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Track the momentum. Explore a curated list of media coverage, press releases, and announcements, including articles on successful company acquisitions, major investment rounds, and the grand opening of new Florida headquarters of Israeli companies. See how our strategic partnerships and events are generating headlines and actively shaping the future of technology and commerce in the Sunshine State.
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Featured on StPeteCatalyst.com: Israeli-based companies show off their tech for investors in Tampa
Tuesday was demo day for 11 companies in the 2019 cohort of the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator.Top executives from each of the Israel-based firms made their business cases to a group of investors gathered at Five Labs in Tampa. About 100 investors from Tampa-St. Pete, Orlando and Sarasota attended in person, with a larger audience on…
Featured on BusinessObserverFL.com: Overseas firm working with area accelerator nets $1 million investment
TAMPA — Israeli medical device company UC-Care, part of the Tampa-based Florida-Israel Business Accelerator’s 2018 cohort, has landed a $1 million investment from Florida Funders, a group that backs early-stage tech companies in Florida. According to a press release, Tampa-based real estate developer and FIBA board member David Scher led the funding effort. “I’m always…
Featured on BizJournals.com: FIBA company gets $1 million from Florida Funders
After bringing 28 companies to the state over three years, the Florida-Israeli Business Accelerator program in Tampa Bay has gotten another investment success story. UC-Care, a medical technology company that was in FIBA’s 2018 program, received a $1 million investment from Florida Funders through a joint ventureon Wednesday. “We are here to help fund the next…
Featured on StPeteCatalyst.com: Tampa real estate developer sparks USF, FIBA, Tel Aviv University collaboration
Backers of a collaboration between University of South Florida, the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator and Tel Aviv University expect it to lead to an improved quality of life for an aging population. USF, FIBA and TAU signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday. The MOU is designed to ensure the communication and coordination needed to implement so…
Featured on Calcalistech.com: Silicon Valley or New York: for Many Israeli Startups This Is No Longer the Question
Featured on StPeteCatalyst.com Israeli firms focused on food waste, drone detection, construction among the FIBA class of 2019
Featured on BizJournals.com: Exclusive: Meet the 12 Israeli startups looking to make a mark in Tampa Bay
The Tampa Bay area will soon play host to a dozen tech companies looking to make their mark not only in their industries but in the region. The Florida-Israel Business Accelerator will be taking 12 Israel-based companies as part of its third cohort. The number is a jump from its usual eight companies per year,…
Featured on StPeteCatalyst.com: Former leaders from Microsoft, Roche, Catalina among new executive advisors at FIBA
Twelve Israeli companies coming to Tampa this year to learn more about doing business in the United States will have a high-profile team of executive advisors. Corporate leaders who helped grow companies such as Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Roche Diagnostics will work with the Israeli companies while they are part of the 2019 cohort in…
Florida Aquarium makes waves in efforts to save coral reefs
By Margie Manning – ST Pete Catalyst November 29, 2018 A partnership between The Florida Aquarium and researchers in London could have a big impact on the work to restore coral reefs. The Tampa nonprofit is working on technology that would allow coral to reproduce four times a year, instead of the natural once-a-year reproduction cycle, said…