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Israel – a global leader in bio-tech and defense products

 

1.  Google is acquiring Israel’s Waze for $1.1BN.  Microsoft controls 10% of Waze. Google acquired, in 2012, two Israeli start ups for $25MN (Globes Business Daily, June 10, 11, 2013).  China’s Fusson acquired Israel’s Alma Lasers for $221MN (Globes, May 29).  Singapore’s Biosensors International acquired Israel’s Spectrom for $51MN (Globes, May 24).  The Pennsylvania-based $3.2BN Teleflex acquired Israel’s Eon Surgical for over $20MN (Globes, June 11).

2.  France’s National Electric Company has invested $400MN in Israel’s solar market (Globes, June 5).

3.  The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, the largest investment fund in the world (funded by Norway’s oil explorations), has invested $686MN in the Tel Aviv stock exchange, $$552MN during the last four years (Globes, June 10).

4.  Israeli R&D is present in 20.5% ($24.6BN) of all global bio-tech products ($120BN) – a symptom of the rapidly growing Israeli bio-tech sector and the flow of global giants establishing R&D centers in Israel (Globes, June 7).

5.  The largest defense contractor in the USA, Lockheed-Martin, is establishing a computer center in Israel, jointly with Israel’s Binat (Globes, June 5).  Israel is the world largest exporter of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – $4.6BN during the last eight years.  This export is expected to grow 5%-10% annually until 2020. Israel’s defense exports exceed $6BN annually, 10% of which consists of UAVs (Globes, May 24).

6.  Israel’s KMDA raised $50 on NASDAQ (Globes, June 3).  Israel’s AlCobra raised $25MN on NASDAQ (Globes, May 23).Khosla Ventures led a $24MN round of private placement by Israel’s HeathTap, joined by Mayfield Fund and Mohr Davidow Ventures (Globes, May 13).  Intel Capital invested in Israel’s Reduxio (Globes, June 4).

7.  Israel is helping the US meet the economic, environmental and non-military security (EG. cyber security) challenges of the future…. Israeli experts and start-ups regularly partner with US firms to develop applications such as instant messaging, Internet telephony and data-mining.  Intel’s executive, Greg Slater, noted that many of his company’s major innovations over the past three decades started in Israel, including Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge micro-processors, which accounted for 40% of Intel revenues in 2011…. Bill Gates said that the ‘innovations going on in Israel are critical to the future of the technology business….’  Israel accounted for about 25% of US exports to the Middle East in 2011… equaling or surpassing those to oil-rich Saudi Arabia…. Israeli firms have set up manufacturing plants [in the USA] that employ tens of thousands of Americans…. Israel is a top innovator in the technologies of modern warfare – cyber, unmanned vehicles, robotics, missile defense – an important source of innovations for the US defense contractors and troops…. Israel is also a world leader in micro-irrigation, wastewater management and reverse-osmosis desalination…. Israeli [knowhow] is helping the US promote nation-building at home and security and sustainability abroad (Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2013, Michael Eisenstadt and David Pollock, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy).

 

 




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Foreign investment in Israel’s high-tech companies surged to new heights in the 1st quarter of 2021 – $5.7bn in 172 deals – which is up 89% over the impressive 4th quarter of 2020 and double the volume of the 1st quarter of 2020.

2020 was the first year of surpassing $10bn in capital raised by the Israeli high-tech sector from investors in the US, Asia and Europe, who trust the maturity of Israel’s brain power. Investments in Israeli companies more than tripled in six years, reflecting the effective response by Israeli startups to the technological, medical, pharmaceutical, educational, social and digital challenges posed by Covid-19.

Israel’s economic performance in defiance of Covid-19 is presented by Dr. Adam Reuter, the Chairman and Founder of “Financial Immunities,” Israel’s largest financial-risk management firm, and the co-author of Israel – Island of Success:

  1. Israel has led the globe in the rapid administration of Covid-19 vaccinations due to effective negotiations with Pfizer and an efficient, country-wide medical infrastructure.
  2. Israel is the second lowest among OECD countries in the number of Covid-19 deaths per number of Covid-19 cases: 0.7% compared to the 2.3% OECD average. Israel features a young population (median age of 30 compared to the OECD’s 42) and an effective country-wide medical infrastructure, including top level HMOs and hospitals.
  3. Israel is ranked 12th from the bottom among the 37 OECD countries in the number of deaths per million inhabitants: 645 compared to 1,145 OECD average.
  4. The International Monetary Fund’s 2025 GDP growth forecast for OECD countries: Israel – 4%, OECD average – 2.2%, US – 1.8%, Australia – 2.5%, Ireland – 2.6%, France and Canada – 1.7%, the UK – 1.6%, Germany – 1.2%, etc.
  5. Israel’s 2020 GDP was reduced by 2.5%, compared to the OECD average reduction of 4.1%, South Korea – 1%, Norway – 0.8%, Australia – 2.6%, US – 3.5%, Japan – 4.8%, Germany – 5%, France – 8%, the UK – 10% reduction, etc. GDP growth was recorded in New Zealand – 2.4% and Ireland – 3.5%.
  6. In 2020, Israel was ranked 20th among the 37 members of the OECD in terms of GDP per capita, featuring $43,000 (GDP – $408bn), ahead of Japan, Italy and Spain, and very close behind the UK ($44,000) and France ($45,000).
  7. Israel’s debt-to-GDP ratio increased from 60% in 2019 to 72% in 2020, compared to the OECD’s average increase from 66% to 82%. The 2020’s debt-to-GDP ratio was 266% in Japan, Italy – 161%, the US – 131%, Germany – 73%, etc.
  8. Israel’s foreign exchange reserves-to-GDP ratio of 41% (3rd among the OECD countries) attests to its financial stability, and Israel’s capability to raise foreign credit promptly in a cost-effective manner. Israel’s foreign exchange reserves in March 2021 – $186bn.
  9. During the past decade, Standard and Poor (S&P) accorded Israel a positive credit rating trend, unlike the negative trend for the G-7 countries. In 2020, notwithstanding Covid-19, Israel’s credit rating (S&P) remained at AA.
  10. Some 380 global high-tech giants operate in Israel, including Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Apple, Verizon, Applied Materials, Dell, HP, Kodak, Oracle, Philips, SAP, Medtronics, GM, eBay, GE, etc. Israel leads the world in the ratio of research and development investment to GDP: 4.9%. 85% of this investment comes from the business sector.

 




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