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Exciting Progress at Remepy! 🧠 Remepy’s latest research, published in iScience, highlights a breakthrough in brain health. Their multi-sensory digital treatment protocol— featuring multi-sensory integration, sensory substitution, and sensory masking (blindfolding)—significantly improved participants’ spatial memory performance. This innovative treatment approach may offer a promising solution for mitigating age-related cognitive decline. It has the potential to enhance healthier aging and longevity by improving brain connectivity in both healthy individuals and patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). 📖 Link to the full article in the comments. Amir Amedi Or Shoval Michal Tsur

Summarizing DefenseTech Summit 2024 🛡️ It’s truly inspiring to witness the incredible momentum in the DefenseTech space, with over 1,000 participants from Israel and abroad. The event brought together leading global VCs, corporates, and defense bodies, showcasing the growing interest in this domain. We at Fresh Fund are honored to be one of the sponsors and partners of this important summit. We firmly believe Israel is uniquely positioned to become a global hub for impactful startups that not only emerge but thrive in this dynamic field. Our partner, Naor Caspi, participated in a fascinating panel alongside Nimrod Cohen (Tau Ventures), Alex Shmulovich (Viola Ventures), and Dorin Baniel (NightDragon). The discussion revolved around the opportunities and challenges for early-stage startups in DefenseTech and why this sector holds such significant promise for Israeli entrepreneurs. We’re already active in this space, with five investments in startups like R2 Wireless, Shifters AI Robotics, Tip&Cue, and two additional stealth ventures. And we’re eager to invest in more. DefenseTech founders inspire us—they’re purpose-driven, highly talented, and recognize the opportunity to build large businesses with meaningful impact. If you are building something in this space, reach us out. Congrats to the organizers for such an incredible event. Tel Aviv University Nir Weingold 🇮🇱 DDR&D (MAFAT) - Directorate of Defense Research & Development

Remepy was voted as the best startup of the year by Geektime גיקטיים! A huge shoutout to Michal Tsur, Or Shoval, Amir Amedi, and the entire exceptional team for this well-deserved recognition. Go team Remepy!

Join us at the DefenseTech Summit! We’re proud to be one of the sponsors of the DefenseTech Summit, the premier event showcasing cutting-edge defense innovations and Israel’s growing global impact on security solutions. Naor Caspi, one of our partners, will be a featured speaker on the panel: "Investing in Dual-Use – Why Now?" He’ll share valuable insights on the rising importance of dual-use technologies and why the time to invest is now. Link to the summit's page with the entire agenda in the comments.

There’s nothing like a cup of coffee with a side of AI to start the morning—just ask our CTOs! ☕🤖 Yesterday, we brought together our incredible CTOs for an intimate gathering that was much more than networking. It was a space for genuine connection, shared challenges, and deep dives into the key issues CTOs face while scaling early-stage tech. A special highlight was an inspiring session by Shai Alon, "AI Power Moves: Supercharge Your Startup with Proven Strategies." Shai shared actionable insights on leveraging AI to fuel growth and navigate the ever-evolving tech landscape. A huge thank you to the incredible Naama Yanko for her ongoing support and partnership and to Google Cloud and Google for Startups Israel for hosting us! We love seeing our CTOs sharing, learning, and growing together. Excited to see the impact these insights and connections will have! Zaki DjemalAvia Vayner Chen

Congratulations to our portfolio company, Sloyd, for being named a "Game Changer" by Lightspeed and GamesBeat! Out of 1,400 global nominees, Sloyd stands among the top 25 most innovative startups in gaming and interactive media. Explore the full GameChangers 2025 list here: https://lnkd.in/e2Fc8unh

We're excited to be part of Bluebricks' $4.5M Seed round, led by Glilot Capital Partners and Flint Capital. Bluebricks’ groundbreaking Atomic Infrastructure technology revolutionizes infrastructure management by automatically fragmenting it into modular, reusable blueprints. This innovative approach minimizes the impact of changes, enhances safety through built-in guardrails for various stakeholders, and significantly reduces exposure to risks—all while delivering true hyper-automation at scale. We're thrilled to be part of Idan Yalovich, Pini Vaknin, and Nitzan Gindi's journey! Read more on CTech by Calcalist via the link shared in the comments.

R2 Wireless's Odin omni-sensing technology showcased exceptional performance at the NATO TIE24 C-UAS exercise, seamlessly detecting and classifying a wide range of UAVs, including new and anonymized drones, while ensuring smooth interconnectivity with leading C2 platforms. Now officially SAPIENT compliant, R2 continues to solidify its position as a leader in the counter-UAS space. Onwards and upwards to Onn, Yiftach and the entire team for this achievement!

Here are a few things that the founders who attended our event with GUTS - Harel Innovation hub and Cardumen Capital learned yesterday: 1) When going to an ecosystem event, you don't always get to sit and listen to insightful panels, you have to get off your seat and get to work (ie. the photos from the amazing sessions by Ori Luzia and Noa Urbach who made the founders WORK) 2) A great Pitch Deck is one of the most powerful tools a startup has in its toolbox, make sure you sharpen it before going out there! Ori Luzia 3) Transparency, trust, authenticity and a bit of humility are crucial when building a relationship with investors. 4) Even if you get a NO from an investor, it doesn't always mean that they won't reconsider in the future, so always make sure you keep a good relationship with them and update them occasionally on your progress, it might lead to a YES. 5) The beginning of your entrepreneurial journey with your co-founders is the "honeymoon phase" so if you can't work things out then, that's something to consider when embarking on this joint journey. Noa Urbach Thank you so much to everyone who made this event happen - first and foremost to our co-hosts Idan Tamir from GUTS - Harel Innovation hub and Noa Shamay from Cardumen Capital And to the amazing professionals who helped us bring value and insights to the inspiring founders who attended: The master of pitch decks - Ori Luzia The Coach everyone needs on their team - Noa Urbach And the amazing investors - Orit Balicer Tsur Simon Legziel, Noa Shamay and our very own Zaki Djemal We appreciate the possibility of bringing the ecosystem together in these challenging times and looking forward to meeting all the amazing ventures that are going to be built in 2025!

Excited to see enso listed as one of the most promising startups of 2024 by N12 News Israel and IVC Data and Insights. Well done Mickey Haslavsky and the entire team. Read more about enso and meet all the other promising startups in the list: https://lnkd.in/dnWWDdh4