directory tag: Israel


CU Agency

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Dodgy ‘talent’ agency for models, actors, singers and performers. The author was never paid for his work which entailed working on 6 TV and films sets as an extra from April to June 2008 (once in 2006). By September 5 2008, after 3 explicit attempts to extract his money, and having been given the run around each time, and whereby the issue of payment was completely avoided within conversations regarding new productions, he had still not been paid his wage owed. In this respect, the agency’s owner and manager ‘Sharon’ is a thief:

Sharon

He had agreed with, and told the author that the agency pays its ‘talent’ contractees at the end of the following month after work is completed, and this is regardless of whether or not a production company pays him that money first, with his firm taking legal action if necessary in regards to non-paying companies.

On the set of a TV advertisement, one extra told the author that in a couple of years this was his first assignment, with himself having pursued work with the firm a number of times after having paid an agency fee (one of the two possible).


Juneau Capital

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A new publicly traded fund listed in Tel Aviv with equity positions already in a basket of privately held VC-backed companies and a few public ones. Its specialty is allowing entrepreneurs of private companies and their investors to forgoe a small portion of their firm’s equity (10%-20%) in return for equity in Juneau, in addition to receiving cash. This then exposes these individuals to the outcomes of many more companies than just their own, if they choose to keep their Juneau shares.

Hence, Juneau essentially allows entrepreneurs and their co-investors to cash out of their business to a small degree and become holders of a publicly-listed private equity mutual fund, that in turn has a portion of equity in the entrpreneurs’ firm. Thus, entrepreneurs and their co-investors are essentially divesting from their company. However, the company could actually benefit if such funds are injected back into it, rather than being a straight signal of lost faith, which may or may not be the case.

In contrast, if an entrepreneur were instead to utilize a private equity exchange:

  • company valuations would instead be set by market participants, not Juneau’s investment committee.
  • entrepreneurs and their investors would have more control regarding their firm’s provision of shares to that exchange, not just 10-20%.
  • more discretion would be provided with regards to the number and degree of exposure to other companies receiving an investment, not just that seen in the Juneau portfolio.

HCL CleanTech

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Maintains know-how on radically driving the cost down of converting lignocellulosics (biomass) into fermentable sugars and eventually ethanol using the well established Bergius method that was used extensively in the 1940’s but not widely since due to its high costs. This process involves optimizing the recovery of hydrochloric acid (HCL) from aqueous solutions and also has other applications in HCL dependant industries. Cellulosic wastes include wood, solids from city sewage plants, bagasse and grasses. The firm is raising capital and intends to license its technology.


Bio-Petrol

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Developing a commercially viable solution for turning sewage sludge into oil, saving enormous sums in disposal and saving the earth from the destructive sewage dumping.

A ton of high-quality sludge can produce about 30 kilograms of fuel. The technology is not in high-volume production yet.


Tahal

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With a view to addressing problems in Israel’s water sector, Tahal has evolved into a leading international authority on integrated development and management of surface water and groundwater resources, and water supply systems. It has lately turned its attention to the needs of developing countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.

Services are offered at various levels, namely: master plans, feasibility studies, detailed design, tender document preparation, project management, construction supervision. Also, full turn-key project implementation including design, construction and financing, construction implementation as a main contractor, and Build-Operate-Transfer and Build-Operate-Own. Engaged in equity sharing.

The wholly owned water and sewage projects contracting arm of Kardan NV (TASE: KRNV;AEX:KARD).


Desalitech

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Pioneered a new approach to reverse osmosis desalination by implicating closed circuit desalination based on hydrostatic principles. These principles enable a process in which the flow rates of pressurized feed and permeate are equal, thereby substantially reducing the capacity of the pressurizing means and avoiding any need for energy recovery techniques. Its vision is to establish its technology as the leading reverse osmosis technology and to reduce the desalinated water prices to a level which will make them affordable to many thirsty developed and developing communities.


fring

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Free, downloadable application and platform for mobile phones of most connection types (3G, EDGE, GPRS or Wi-Fi) enabling communications via its addons on popular communities (Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo!, AIM). Fring’s proprietary addons include VOIP, presence, roaming, live chat and files transfer. The only cost incurred by the user is their mobile internet connection. Now providing an API for third-party application development.


REN Waste

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Positions itself as the world leader in waste-to-energy by using a process comprised of the best available technologies for treating various waste materials and producing three major end products: electricity, ethanol and potable water.


Seambiotic

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Grows and processes marine microalgae using a revolutionary ecologically based environmental system. Seambiotic’s technology and unique know-how can be profitably exploited in two major areas: Biofuel and Omega 3 Oil. For the last five years, the company has carried out an extensive R&D pilot study at the Israeli Electric Corporation’s power station near the city Ashkelon, Israel. Throughout the study, new and advanced research methods have been developed for cultivation of various species of marine microalgae using the power station’s CO2 emissions released directly from their smokestacks and which pass through pipelines directly to Seambiotic’s open ponds. The pilot plant has yielded an impressive concentration of algae containing a high percentage of lipids and carbohydrates in a very short term, promoting the production of bio-fuel. Seambiotic’s patent technology efforts in cultivating microalgae utilizing flue gas emissions from power plants is a great step towards the reduction of air pollution and global warming.


Starvision Partners

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Assisting emerging and mature technology companies excel by leveraging the experience and contacts of its founders to provide the strongest tools needed to capture market share, accelerate growth and raise money from investors.


21Ventures

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A venture capital fund headquartered in New York which invests in seed and early stage technology companies in the physical security, clean energy and mobile software markets. The fund’s primary geographic focus is Israel, where over half of the company’s investment capital has been deployed to date. Currently managing more than $100 million worth of investments in 20 companies in both Israel and the United States.


TechnoSpin

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Manufacturer of revolutionary small wind energy systems. Headquarters in NY, a manufacturing facility in Israel and activities in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Backed by 21Ventures.