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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

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For example, we’re now already well into our third growth fund that we started in 2015 (the first returned 2x cash in 3.5 Instead he championed our investment themes into sustainability and food technologies having invested in companies like Apeel Sciences and Ynsect. And all the platform stuff.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

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Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. Many large companies will be built (Michael Wolfe, Point Nine Capital). One of the interesting applications for this technology is assessing intellect in job interviews.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

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ARRIS, headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, specializes in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company. ISRAEL CORP UNIT TO BUILD $680 MLN PERU POWER STATION.

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