Closing the year with first six start-ups
Sunday, January 12, 2014
“The first seeds of Nielsen’s decision to open an incubator in Israel were planted in 2010, when…Itzhak Fisher, the top Israeli at the company, met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to review the idea…later met Partam High Tech CEO Esther Barak-Landes, who presented the company’s wish to invest in an incubator, and the partnership was born.”
“Haymes and Barak-Landes explain that the incubator’s rationale is to invest and foster six new companies a year, with each company staying at the incubator for two years. The big question is the added value that Nielsen offers start-ups which can choose among incubators, accelerators, or hubs.”
Read the full article by Globes here:
http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000906633 (in Hebrew)
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000906649 (in English)