New things ahead for Brick Street Farms, Naked Farmer
Jordan Johnson, founder and CEO of Naked Farmer, and Brick Street Farms Account Manager Briant Wildes were among those highlighting innovations in the local food scene during Tuesday’s “Restaurant of the Future is Here” event in Tampa. The talk was hosted by the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator, at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC campus. Read the…
Read MorePandemic-driven labor shortages have prompted an increased interest in a robotic future for the hospitality industry
Restaurateurs and hoteliers can get a more detailed glimpse of their future on Aug. 30, when the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator presents its latest Connection to Innovation session. Titled, “The Restaurant of the Future is Here”. One of the featured speakers will be Daniel Meretsky, vice president and head of technology at Tampa-based Ciccio Restaurant Group,…
Read MoreStemRad’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…
Read MoreDiagnostic 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.…
Read MoreAs 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…
Read MoreAs 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
Read MoreAs 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…
Read MorePress 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…
Read MoreAs seen on The Business of Life Master Class podcast “Getting Inspired by Accelerator Leaders, Pam Miniati and Rakefet Phillips”
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Read MoreAs 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…
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