US firm buys Israel restaurant tech startup SimpleOrder Upserve, which provides restaurant management software, says the acquisition will allow it to help restaurants slice food costs and grow profit To read more go to the link.

Congratulations to Lisa Raiola, the founder of Hope & Main on a great article in Forbes Magazine. Lisa is a member of the Rhode Island-Israel Collaborative (RIIC) and her organization hosted our organization's with first event Israeli Chef, Avital Sebbag. Great collaboration (see link and photos). Hope & Main is located one hour from Boston and three hours from New York. To Israeli food start-up companies or food companies who are looking to establish a U.S. base, or open

To learn more click on the link This is a great technological achievement. To follow up on progress, go to the link of SpaceIL, an Israeli nonprofit founded by 3 young engineers at the end of 2010.

June 28, 2018 – During its meeting on June 12, 2018, held in Washington, DC, the Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation approved $6.3 million in funding for seven new projects between U.S. and Israeli companies. To read more, go to the link. The deadline for submission of Executive Summaries for the next BIRD cycle is September 13, 2018. Approval of projects will take place in December 2018. If you would like to