Positive Signs of the Times:  Israeli Utility Giants are Evolving and Commercializing to Make the World Greener and Cleaner
Getting Funded and Working with Innovation with the Israeli Utilities: Dos and Don’ts from Leaders of Innovation at WaTech™ and KARAT – CleanIsrael Network Meetup –  August 2nd,2011, 9 am. (RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/cleanisrael/events/25000871/)

by Shelli Zargary
In the context of the relatively small Israeli domestic market, utility corporations such as IEC – the Israel Electric Corporation – and Mekorot the Israel National Water Company are giants that benefit from a large bank of employees, a …

UK Industry experts shared insights on trends & strategies that can help innovative Israeli cleantech ventures meet with success in the global market

In the dynamic and uncertain waters of the rapidly developing cleantech sector, startups will improve their chances of success by navigating carefully and making smart decisions on their commercial focus and business model from the outset.  To help its members make the right decisions, CleanIsrael invited experts Jason Eis, heading up Innovation Strategy for the Carbon Trust, UK and Richard Youngman, …

CleanIsrael is the largest  network of cleantech professionals dedicated to Israel’s cleantech sector. Membership  to the network is free and to date, the group has over 1,000 members. The network consists of entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, government and non-government professionals, and other key players from both Israel and abroad.
CleanIsrael activities include:

Regular, large networking events open to the greater CleanIsrael Network
Small, sub-sector focused events exclusively for C-level managers of Israel’s cleantech companies
An active website hosting original content, interviews, podcasts and startup profiles focused on Israeli cleantech

Membership is free and will allow …

After several interviews with leading Israeli cleantech innovators, it was time to sit down and get the latest from someone setting public policy. Oded Distel runs the government’s initiative, called Israel NewTech, geared to promote Israeli cleantech companies. In his capacity, he is the focal point connecting the dots between government, academia, the business world and international trade relations, spearheading our latest innovations onto the world stage.

Astorre Modena is a co-founder and general partner at Terra Venture Partners, a venture capital fund targeting opportunities in Israeli cleantech companies at the seed and early stages.
Previously, Astorre was a Principal at Israel Seed Partners and prior to that he was with McKinsey & Co., based in Paris, where he consulted to leading Italian, French and Israeli manufacturing and financial corporations.
Astorre holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Outstanding Students Program from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in Plasma Physics from Imperial College in London. He was a …

Environmentally clean technology was the buzz at the most recent CleanIsrael event, which focused on the transition that many military veterans and serial entrepreneurs have made from high-tech to cleantech.
The event was attended by ex-fatigues-wearers, dollar-bill-bearers and environmentally-sensitive ex-high-techers – about 140 in all – in a charming location off the Glilot interchange called Hakfar Hayarok and green was certainly the color of the buzz.
The morning kicked off outside in the grassy reception area with some refreshments, a fair deal of handshaking and plenty of card swapping, before we gathered inside …