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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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StemRad’s AstroRad is going to the moon inside the Orion spacecraft.
Two “phantoms” named Helga and Zohar will ride in other Orion seats. These mannequin torsos are made of materials that mimic the soft tissue, organs and bones of a woman. The two torsos have more than 5,600 sensors and 34 radiation detectors to measure how much radiation exposure occurs during the mission.The mannequins are part…
Diagnostic Robotics closes $45M Series B Funding Round
Diagnostic Robotics, which has developed an artificial intelligence system for clinical prediction, has announced that it has raised $45 million. Diagnostic Robotics was founded by Yonatan Amir, together with Dr. Kira Radinsky, who became famous when, at a very young age, she sold artificial intelligence-driven prediction company SalesPredict to eBay. A third founder is Prof.…
As seen on Tampa Bay Times: “Meet the Tampa women building a business pipeline from Israel to Florida”
Over a recent Zoom interview, Miniati and Bachur-Phillips talked about the group’s evolution and future goals. (This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.) Do a lot of states have a direct-to-Israel startup pipeline? Bachur-Phillips: I think it exists in other states, other cities, and for a good reason, because Israel is such a…
As seen on South Florida Business Journal: News in Brief Week of June 24
The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation is collaborating with the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator to help the Israeli organizations establish a presence within the Florida market. Israeli companies and startups working with FIBA will have access to the Levan Center’s facilities and programs while in South Florida. https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2022/06/22/news-in-brief-for-the-week-of-june-24.html
As seen on Jewish Press: “New partnership to expand Tampa-based Israel business accelerator’s reach into South Florida”
Our goal is to help Israeli companies establish a presence in Florida. Some companies prefer Tampa Bay, others prefer the Space Coast, and for others Broward County is the right spot. By partnering with the ambitious team at the Levan Center of Innovation, we can support these companies on both coasts of Florida.New partnership to…
Press Release: The Florida-Israel Business Accelerator & The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation Partner to Support Israeli Startups Expanding to South Florida
Tampa Florida (June 23, 2022) — The Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA) is pleased to announce its new strategic collaboration with The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation (Levan Center), an industry magnet for talent and innovation in technology. FIBA will be expanding its operations into South Florida by becoming a member of…
As seen on The Business of Life Master Class podcast “Getting Inspired by Accelerator Leaders, Pam Miniati and Rakefet Phillips”
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As seen on Axios “FIBA aims to solve Tampa Bay business problems with Israeli tech”
The massive building on North Howard Avenue in Tampa was once a place for history-making men, a former armory stocked for war and full of machismo. Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders camped there before fighting in the Spanish-American War. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy both spoke there. Even Elvis was at the…
As seen on Tampa Bay Inno “Tampa-based FIBA accelerator wants to help restaurants and hotels with the labor crisis”
Like many companies, by the end of 2020, the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator knew there needed to be a change. It’s not to say the accelerator program, which focused on Israeli companies, wasn’t hitting achievements. The program, founded in 2017, had worked with 60 companies, and many had expanded to Tampa Bay. Read the full article…
As seen on Tampa Bay Times “In Israel, the perception is very different from the reality”
Israel may be the Jewish homeland. But it is also a place where a large percentage of its population are non-Jewish Arabs. …I was in Israel at the end of March with a delegation of 12 U.S. mayors as part of a trip from Project Interchange, an institute at the nonpartisan American Jewish Committee. It…