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TEL AVIV TECH AMBASSADORS

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TEL AVIV TECH AMBASSADORS

Tel Aviv’s greatest asset as a city is the talented individuals who make up this ecosystem, and we want to showcase them to the world. Therefore, our goal is to promote the startup entrepreneurs who are doing groundbreaking work, internationally. We believe that there is no better way to present the local industry to the global stage than by highlighting the individuals developing disruptive new technologies.

This is why the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality has launched the Tel Aviv Tech Ambassadors, recruiting 31 innovative startups who can represent the City globally. They were chosen by a committee of municipal and top industry professionals for their unique innovation, their presentation skills, charisma and their commitment to the City of Tel Aviv. These ambassadors will enjoy opportunities such as strategic exposure to international delegations, international media and participation in innovation conferences abroad.

We believe these companies show the world the best that our city and country have to offer, and truly represent the “startup city.”

We would like to thank the members of the Tech Ambassadors Selection Committee: Shana Krakowski, Director of the Platform; Gaby Kaminsky, Managing Director of CityZone; Guy Margalit, Director of the Library; Doria Ben-Bassat, Head of Research and Rankings at Tel Aviv Global. 3

Shalom,

The City of Tel Aviv-Yafo is proud of its world-renowned technology ecosystem, hosting the most startups per capita or per square kilometer in the world. The Municipality is proud to promote and support the startup ecosystem in many ways, by offering municipal tax breaks for startups, free workspace, open data and even the usage of the city infrastructure as a beta site for experimentation.

I am thus very proud to launch the Tel Aviv Tech Ambassadors program, which is yet another step in our commitment to helping our startups grow. The select Tech Ambassadors excel not only in technology, but were also chosen for their outgoing nature, exciting ideas and their commitment to their city and community. As such, they truly represent the Tel Avivian spirit.

Dear Tech Ambassadors – good luck!

Yours, Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo 4

Shalom!

Tel Aviv-Yafo boasts a strong international standing. The Municipality maintains friendly partnerships with dozens of major cities, is a member of important international organizations, is home to a large diplomatic corps and attracts hundreds of journalists every year.

In the past decade, the City’s international positioning received another boost, as many international companies set up shop in the city: 85 global R&D centers, numerous economic missions, international conferences and new programs for international students – all have contributed to the City’s standing as an international hub of innovation and entrepreneurship.

To further leverage the benefits of this international expansion, the Municipality founded “Tel Aviv Global” – a unique municipal corporation that links the ecosystem with international players and creates value for hundreds of startups, entrepreneurs and organizations. The Tel Aviv Tech Ambassadors constitute another step in many programs that reflect the Municipality’s commitment to the success of its business and entrepreneurship sectors.

Good luck Tel Aviv Tech Ambassadors!

Sincerely, Eytan Schwartz CEO, Tel Aviv Global 5

OUR AMBASSADORS

6 DEGREES KYC STATION ARBE NAVIN AVENEWS-GT NOTRAFFIC CASTOR PERIMETER 81 CONFFIT PICK A PIER CRED PINK OF VIEW CYABRA RADGREEN CYLUS RESTAR ELECTREON SAFEMODE EYECONTROL SAFER PLACE FARMSTER SLYDE GALAPRO SPECTRALICS HUMANZ TONDO SMART KEHEALA TUNE FORK KNOWERS VOICEITT KNOWSOME 6 6DEGREES

The goal of 6Degrees is to simplify and enhance human interaction with the digital world. 6Degrees develops wearable technology that controls smart devices, enabling people with upper limb deficiency to reclaim their digital life. Our motion-based, machine-learning algorithm analyzes and predicts users’ individual abilities in order to create personalized data-driven control over smart devices. Our adaptive, hands-free controller that simulates a finger on a touchscreen, joystick or mouse is applicable in the fields of AR/ VR, gaming, health and assistive technologies.

6Degrees.tech [email protected] +972-54-7796910

The Team

Miri Berger Aryeh Katz CEO CTO 7 ARBE

Arbe is the world’s first company to demonstrate ultra-high resolution 4D imaging radar with post-processing and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). It is disrupting autonomous vehicle sensor development by bridging the gap between radar and optics with its proprietary imaging solution. It provides optic sensor resolution with the reliability and maturity of radar technology for all levels of vehicle autonomy. With its headquarters in Tel Aviv, Arbe has business development and customer service locations in China and the United States. The company was founded in 2015 and is backed by leading VCs. arberobotics.com [email protected] +972-73-7969804

The Team

Kobi Marenko Oz Fixman Noam Arkind, PhD CEO and Co-Founder COO and Co-Founder CTO and Co-Founder 8 AVENEWS-GT

Avenews-GT provides a web platform powered by blockchain technology for the commercial trade of agricultural produce, where industrial sellers and buyers can conduct the entire trade process in a secure and transparent ecosystem. The platform integrates both agribusinesses and financial institutions into one digital ecosystem for agricultural trade.

For agribusiness, Avenews-GT enables companies to digitally manage their trade operations, reduce errors, and have enhanced visibility, collaboration and intelligence for their businesses.

For commercial banks, Avenews-GT enables risk mitigation and provides financial services to the agricultural supply chain, based on immutable data gathered from their agriclients.

avenews-gt.com [email protected] +972-54-7533068

The Team

Shalom Ben-Or Ismail Kharoub Ishai Ben-Or CEO and Co-Founder CTO and Co-Founder CIPO and Co-Founder 9 CASTOR

CASTOR allows manufacturers to realize the full potential of 3D printing, resulting in reduced lead time for parts, elimination of costly spending on limited quantities, and increased flexibility. It’s an AI-driven decision support system for using industrial 3D printing.

CASTOR enables design engineers, NPI managers and production engineers to decide whether to prefer 3D printing over traditional manufacturing methods, by providing technical analysis and cost-saving advice for a full machine design.

3dcastor.com [email protected] +972-52-4602228

The Team

Omer Blaier Elad Schiller David Calderon CEO and Co-Founder CTO and Co-Founder VP Business Development 10 CONFFIT

Conffit is an events discovery and management software intended for marketers, for planning, managing and executing an event participation strategy. At Conffit, users enjoy a smart matching algorithm that immediately identifies which events are best for them to exhibit at or attend. Users can then wisely create and manage their annual events plan in a collaborative management platform. The features include: team task management, budget planning, tracking of event KPIs and booking of international suppliers.

Conffit is the holistic solution for companies to manage their event strategy end-to-end, in a way that is unbiased, data-driven, hassle-free and cost saving.

conffit.com [email protected] +972- 52-3644665

The Team

Maayan Sagir Hever Merav Atar CEO and Co-Founder COO and Co-Founder 11 CRED

Cred personalizes the entire client journey through wealth management, enabling banks to increase client and asset acquisition.

Using machine learning, Cred’s platform targets the most valuable clients with a uniquely tailored investment product. Each client is served a portfolio which accounts for their existing assets, tax situation, values, interests and more – ensuring that a client receives the most viable, optimized financial product for their needs.

By serving the portfolios in a thematic interface, Cred enables consumers with no financial expertise to understand, engage with and feel comfortable with their investments to increase conversion rates and portfolio sizes. credinvest.co [email protected] +972-54-9459819

The Team

Ben Fried Ilan Spector CEO and Founder CPO and Founder 12 CYABRA

Cyabra protects brands and governmental agencies from online disinformation threats (i.e. fake news). Our software detects online bad actors within minutes and mitigates the threat at its earliest stage of execution. The company consists of an executive team with over 30 years of cumulative experience in cybersecurity, and its board of advisors includes a former deputy director of the Mossad. The company has raised more than $1.5 million led by TAU Ventures (the VC Fund). Cyabra serves customers from the private and public sectors in North America, Europe and .

cyabra.com [email protected] +972-54-8141030

The Team

Dan Brahmy Yossef Daar Sendi Frangi Ido Shraga CEO and Co-Founder CPO and Co-Founder CMO and Co-Founder CTO and Co-Founder 13 CYLUS

Cylus, the global leader in rail cybersecurity, helps mainline and urban railway companies avoid safety incidents and service disruptions caused by cyberattacks. Cylus developed CylusOne™ - the first-to-market solution designed to meet the unique cybersecurity needs of the rail industry. CylusOne™ detects cyber threats on the signaling and control networks, trackside and onboard, facilitating a timely and effective response. Led by veterans from the elite technological unit of the Intelligence Corps, together with top executives from the railway industry, Cylus’ team combines deep expertise in both cybersecurity and rail operations. cylus.com [email protected] +972-77-4401178

The Team

Amir Levintal Miki Shifman CEO VP R&D 14 ELECTREON

ElectReon Wireless is an Israeli publicly traded company focused on developing wireless electric road system (ERS) based on DWPT (dynamic wireless power transfer) technology. This revolutionary technology enables the movement of vehicles on roads by means of wireless energy transmission that is used to propel the vehicles while traveling as well as charge its battery. The technology enables a shared infrastructure that significantly reduces the need to charge the battery of vehicles during the day and overnight, and decreases the size of the battery. It can support any type of EV - buses, trucks, passengers and is especially suitable for autonomous EVs.

ElectReon is a global leader in the field due to its deep technological capabilities and its focus on making the technology cost effective, durable and efficient. Currently the company is building its first real world pilots in Sweden and in Tel Aviv.

electreon.com [email protected] +972-54-9799153

The Team

Oren Ezer Hanan Rumbak Noam Ilan CEO and Co-Founder CTO and Co-Founder VP Business Development 15 EYECONTROL

EyeControl is the first wearable screenless assistive communication device. AI-powered, eye-tracking technology enables locked-in individuals and ventilated patients - who can’t speak - the ability to communicate using only eye movements, anywhere and anytime. Simple to use, EyeControl improves the quality of life for ALS, MS, stroke and other home care patients and helps ventilated hospital patients communicate directly with medical staff and family.

EyeControl was established in 2016 by founders with personal connections to ALS and locked-in individuals. The company has achieved monumental advancements and propelled the device to CE marking, FDA listing and ISO certification, facilitating global market penetration. eyecontrol.co.il [email protected] +972-52-6490093

The Team

Or Retzkin Itai Kornberg Tania Suares CEO and Co-Founder CTO and Co-Founder VP Operations and Product 16 FARMSTER

Farmster is the first social marketplace for the world’s 500 million smallholder farmers and does not require the internet. Our SMS Chatbot allows rural farmers to publish their crops, and our mobile app allows local buyers to connect with them by phone - lowering post-harvest losses and increasing revenues for both farmers and buyers. We are launching our product soon in Kenya, and powering our platform by AI to improve user experience.

farmster.co [email protected] +972-58-7767557

The Team

Dr. Adam Abramson Amit Bendor Johannes Musau CEO CTO Kenya Country Director 17 GALAPRO

GalaPro, founded in 2015, was created to make live shows an experience anyone can enjoy. Since its inception, the company has been working to make live shows and theater accessible and inclusive, believing that culture and entertainment are the core of our communities.

The company has offices in Tel Aviv and in New York and is providing services to most of the Broadway theaters in New York, leading industry events such as the Tony Awards and venues across the United States, Canada and London. galapro.com [email protected] +972-54-2392232

The Team

Yonat Burlin Hagai Pipko Dr. Elena Litsyn CEO CTO President and Co-Founder 18 HUMANZ

Humanz AI is a simple and smart platform (application and website) to find the best social media influencers for advertisers’ specific needs:

Using our platform, advertisers can find the most effective influencers, engage them and manage all payments and posting confirmations securely. Based on our unique machine learning algorithms, we provide our advertisers with the statistics and analytics about the target audience of any influencer.

Humanz creates a joint marketplace for influencers and advertisers with the segmentation of an influencer’s followers - automatically updated on a daily basis. This combination allows our users to decrease expenses whilst maximizing the effectivity of their social media campaigns.

humanz.ai [email protected] +972-50-4449995 +972-52-8675541

The Team

Dror Blumenthal Liav Refael Chen Eliran Moyal Roi Naaman CEO CPO CTO AI Expert 19 KEHEALA

Keheala is a digital health platform that delivers behavioral interventions across basic feature phones and smartphones in order to improve healthcare access and treatment outcomes for patients in the developing world. Keheala addresses the non-medical drivers of disease - stigma, a lack of information, motivation and support - with demonstrated behavioral strategies from the social sciences.

In partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Kenyan Ministry of Health and academic partners at Harvard and Yale, Keheala implemented a 1,200 tuberculosis patient randomized controlled trial in Kenya. Patients using the Keheala intervention demonstrated a 68% reduction in the unsuccessful treatment outcomes - death, failed treatment and loss to follow-up - compared to the standard of care control group. These results were recently accepted to the New England Journal of Medicine for publication.

The company is now scaling its work in Kenya, launching a new intervention in Zimbabwe for its first customer, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and modifying its intervention for HIV and diabetes in partnership with a large African telecom. keheala.com [email protected] +972-58-7982058

Jon Rathauser CEO and Founder 20 KNOWERS

Traveling somewhere new? Or looking for local info and insights about places you’re visiting? With Knowers, you can ask any question and we’ll make sure the right locals answer. Get personal, up-to-date answers from like-minded people and travel your way! Travel with confidence, knowing you’re not missing out on what’s happening around you, and take advantage of opportunities nearby and stay in the know. From restaurant recommendations to safety tips, or if traveling with a disability or looking for business leads, Knowers has a variety of locals on board, living their lives in the places you’re visiting.

knowers.io [email protected] +972-52-3257724

The Team

Laurence Newman Shirley Shahar Oded Funt CEO and Founder Director of Business Development Technology Leader 21 KNOWSOME

Knowsome is a smart virtual assistant for lifelong learning and self- enrichment. Whereas most learning tools expect users to set aside a time for learning, Knowsome creates learning opportunities by highlighting moments otherwise spent procrastinating or idly browsing the web.

Knowsome’s propriety technology generates learning paths on relevant topics and identifies ideal moments for short, micro-learning sessions.

Knowsome is disrupting the casual learning market by seamlessly integrating learning into the daily flow, making learning as second nature as waking up and brushing your teeth! itsknowsome.com [email protected] +972-52-3409536

The Team

Yaron Fishman Ruthi Aladjem CEO and Co-Founder Chief Learning Scientist and Co-Founder 22 KYC STATION

KYC Station brings trust to the KYC procedures of financial institutes by creating a governed, in-depth adverse media screening process, with a standardized high-quality outcome. Financial institutes, and specifically those dealing with high-net-worth individuals, are exposed to substantial business risk originating from an ungoverned and low-quality KYC screening process of such customers. Relaying only on lists and commercial search engines is just not good enough. We’re here to help you change this by empowering non-information specialists who conduct KYC screening tasks to perform high-quality screenings quickly. Thus, reducing the time invested in non-revenue generating tasks, while improving and governing the compliance processes of the bank to decrease the exposure to fines.

kycstation.com Danny Weber: [email protected] [email protected] +972-72-2793312 +972-54-2312643

The Team

Danny Weber Haddas Herzog-Manor Dan Bar-Yehuda CEO CPO CTO 23 NAVIN

Navin is the door-to-door way to your destination.

People spend 85% of their time indoors in public venues that could use some mapping. The main challenge is - GPS does not work inside. Existing indoor navigation apps are not scalable and are expensive. We have risen up to the occasion and developed an app and a patented technology that turn smartphones into mapping devices. Our app works outdoors too, enabling users to create crowdsourced pathways operating as a door-to- door navigation platform.

gonavin.com [email protected] +972-54-6711171

The Team

Gidi Barak Shai Ronen Lior Ronen Dan Eshet Chairman and Founder CEO and Founder CTO and Founder COO and Marketing 24 NOTRAFFIC

NoTraffic is an autonomous AI traffic management platform solving today’s traffic challenges while preparing the roads for the connected era. The platform enables cities to define policies like transit priority or pedestrian access using the cloud dashboard. AI algorithms intelligently implement city policies at each traffic signal in real time, autonomously managing an entire grid to cut congestion, reduce emissions and prevent accidents.

notraffic.tech [email protected] +972-54-4613059

The Team

Tal Kreisler Liora Katz Hirshler Uriel Katz Or Sela CEO COO CTO VP R&D 25 PERIMETER 81

Perimeter 81 is a zero trust software-defined perimeter service that has taken the outdated, complex and hardware-based traditional network security technologies, and transformed them into a user-friendly and easy-to-use software solution — simplifying secure network access for the modern and distributed workforce. Founded by two Israel Defense Forces elite intelligence unit alumni, CEO Amit Bareket and CPO Sagi Gidali, Perimeter 81 serves a wide range of businesses, from midsize to Fortune 500 companies, and has established partnerships with the world’s foremost integrators, managed service providers and channel resellers.

perimeter81.com [email protected] +972-50-6790834

The Team

Amit Bareket Sagi Gidali Eugene Brodsky Ohad Mandelbaum CEO and Co-Founder CPO and Co-Founder CTO VP Global Sales 26 PICK A PIER

Pick a Pier was founded with one goal in mind - to give quality service to yachters around the globe, specializing in docking solutions.

Pick a Pier enables marinas to optimize their berthing (parking for boats) supply management while simplifying the booking process for berthing. By doing so, Pick a Pier helps to attract new traffic to the marina and surrounding city, making the experience more attractive and accessible to boaters around the world.

Pick a Pier creates the marina of the future by using the sharing economy principles and travel tech tactics.

pickapier.com [email protected] +972-52-2916485

The Team

Idan Cohen Asaf Cohen CEO CPO 27 PINK OF VIEW

Pink of View™ is the world’s first personalized predictive indicator for risk management of breast cancer driven by machine learning. We provide the best non-invasive assessment technology dedicated to evaluating individual risk factors leading to breast cancer, based on risk factors, self-measurements and data. Our goal is to save lives, costs and increase compliance, through early detection using the high accuracy predictive ‘pink indicator’. The Pink of View™ risk management system is primarily focused on women that do not have genetic or family history of breast cancer through covering behavioral, environmental and biological aspects. pinkofview.com [email protected] +972-54-4861247

Adi Zamir CEO and Founder 28 RADGREEN

RadGreen supports healthier buildings and cities, using a sensor-based environmental information system. RadGreen continuously monitors air pollutants, noise and radiation while providing real-time information, alerts and responses.

We thrive on developing innovative, creative and effective environmental management solutions. In addition, we bring forth profound technical backgrounds and proficiency, and have developed a keen sense of the threats incorporated in unmonitored living, working and learning environments. Consequently, we founded RadGreen in order to provide large organizations, educational institutions and municipal organs with applicable solutions to control their urban environments relying on a single system.

radgreen.com [email protected] [email protected] +972-54-4735015 +972-3-5359935

The Team

Sigalit Muftazi Erez Muftazi CEO CTO 29 RESTAR

RestAR provides 3D capturing and product visualization for a better e-commerce shopping experience. RestAR enables every business owner to scan and render high-quality 3D content based on physical products in e-commerce and food markets, using only their mobile device. Our technology combines both computer vision and deep learning algorithms based on cutting-edge academic research. rest-ar.com [email protected]

The Team

Bar Saraf Danny Slavin Shimon Vainer CEO COO CTO 30 SAFEMODE

SafeMode is a driver-centric software to empower fleets and shared mobility platforms with automated tools for driver’s management and rewarding plans.

SafeMode optimizes the future of driving by finding solutions for driver behavior 2.0.

This is achieved through cloud-based Al data analysis. SafeMode is helping reduce damage and operational costs of fleets, boosting sharing mobility engagement and enabling autonomous vehicles to localize and adjust their behavior to the current situation.

SafeMode.co [email protected] +972-50-5277777

The Team

Ido Levy Itche (Nissim) Levy Marcelo Gilman Dr. Erez Shmueli CEO CTO CTO Chief Scientist 31 SAFER PLACE

Safer Place has developed an award-winning, practical and cost-effective video-based technology platform to reduce traffic violations, increase road safety and improve traffic flow. Our field-proven solution detects the widest range of moving and parking violations and optimizes the entire enforcement process through a full suite of applications. Backed by expert professional services for fixed, mobile, portable and handheld deployment options, the platform has been successfully deployed in large-scale projects across EMEA. Our PaaS-based (platform-as-a-service) architecture streamlines Safer Place customers’ experience and offers flexible business models for all our customers and partners. saferplace.com [email protected] 972-54-4527338

The Team

Hila Frieman-Kareev Uri Kareev CEO and Co-Founder VP R&D and Co-Founder 32 SLYDE

Slyde brings in a multi-platformed, cloud-based solution for the school transportation world. Slyde is an all-in-one transportation workspace. Slyde upgrades the mass transit fleet inside smart cities and transportation providers into a smart mobility system. It focuses on automation and improving security for children and other passengers. Slyde is an all-in-one application that provides all the tools a mass transit provider needs under one roof for their whole organization.

Today, Slyde is helping thousands in school transportation across Chicago, New York and Israel.

slydeglobal.com [email protected] +1-408-6004475

The Team

Ron Efroni Gil Mishal CEO CTO 33 SPECTRALICS

Spectralics develops an HDK for imaging applications, designed around a full stack optics acceleration engine. The Spectralics engine is essentially a layered combination of smart materials and software controllers, comprising an enabling platform for enhanced optical capabilities across a wide variety of industries from automotive to medical to consumer electronics and more.

The Spectralics platform untangles physical bottlenecks in the engineering process of augmented and mixed reality systems, as well as advanced displays, interfaces and image acquisition modules, and by doing so, we free OEMs up to reduce their engineering overhead, focus on their end applications and create amazing products. spectralics.com [email protected] +972-54-4333262

The Team

Ran Bar-Yosef Dr. Eran Falek Dr. Yuval Kashter CEO VP R&D CTO 34 TONDO SMART

Tondo Smart delivers end-to-end smart lighting solutions for cities and commercial lighting based on an IoT technology.

Using Tondo, stakeholders can control remotely the lighting with open communication protocols (cellular and LoRaWAN). With our ‘Network of Networks’ technology, Tondo saves energy and operational costs, and brings unique capabilities to serve as a platform for varied smart city sensors and scenarios.

Our turnkey solution is simple and fast to install, works with any light fixture, supports a wide range of sensors, and is centrally managed and controlled from our easy to use web-based dashboard.

tondo-iot.com [email protected] +972-3-5339933

The Team

Philip A. Guy Saadi DesAutels, PhD Tali Frosh Micha Ben Ezra CEO CTO VP Marketing Lighting Expert 35 TUNEFORK

TuneFork is an audio personalization technology software that delivers an optimal hearing experience, improving the quality of life for people with hearing loss and seniors.

Hearing loss affects more than 460 million people around the world, making their everyday lives challenging. Many of them experience difficulty using their smart devices such as smartphones, smart homes, smart automotive and more, all of which rely on clarity of sound for efficient operation.

TuneFork can be integrated into any operating system and optimize all audio content: phone calls, rings and alerts, TV shows, voice messages, music, video, GPS instructions, smart assistant response and more. tunefork.co.il [email protected] +972-50-755-6512 +972-54-595-0971

The Team

Tomer Shor Yoav Blau Bar Federbusch CEO CTO Administrative Assistant 36 VOICEITT

Voiceitt’s Israel-based team has developed automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology designed to recognize non-standard speech patterns, enabling people with mild to very severe speech impairments to communicate spontaneously and naturally by voice. The first version of Voiceitt’s AI-driven technology (now in beta) is language- independent with a limited vocabulary and does not require Wi-Fi during use (on-device recognition). Machine learning mechanisms enable the system to adapt as the person uses it. While there is a short calibration phase for users, operating the system does not require technical expertise. The company is in the advanced stages of development and is preparing to launch two key technology offerings: (1) A hands-free mobile application that enables face-to-face verbal communication between individuals and (2) Software integration with existing operating systems, smart assistants, and smart homes, enabling accessibility to mainstream voice-driven technologies for aging adults and individuals with disabilities, thereby enhancing independence and quality of life.

voiceitt.com [email protected] +972-54-2357727

The Team

Danny Weissberg Stas Tiomkin Sara A Smolley CEO and Co-Founder CTO and Co-Founder VP Strategy and Co-Founder 37

MUNICIPAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTERS

The Municipality has allocated joint workspaces to early-stage startups and entrepreneurs. These spaces are available at a subsidized rate, allowing entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop their projects in a comfortable environment, with access to vast networking opportunities.

THE PLATFORM CITYZONE THE LIBRARY MADE IN JAFFA SARONA HUB THE LOUNGE HAVRUTA 38 THE PLATFORM

The Platform is a social-urban innovation center in the Neve Sha’anan neighborhood of Tel Aviv. The Platform connects between local residents, social and tech entrepreneurs in order to tackle social challenges and enable the implementation of innovative solutions within municipal projects. The Platform offers co-working space, workshops and accelerator programs for those who would like to contribute to the quality of life of residents and develop local entrepreneurship.

Shana Krakowski, Director [email protected], +972-52-3061009 39

CITYZONE

CityZone is Tel Aviv’s smart city and urban tech living lab, a collaboration between the Municipality, Tel Aviv University and Park Atidim, hosting startups, multinationals and policymakers, innovating in real-time, under real-city conditions. CityZone also partners with large corporates, who wish to get a peek into Israeli innovation in the smart city space.

The lab includes a real-life testing site, as well as an innovation program for early stage startups, enjoying access to data as well as mentorship from the Municipality, lead researchers and private sector experts.

CityZone is situated at Atidim Park, a 20-acre business area, with an adjacent residential neighborhood, hospital and hotel, bordering Tel Aviv’s . Thousands of daily visitors, cars, parking, public transportation, kindergarten, restaurants, street lights, roads and essentially any urban use case is part of the park’s day to day. This environment offers the perfect surroundings to develop, test and demo new technologies that meet challenges faced by urban areas, prior to a large scale implementation throughout the city.

Gaby Kaminsky, Managing Director [email protected] 40

THE LIBRARY

The Library is the urban innovation space of the Tel-Aviv Yafo Municipality, hosted in a reimagined public library. The new space utilizes the library’s traditional values of knowledge and curiosity, and infuses them with technological innovation and startup energy.

The Library provides a shared working space and hub facilities for teams dedicated to developing internet startups and technology companies, with an emphasis on smart city technologies that address urban challenges. The Library offers networking events, meetups and professional infrastructure, and mostly, strives to build collaborations between the Municipality and young entrepreneurial visionaries.

Yoni Melamed, Director [email protected] 41 MADE IN JAFFA

Made in Jaffa is a unique model developed by Presentense to help bridge the gap between Tel Aviv - known as the hub of high tech and entrepreneurship of the Startup Nation – and Jaffa, that has a lower socioeconomic population with a lesser connection to the startup ecosystem. The program, hosted in Yefet 83, includes weekly meetups, workshops at the youth center and an acceleration program for early stage ventures. It promotes innovative initiatives in Jaffa in collaboration with the mainstream Tel Aviv entrepreneurial community. Presentense is an NGO promoting social change through entrepreneurship - a key factor to creating a prosperous society. The program offers inspirational lectures by experts and professional guidance by mentors including workshops, office hours and a possibility for a pilot.

Badawi Farra, Made in Jaffa Coordinator [email protected], +972-3-5084123 42 SARONA HUB Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center

Sarona Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center is a new innovation center that connects the next generation of innovators with leaders in the startup city. This center, the first of its kind in Israel, targets the best minds of Israeli youth (ages 12 – 18) by teaching the foundations of entrepreneurship, technology, business, as well as principles of social and urban innovation. Established by the Tel Aviv Municipality in cooperation with the Tel Aviv Foundation, the center offers courses, workshops, lectures and a co-working space. The youth are the leaders at the center, they serve on the board of directors and they are key decision-makers, with the view that the center is their “playground” and independence is crucial for them.

Rotem Dar, Director [email protected], +972-52-7976678; +972-3-3732708 43

THE LOUNGE

The Lounge – A Space for People Who Make the City is a space for creators, entrepreneurs and producers who are advancing projects that have an impact on life in Tel Aviv-Yafo – in the fields of culture, society and community. The Lounge offers an open and dynamic work space in the heart of Tel Aviv and creates connections between young adults who are working to better the community and culture in the city.

Chen Alfia, Director [email protected], +972-3-5257490 44 HAVRUTA

Havruta is a community working space for freelancers, operated by the Tel Aviv Municipality on the upper floor of the Dov Hoz Community Center. Spaces can be rented for convenient prices by the hour (10-hour minimum) and the place holds many networking events, meetups and other activities. Havruta is located in the most central spot in the city and has the most amazing terrace!

Tair Avni [email protected], +972-3-7247981

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