By Jonah Comstock February 15, 2017 GluSense, an Israeli medical device company, announced an undisclosed investment from the JDRF T1D Fund, a recently launched VC philanthropy fund dedicated to funding early stage programs for Type 1 diabetes. GluSense is being incubated in the Rainbow Medical innovation house, a private investment company that seeds and grows medical [...]
Medial EarlySign’s software analyzes digital records to identify health risks and existing conditions that may not even be causing symptoms. By Abigail Klein Leichman FEBRUARY 9, 2017, 7:00 AM Your medical records contain hidden insights about your health risks, and if they can be found, the information could save your life. An Israeli big-data analytics [...]
Special offer for early stage biomed start-ups Start-Up Area and Competition MIXiii Biomed 2017 MIXIII Biomed 2017 Conference&Exhibition Dear Colleagues As in every year, the leading event of Israel’s life science industry, MIXiii Biomed 2017 will hold a Start-Up Area and Competition. Strategically located at the heart of the exhibition, the start-up [...]
Revolutionary Israeli device can eliminate need for follow-up breast cancer surgery MarginProbe, which checks tumor’s edges while lumpectomy patient is still on operating table, is already in use in over 100 US hospitals Israel’s Dune Medical Devices has developed an instrument to help women with breast cancer avoid undergoing dreaded follow-up surgery to remove residual [...]
From Jaffa oranges to Waze to medicinal cannabis? Will medical marijuana be the next big Israeli export? Gabriel Avner2 days ago Israel’s burgeoning medicinal cannabis scene enjoyed a small victory on Sunday when a bill that would legalize the exportation of medicinal marijuana passed its first reading in the Knesset, the country’s legislative body. First [...]
US-based CA Technologies announced yesterday that they have signed an agreement that would see them acquire #Israeli performance #testing #startup BlazeMeter. While the terms of the deal have not been released, reports have indicated that it could have gone for an impressive $100 million. Founded in 2011 by CEO Alon Girmonsky, BlazeMeter maintains offices in Tel [...]
Harnessing real-time data and machine learning, this startup wants to change how business intelligence works for you #Israeli #incident #detection and #analytics #startup #Anodot announced on Thursday the close of their Series B funding round, pulling in $8 million in new capital. Leading the charge was Aleph Venture Capital, with previous investor Disruptive Technologies [...]
Israel-based Intensix’s software tries to anticipate changes in a patient’s condition before they happen Israel's private hospital network Assuta seeks to press its advantage by investing in the local tech scene — from apps to monitoring — for its facilities' benefit. Netanya-based preventive #medicine #startup #Intensix just raised $8.3 million, the company announced Wednesday, to [...]
Stanford University researchers say that they’ve trained a deep learning algorithm to identify skin cancer as well as dermatologists. A dermatologist uses a handheld microscope called a dermatoscope to examine skin lesions. Stanford University researchers think a new AI developed could potentially provide another layer of screening. The researchers pitted the artificial intelligence against 21 [...]
MIXiii Biomed 2017 Exhibition Space Over 90% SOLD! Become an exhibitor Building on the great reputation established in previous years, MIXIII Biomed offers exhibitors a winning mix of life science companies including senior executives of leading biotech companies, business development teams from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, investors and [...]