenberg and Dror Reich
Controlled by one of the founders of China-based web and mobile juggernaut Tencent, Tel Aviv-listed IceCure Medical is looking to connect with U.S. health insurers
איב פדרין NDS סינמדיה synamedia

Newly-Rebranded SynaMedia is Not NDS 2.0, Says CEO

07.12.18|Meir Orbach
Though Cisco’s Jerusalem-based former video unit only makes up an eighth of the company’s employees, the former NDS will continue to be the origin of most of SynaMedia’s critical research and development, according to Yves Padrine
מוסף שבועי 1.11.18 יורי מילנר

Yuri Milner Sets His Sights (Much) Higher

09.11.18|Uri Pasovsky
Since 2015, venture capitalist Yuri Milner has invested $200 million in space-related projects. He traces the new found passion to his childhood
מוסף 50 הסטארטאפים המבטיחים עובדי Next Insurance נקסט

Small Businesses Are the Most Archaic Insurance Niche, Says Next Insurance Co-Founder

08.10.18|Meir Orbach
Next Insurance offers customized insurance policies in real-time to small business owners through an online platform