R&D

20 stories about R&D
ועידת התעשייה של ישראל יניב גרטי מנכ"ל אינטל ישראל

Intel’s Israeli Export Went Up by Over $2.7 Billion in 2019

02.02.20|Hagar Ravet
The chipmaker’s export from Israel totaled $6.6 billion in 2019, compared to $3.9 billion in 2018
יונה שטרן מנכל Arrive

CEO of Mobility Company Arrive Shares His Vision of the Future of the Industry

17.01.20|Lilach Baumer, Las Vegas
Yona Shtern spoke to Calcalist last week during the 2020 CES exhibition in Las Vegas
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Ridesharing Company Via to Open R&D Center in Jerusalem

22.12.19|Hagar Ravet
Via operates transportation services in 50 locations and more than a dozen countries, offering various modes of operation in different places
לייטריקס זאב פרבמן ירון אינגר ניר פוצ'טר עמית גולדשטיין איתי צידון

Facetune Developer Lightricks to Open R&D Center in Haifa

08.12.19|Hagar Ravet
In July, the company announced it had raised a $135 million funding round according to a $1 billion company valuation
מכונית חונה בחניה לאופנועים ו קטנועים

Parking Booking App Developer Arrive to Set Up Israel R&D Center

04.12.19|Hagar Ravet
Arrive intends to hire several dozen people in the country in the upcoming year
תל אביב 2 זירת הנדל"ן

Enterprise Software Company Vistex to Set Up Israel R&D Center Based on Future Investment

03.12.19|Sophie Shulman
The company has launched a dedicated website where Israeli startups can pitch their technologies for potential investments by offering AI solutions for actual business issues Vistex has previously faced
אלעד דונסקי סיילספורס

Salesforce to Nearly Double Israeli R&D Operation by 2022, Says Exec

28.11.19|Amarelle Wenkert
Elad Donsky, Salesforce's vice president of engineering, spoke to Calcalist about the multinational cloud company's local expansion strategy
תל אביב נוף בניינים קו רקיע בניה מגדלים

Multinationals Spend Much More on Employees Than Israeli Startups, Report Says

26.11.19|Meir Orbach
Multinationals operating in Israel paid an average of approximately $144,000 a year per employee in 2017, while local startups paid $97,000 on average, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics
וויוורק ירושלים WeWork

WeWork to Lay Off Dozens of People in Israeli R&D Center

21.11.19|Meir Orbach
Nearly 70 of the company’s employees in the country, most of them on its development team, were called in for pre-layoff hearings on Thursday
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Israel and Brazil Announce Winners of R&D Collaboration Agreement

07.10.19|Adi Pick
Together, the four selected projects will receive a total investment of $7.5 million
מוסף 50 הסטארטאפים המבטיחים עידו סוסן מייסד דרייבנטס Drivenets

Telecommunication Startup Drivenets to Set Up Romanian R&D Center

25.09.19|Meir Orbach
Drivenets emerged from stealth mode in February, announcing it had raised $110 million in funding
מוסף 50 הסטארטאפים המבטיחים 11.5.16 אדם סינגולדה טבולה

Content Discovery Company Taboola to Set Up Jerusalem R&D Center

15.09.19|Meir Orbach
Initially, Taboola intends to hire a few dozen people for its new center, who will develop algorithms and products independently but also collaborate closely with the company’s Ramat Gan development center, according to founder and CEO Adam Singolda
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Kibbutz-Owned Agricultural Company Ginosar Agro Enters Medical Cannabis Market

26.08.19|Tzally Greenberg
Ginosar will partner with Israeli medical cannabis grower Way of Life to set up a research and culture lab
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Israel's Business Expenditure on R&D Reached $19 Billion in 2017, Report Says

25.08.19|CTech
54% of the country’s total R&D expenditure in the business sector was funded from international sources, bolstered by the very high concentration of research and development outposts of multinationals found in Israel
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Fintech Startup Personetics Opens R&D Center in Nazareth

21.07.19|Meir Orbach
Among the companies that operate outposts in the area are Microsoft, Amdocs, and Salesforce
רייצ'ל שחורי סמנכלית מחקר ופיתוח אופטימוב

Marketing Company Optimove Hires Former Hewlett Packard Executive

10.07.19|CTech
As vice president of research and development, Rachel Shehori will lead the development of Optimove’s data collection and processing system
מימין שחר טל יוסי כרמיל ליאור בן פרץ סלברייט

On Heels of IGP Deal, Cellebrite To Bolster Israeli R&D With 100 People

26.06.19|Golan Hazani
Israel Growth Partners (IGP) has recently paid $110 million for a 25% stake in the Israel-based mobile forensic company
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Facebook Israel's R&D Director Relocates to Facebook's California HQ

19.06.19|Adi Pick
The company’s local research and development center, which currently employs more than 250 people, will be jointly led by Tzach Hadar, Yuval Kesten, and Amit Finkelstein
אסף רפפורט מיקרוסופט

Microsoft Israel to Integrate Contract Employees as General Staff

17.06.19|Meir Orbach
Israeli law restricts contract employment to a nine-month period, but many companies use a loophole to fire employees after said period only to rehire them under the same terms
פארק תעשייה קיסריה

Advanced Energy Opens Israeli Research and Development Center

16.06.19|Adi Pick
The Nasdaq-listed company provides power conversion measurement and control technologies to industrial clients