We Welcome Our 47 NEW Members this quarter! |
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Our Gov. & Authorities Co-Operation Activity |
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A First IATI Position Paper Supports U.S. Tax Reform Impact, Presented to the Tax Authority |
| | Due to the High Court's recent ruling, which makes significant decisions regarding the taxation of workers in Israel, IATI held an urgent closed meeting of the IATI MNC Forum. Following the meeting, it was agreed that IATI would meet with representatives of the Tax Authority, with the aim of changing the policy. IATI's position is that the lowered U.S. tax rate could push companies to set up shop in the U.S instead of in Israel.
Click for media coverage of the policy update: Globes, TheMarker news item, Bloomberg, TheMarker weekly column, The Times of Israel, Calcalist.
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IATI Works With Tax Authority On Preliminary Approvals for Foreign VC Investors |
| | IATI reported end March some significant milestone understandings in achieved with the Israeli Tax Authority, concerning Preliminary Approvals for Foreign Investors. IATI addressed the subject working closely with the Tax Authority and has achieved some important points.
In the days following the agreement we have already seen some tax arrangement being signed promptly. IATI will continue to co-work with the Tax Authority on setting new laws and regulations to widen the tax exemption of foreign residents.
We thank IATI's Legal & Accounting Committee Members Att. Dr. Ayal Shenhav, Att. (Acc.), Eldar Ben-Ruby (Meitar) and Acc. Amit Oring (E&Y).
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IATI's Annual Israeli Life Science Industry Report 2018 |
| | Our Report is the most comprehensive take on the Israeli Life Science Industry - a growing force within the global healthcare market. It provides an in-depth view of the local industry, and is intended to be used as a tool for better Industry, Government and Academic decisions.
According to the IATI 2018 Israeli Life Sciences Report, the local industry continues to grow and mature. With almost $1.2 billion invested in 135 Israeli life sciences companies in 2017, the industry continues to grow rapidly in all sub-sectors; local investors continue to increase their involvement representing 40% of all investments.
Click to download the full IATI 2018 Israeli Life Sciences Report.
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Celebrating the Success of Our Mixiii Biomed 2018 Conference |
| | Our MIXiii-BIOMED Conference was a tremendous opportunity for Israeli life science industry to manifest its disruptive innovations and global attraction. Thousands of visitors arrived of 25 countries to celebrate Israeli innovation thank you all for attending, and see you next year!
Click for the Conference photo album.
Click for all the Conference media appearances. |
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3rd IATI Annual Life Science Traded Companies Forum |
| | IATI conducted its 3rd Annual Life Science Traded Companies Forum, with about 40 CEOs attending. IATI Co-Chair Yaky Yanay presented the newly issued IATI Israeli Life Science Industry Report, and commented on its conclusions. The participants discussed the ways in which the local industry has matured, described its current challenges, And mentioned IATI's ongoing initiative to encourage more involvement of local institutional investors in the sector. We thank Att. Oded Har-Even of ZAG-S&W for their support, and Omer Gavish of PWC. |
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Our Global Networking Activity |
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Each quarter we meet up with tens of high-level delegations from all over the world, who arrived to explore the Israeli ecosystem and found new contacts and networks. This is just a fraction of our Q2 global networking activity. |
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IATI CEO Presented Israeli IT Industry to Korean IT Companies |
| | IATI CEO & President Karin Mayer Rubinstein presented the Israeli IT industry to a delegation of 8 Korean large IT companies who visited Israel. IATI keeps broadening the Israeli connections to Korean leading organizations.
Click for more.
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An MOU Between IATI and Chilean VC Association (ACVC) |
| | IATI CEO Karin Mayer Rubinstein and ACVC (Chilean VC Association) Board Member Max Grekin signed an MOU for co-operation in bilateral networking between IATI and ACVC organizations. The signing ceremony was the highlight of VC Israel & Chile Day, attended by Chilean Embassy Consul and temporary Ambassador Mr. Allan Nahum; and Doron Hemo, Director Latin America Division, Foreign Trade Administration.
Click for more.
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The 4th Cycle of IATI's Mentoring Program for Greek Entrepreneurs |
| | The 4th Cycle of IATI's Israeli mentoring program for Greek entrepreneurs, in cooperation with National Bank of Greece, was launched. A delegation of Israeli mentors visited Athens to provide guidance to young Greek startup entrepreneurs in developing their businesses. The Israeli mentors we selected this year were Dr. Amir Guttman of Aviv Venture Capital; Dr. Nadav Klein of VLX Ventures; and Libi Tishler of Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality. The delegation was led by IATI's Roni Alfassi-Goldberger. |
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Israeli Startup Delegation Arranged by ITA & IATI Visits Puglia, Italy |
| | Over 100 Italian ICT and Biotech start-ups inquired about Israeli ecosystem and IATI, and over 300 Italian-Israeli B2B meetings were held, in a special conference in the Italian region Puglia. The Israeli delegation to the conference was sponsored by the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and co-selected with IATI.
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IATI Team Represents Israel in China with a 40 start-ups Delegation |
| | IATI represented Israel at the “Israeli Tech Enterprises - Chinese Public Companies” Investment Summit in Hunan, China. The summit, organized by IATI member CIB, saw a delegation of 40 young Israeli life science companies, which IATI co-selected.
Click for more.
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IATI CEO Meets Polish Entrepreneurship Minister |
| | IATI CEO & President Karin Mayer Rubinstein gave opening remarks at the recent Israel-Poland Business Forum in Tel Aviv, which was held in the presence of Mrs. Jadwiga Emilewicz, Polish Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology. During the event, leading Polish companies had the opportunity to network with Israeli organizations.
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IATI CEO Presents to a European Women in VC Community Delegation |
| | IATI CEO presented to a special delegation of European Women in VC Community, who visited Israel for a discovery mission. The delegates, from 9 European countries, met up with heads of the local start-up ecosystem as well as with senior partners from top Israeli VC funds. Karin discussed the many ways in which Israeli ecosystem works. |
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IATI signed MOU with Spanish VC & PE Association (ASCRI) |
| | IATI signed an MOU agreement with the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (ASCRI) for mutually locating opportunities in both countries. The MOU was signed by IATI CEO Karin Mayer Rubinstein and ASCRI Managing Director Jose Zudaire, during a Spanish-Israeli VC event.
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IATI Signed an MOU for Mutual Cooperation with Enterprise Lithuania |
| | IATI signed an MOU for mutual co-operation with Enterprise Lithuania, a non-profit agency under the Lithuanian Ministry of Economy established to promote entrepreneurship and foster export. IATI CEO Karin Mayer Rubinstein and Daina Kleponė, MD of Enterprise Lithuania, signed the agreement. |
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Some of Our Local Events This Quarter |
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IATI Welcomes 16 NEW Life Science Members Sponsored by Lonza!
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| | Lonza invited early stage life science start-ups to be IATI members for FREE - for one year. 16 companies were selected and have already started to enjoy the benefits of an IATI membership. We're happy to have you on board! |
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