UNBOX LATEST
29
Dec
2021
A big thanks to Sarit Firon, Managing Partner at Team8 Capital and longstanding friend of UnBox, who gifted us with a guest lecture at UnBox's entrepreneurship 101 training program
Thanks Sarit, for the diverse case studies through which you demonstrated to us the different pricing models of products and services at startups — and the rationale behind them.
We were most grateful that you shared with us your unique perspective and discerning judgment as an investor and how you developed the sense to ascertain 5 minutes into a conversation with an entrepreneur if this one is a keeper…
27
Dec
2021
בחדשות ערוץ 13 OtheReality
איך זה לראות את העולם מנקודת מבטה של מטופלת בגניקולוגיה שמתבשרת בבשורה מרה? – כתבתו של מאיר מרציאנו בחדשות 13 מציגה את שיתוף הפעולה של סטרטאפ מבית אנבוקס ונצ’רס
, עם המרכז הרפואי וולפסון – Wolfson Medical Center
וצוות אגף הגניקולוגיה בראשות פרופ’ ערן וינר.
22
Dec
2021
We had the privilege to host Galit Zuckerman, Founder & CEO of Medasense Biometrics Ltd.
Galit and her team have developed an advanced technology enabling the measurement and monitoring of the physiological response to pain of patients under anesthesia at operating rooms and in intensive care units.
By quantifying patients’ pain response, the technology supports physicians and medical teams in optimizing care : reducing pain and avoiding overmedication – even when patients can’t communicate.
Galit told us about the company’s sales model through distributors and strategic partners and gave our young entrepreneurs an excellent tip: Remember that it’s never a one-time sale! And It’s not a B2B or BTC. It’s H2H: Human to Human.
15
Dec
2021
Wow! What an inspirational talk we had with Ravit Ram Bar-Dea Ceo and Co-founder of Well-Beat!
Ravit told our researchers and entrepreneurs about the challenges that led her and her partners at Well-Beat to launch their AI/ML combines cutting-edge behavioral science insights to help healthcare companies understand people’s behaviors, motivators, and barriers, leading to significant clinical improvement at a lower cost and increase patients’ compliance with medical instructions and rehabilitation by dozens of percent (Take their meds. Maintain healthy nutrition. Exercise. Show up for appointments. Undergo tests. Get vaccinated. etc..).
Ravit also said that they launched the system only after intensive validation of the Israeli and US markets, including qualitative and statistical research of thousands of chronic patients. Yet another reinforcement for UnBox’s theory that rigorous customer validation is imperative before producing your product 🙂
15
Dec
2021
Impacting Medicine - "Bar-Ilan, Sheba Medical Center and Bezalel win call for proposals to develop entrepreneurial health initiatives
Bar-Ilan University, Sheba Medical Center, and the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, have won a call for proposals published by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology for the “Science Accelerators” program. A sum of NIS 10 million will be invested in the program for the development of 24 global initiatives in the health field. Researchers, doctors and designers will develop projects in personalized medicine, digital medicine, preventive medicine and medical accessibility in the community. The winning institutions and the “Science Accelerators” program will invest NIS 350,000 in each project.
14
Dec
2021
"משחררים" את הידע: קרן של משרד המדע תתמוך בסטארט-אפים באקדמיה
The Marker- TechNation — קרן ממשלתית בסך 30 מיליון שקל תתמוך בגופי מחקר ואקדמיה שהציגו מחקר יישומי בעל פוטנציאל להפוך לטכנולוגיה של חברת הזנק ■ שמונה תוכניות שניגשו לקול הקורא זכו במימון
08
Dec
2021
We were so fortunate to host Dr. Shahar Keinan, CEO and co-founder of POLARISqb
it was such a joy — to host Dr. Shahar Keinan, CEO and co-founder of POLARISqb, (The first ever drug design platform using a quantum computer, making the discovery process ten times faster) and hear her lecture as part of UnBox’s Intro-to-‘Entrepreneurship 101’ Program.
05
Dec
2021
"בנט הקים סטארט-אפ כשלמד באוניברסיטה, אבל מימש אותו בחוץ. למה בעצם?"
The Marker- TechNation — האקתונים, אקסלרטורים וקורסי יזמות שרווחים כיום באוניברסיטאות הם חלק מהתוצרים של מהלך של המל”ג לעידוד יזמות בקמפוסים, במטרה להפוך את האקדמיה לשחקן ממשי בתחום ■ “יש צורך במשמעויות חדשות לשהות של הסטודנטים בקמפוס”
01
Dec
2021
It was an honor to host Alon N. Cohen Serial Entrepreneur | Founder and CEO nsKnox | Founder of CyberArk & Intezerat here at UnBox
An especially inspiring festive evening here at UnBox, as we had the pleasure of hosting one of Israel’s most brilliant serial entrepreneurs: Alon N. Cohen
Alon, an inventor, entrepreneur, and novelist is the founder and first CEO, of CyberArk Software Ltd, a global cyber security company and one of Israel’s leading software companies. The riveted audience including researchers and entrepreneurs participating in UnBox’s Intro-to-entrepreneurship program alongside faculty and students from Bar-Ilan University Ilan University’s
08
OCT
2021
גרים ליד שדה חקלאי? הפתרון שעשוי להרגיע אתכם
ynet — יהונתן שר, זווית
חומרי הדברה שזולגים משדות חקלאיים לאוויר ומגיעים לשכונות מגורים מהווים סכנה משמעותית לבריאות הציבור. סטארט-אפ ישראלי חדש- דריפטסנס, מבטיח לצמצם משמעותית את ממדי הבעיה ולחולל מהפכה בדרך שבה מרססים נגד מזיקים בכל העולם
24
Jan
2021
INSPIRE #11 webinar: UnBoxed Research For Global Impact
What do agility in hospital management, precision imaging and mobile diagnostics for Sub-Saharan Africa all have in common? (in addition to being med-tech innovation) They are all core areas around which research-based startups have been launched out of UnBox!
Hear from founders Mor Brokman, Prof. Yuval Garini and Mitch Kurylowicz about their unboxing experience, learnings and achievements during acceleration at Unbox!
Moderator: Ariel Sella,
Panelists:
17
Jan
2021
INSPIRE #10 webinar: It takes an ecosystem to raise a successful startup!
A disruptive startup must shape its unique value network, out of the existing ecosystem with economic incentives and business models that are mutually reinforcing, in order to respond rapidly and profitably to the common needs of a class of customers.
Moderator: Ariel Sella,
Panelists:
Daphna Murvitz, Eran Harary, Guy Spigelman
10
Jan
2021
INSPIRE #9 webinar: Product Market Fit
How can entrepreneurs reduce the product-market fit risk?
Hear this recording webinar that UnBoxing research for disruptive healthcare solutions
Moderator: Ariel Sella,
Panelists:
Ruth Poliakine Baruchi, Daniel Katz, Gidi Stein
03
Jan
2021
INSPIRE #8 webinar: Is Competition For Losers?
MBA programs teach that claiming no competition is silly as it means that you are either too narrow, or too early, or have a product nobody needs. Clay Christensen, of “Disruptive Innovation” fame, preached that non-consumption, rather than existing product categories, is the ideal competition for Startups. Moderator: Ariel Sella Panelists:
27
Dec
2020
INSPIRE #7 webinar: The Form and Function of Business Architecture
The business model a startup chooses is critical to its success. Moderator: Ariel Sella Panelists: Gal Salomon, Assaf Dekel, Omri Amirav-Drory
20
Dec
2020
INSPIRE #6 webinar: Ride The Waves To Success!
After asking “why” build a startup, the question that follows is “why now”? What has changed over the past years, that will carry your startup forward on exponential, rather than linear, growth…
Moderator: Ariel Sella
Panelist:
Netalie Nadivi
Israel (Srulik) Dvorsky
Talia Cohen Solal
13
Dec
2020
INSPIRE #5 webinar: Where's your D Day?
Finding your beachhead market is one of the most important strategic moves you make in setting up the foundation of your startup. We had the pleasure of hosting Alon Maor Partner, BRM Group Erez Rozenfeld President, V-Wave and Noga Yerushalmi Head of Israel Bio-incubator, M ventures for an inspirational panel and get valuable insights on the critical success factor for startup survival, “beachhead market”
06
Dec
2020
INSPIRE #4 webinar: Disrupt, Challenge The Status Quo!
While everyone talks about disruptive innovation, few do it. Many founders go repeatedly head-to-head
with incumbents, blaming external circumstances rather than the futility of such suicidal missions. Thank you
Natalie YivgiOhana, Roy Wiesner and Ziv Ofek for an inspirational panel
It was a truly unique opportunity to learn first hand from a leading health tech entrepreneurs, and get valuable insights on disruptive innovation
29
Nov
2020
INSPIRE #3 webinar: Is Your Solution Looking For A Problem?
We had the pleasure of hosting Eli Sprecher, David Golan and Varda Shalev at our third INSPIRE panel, with great insights on healthcare and innovation for and at hospitals and HMO
22
Nov
2020
INSPIRE #2 webinar: Starting Up On Purpose
Avner Halperin, Dr. Irit Yaniv & Avi Yaron – 3 health tech leaders sharing their insights and successful experience on Starting Up On Purpose.
Purpose (the Why) is what differentiates great from good according to Simon Sinek
15
Nov
2020
INSPIRE open webinar: Is Research Startup Nation's Next Wave?
We hosted a fantastic panel of Startup Nation thought leaders to share insights on the actor, institute and national level hurdles facing entrepreneurship from research. Vintage’s Founding Partner Alan Feld praised Bar-Ilan University for the bold initiative of unboxing research for global impact; Prof. Eugene Kandel, CEO of Startup Nation Central, praised the simple tech transfer model offered by UnBox to incentivize researchers; Bar-Ilan President Prof. Arie Zaban acknowledged the cultural challenges in extending from lab to startup and announced a yearlong Entrepreneurship Grant for doctoral students who will lead startup formation at the UnBox program.
02
Nov
2020
Stress.o.s helping students to cope with stress and build resilience
Stress.o.s delighted to invite you to a free Webinar put together with a panel of leading experts in psychology and neuroscience. In this webinar, the team will examine the effects of chronic stress on the brain and you will be presented with novel research-based strategies to help students better cope with stress in daily life.
05
Oct
2020
Bar-Ilan University and Wolfson Medical Center sign cooperation agreement
The Jerusalem Post, by Sarah Chemla: These projects will have potential to make positive global impact to various aspects of health related to the body, mind, spirit, society, and the environment.
29
Sep
2020
UnBox and Wolfson Medical Center signed an agreement
כלכליסט: מאיר אורבך Welcoming the new Jewish year with good news: UnBox @ Bar Ilan University and Wolfson Medical Center just signed an agreement to establish startups in health related to the body, mind, spirit, society and environment.
Stay Tuned!
20
Aug
2020
OtheReality Leveraging VR to Boost Empathy
Prof. Motti Neiger of the School of Communication of Bar-Ilan University lectures about journalism during conflicts, political communication, press freedom, and popular culture. Last year, his work “Publishers as Cultural Mediators” won the Outstanding Book Award from the Israeli Communication Association. Alongside his academic endeavors, Prof. Neiger is an entrepreneur. His startup company, OtheReality, co-founded with his son Yair, uses the power of virtual reality to allow the user to “walk a mile” in someone else’s shoes and feel empathy. The venture, that won awards and global recognition, is gaining visibility and traction with the new CEO and COO as a part of UnBox, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Bar-Ilan University.
4
Aug
2020
DriftSense, a 2020 winning MassChallenge Israel
The Solution: DriftSense minimizes the loss of sprayed pesticides, and makes sure that people in the fields and their vicinity, as well as the natural environment, remain safe. The company’s solutions are based on state-of-the-art technologies in analytical chemistry, meteorological and dispersion modeling science.
4
Jun
2020
Mentors - UnBoxers Speed Dating
UnBox research- entrepreneur are looking to connect with mentors who will accompany them in the second (Discovery) and third (Validation) stages of setting up the venture.
Discovery Business hypotheses, customer funnel, digital identity and MVP; Validtion Customer traction, test & pivot, financial planning, investor pitch and fund ability.
27
May
2020
Calling HealthTech Mentors
UnBox Ventures invites experienced entrepreneurs and investors in the HealthTech sector to join us as mentors to our second cohort of researcher-entrepreneur teams looking to disrupt the global healthcare industry with science-based solutions.
20
May
2020
Launching UnBox'20 Cohort
UnBox announces the teams joining the second cohort of the UnBox program: GreatNix, DaruLabs, NanoCarry, Stress.o.s, Pentaomix
17
May
2020
Expert Committee
Our great friends and partners help us in evaluating candidate teams for continuing into the Acceleration Track of UnBox second cohort
6
Feb
2020
LifeTech Lectures Speaker: Dr. Yael Benvenisti
Dr. Yael Benvenisti, CEO at Mediterranean Towers Ventures. Her main concern is to promote collaboration among technology developers, policy makers, government offices, those working with the elderly population and investors, in Israel and abroad. Yael talks about developing disruptive solutions for aging – the fastest growing population segment around the world.
28
Jan
2020
LifeTech Lectures Speaker: Daphna Murvitz
Daphna Murvitz, Co-Founder and CEO -8400 The Health Network talking about the mission to advance the Healthcare & Life Science industry in Israel, making it the next major growth engine, with flagship companies providing accelerated cure solutions to people worldwide. To help realize the untapped potential of the industry, 8400 is weaving an active network of executive leaders from within the business, government, academia, healthcare providers and NGO sectors, from Israel and the global industry, who will co-design and lead solutions to propel the industry, focusing on its competitive sectors.
21
Jan
2020
LifeTech Lectures Speaker: Dr. Assaf Dekel
Dr. Assaf Dekel is a certified orthopedic surgeon for over 10 years. His main focus is on sports, cartilage and osteoarthritis injuries. In recent years, Dr. Dekel focuses on minimal invasive procedures. He is the inventor of the OrthoSpace device for non-reparable cuff tears, which was successfully implanted in over 20,000 shoulders. OrthoSpace, Ltd. acquired by Stryker for $220 million.
24
Dec
2019
LifeTech Lectures Speaker: Avner Halperin
Avner Halperin, Co-Founder & Board Member, EarlySense. Avner was CEO of Early Sense for 15 years, bringing the company from the idea stage to developing breakthrough analytics and sensing technology with over one million patients served and tens of thousands of lives saved or significantly affected.
10
Dec
2019
LifeTech Lectures Speaker: Ofer Haviv
Ofer Haviv, President & CEO Evogene a leading computational biology company aiming to revolutionize product development for life-science based industries, including human health, agriculture, and industrial applications.
3
Dec
2019
LifeTech Lectures Speaker: Dr. Nathalie Bloch
Nathali Bloch MD MPA is the director of the Innovation Center at Sheba medical center and leader of the innovation track in a new MBA in Healthcare Innovation at the IDC, Herzelia. She spent 14 years in Boston as a Primary Care Physician and an internist at Mount Auburn, a Harvard affiliated Hospital.
21
Nov
2019
LifeTech Panel - UnBox Day
LifeTech is the merging of agronomy, nutrition and health innovation fueled by the convergence of biological, physical, and computing technologies inspired by nature. Over the next couple of decades genetic sequencing, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence could disrupt the agriculture, food and healthcare verticals into a seamless LifeTech ecosystem where, indeed, you are what you eat what you grow – yummy, healthy and sustainable! The Google of LifeTech is probably none of Cargill, Nestle or Johnson & Johnson, but a startup yet to emerge from the lab.
Moderator: Dr. Hadar Ron, Managing Partner, Israel Health Care Ventures. Members: Daphna Murvits, CEO, 8400 The Health Network, Dr. Dikla Montekio Malter, Director, The Kitchen Hub, Yaniv Maor, CEO, Tevel Aerobotics, Prof. Zeev Zalevsky, Co-Founder, BrainSense, Prof. Sol Efroni, Co-Founder, CDR3
21
Nov
2019
SocialTech Panel - UnBox Day
Technology has been the greatest force shaping society in its quest for food, shelter, health and security. Now that the majority of humanity has or is about to have secured these basic needs, SocialTech is the intentional harnessing of technology for greater justice, stronger community and effective and transparent governance. SocialTech is emerging as a valid domain with the rise of Impact Investing, adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in evaluating firm performance, and the sustainable development goals (SDG) proclaimed by members of the United Nations.
Moderator: Ariel Sella, Unbox Ventures. Members: Prof. Oren Perez, Dean of Law, Bar Ilan University, Patricia Lahy-Engel, Director, Israel Innovation Authority, Yoel Cheshin, Founder & Chairman, 2B-Group, Dr. Carmit Altman, Co-Founder, MuLTI, Prof. Motti Neiger, Co-Founder, OtheReality, Zalevsky, Co-Founder, BrainSense, Prof. Sol Efroni, Co-Founder, CDR3
21
Nov
2019
UrbanTech Panel - UnBox Day
Multiple co-incident disruptions are pointing to a coming convergence of mobility, urban fabric and energy into an inseparable ecosystem of UrbanTech. By 2050 the portion of world’s population living in cities will reach two thirds at 7 billion, with the highest growth in China, India and sub-Saharan Africa. Urbanization growth is fueled by middle-class creation that increases demand for energy, transportation and mobility. This while pollution and global warming concerns call for clean and affordable energy for vehicles, buildings and industry. Innovations in energy storage, robotics, shared assets and data-driven regulation may lead to cities of the future where mobility, urban fabric and energy will be jointly optimized for more efficient affordable and livable cities.
Moderator: Orlie Dahan, Executive Director, EcoMotion. Members: Ruby Chen, Head, Huyndai Cradle, Dr. Yair Wiener, CEO, Jether Energy, Elad Shaviv, CEO, Israel Smart Energy Association, Dionis Teshler, CTO, GuardKnox, Dror Sofer, Chairman, BikeHive
21
Nov
2019
UnBox Day
UnBox Day caps an intensive first year of unboxing research for positive global impact. Following the vision of Prof. Arie Zaban, President of Bar-Ilan University, UnBox removes obstacles and creates momentum for researchers who wish to solve some of the most complex challenges facing humanity. Ariel Sella, Managing Director, UnBox Venture talks about challenges that are ever more complex as discrete silos converge into massive ecosystems such as UrbanTech, LifeTech and SocialTech. At the same time, rapid advances in science and technology can be the source of cures for the huge challenges presented by climate change, economic inequality, rapid urbanization, aging population and cracks in democracy.
7
Nov
2019
פתרונות נולדים כשאקדמיה ויזמות עסקית נפגשים
מעריב עסקים — ורד ברלל. מרכז אנבוקס, מיזם מהפכני של אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, מציע לחוקרים הכשרה ליזמות הכוללת מימון ראשוני לפיתוח המיזם, הדרכה צמודה וליווי מעשי בעולם העסקי לצד השארת כל זכויות הקניין הרוחני בידי היזמים
10
Oct
2019
UnBox – Breaking Out of Research Restrains
Nano Newsletter – Newsletter issue 11. Bar-Ilan University has true faith in its excellent researchers and their ability to solve humanity’s most complicated challenges
10
Jul
2020
UnBox ’19 Takes Off
Eight projects emerged as startups from out of the box, getting out of the building and out of the country to perform intensive product-customer validation in the global market. These impact-directed teams of entrepreneurs and researchers covering a broad range of Bar-Ilan departments, and their off-campus partners, will be spending their time abroad meetings tens of customers each, to validate their products against the market. Hurray for DriftSense, delivering evidential insight to airborne toxic hazard cases | BikeHive, energy for ready-to-go urban light mobility | Pentaomix, fifty shades of pathologic diagnostics | Re:pair, damaged nerve regeneration | OtheReality, virtual reality for social health | CDR3, companion diagnostics for immunotherapy targeting | BrainSense, seizure alert for epilepsy sufferers | MuLTI, early assessment of learning disorders.
28
May
2019
UnBox Housewarming Party
Miracles do happen! After intensive renovation at record speed, UnBox Settles into new Home. With a co-working space for breakthrough startups, conference room for brainstorming, relaxing lounge and coaching on demand from Ariel and Sigal, we were off with a quick start to un-box researchpreneurs on their way to change the world for the better. We love to host visitors, so just drop by for a cup of coffee and tales of disruptive innovation.
our new residency: Begin’s Building # 217 (Garden Floor -1), Bar Ilan University
3
Mar
2019
IMPACT DAY!
When Research Excellence Meets Purposeful Execution
Way back in 2012, a new meme spread: “To run an efficient team, you only need three people: a Hipster, a Hacker, and a Hustler.” That may be right for the Ad Tech industry, but “to make positive global impact, you only need at least three people: a Scientist, a Hustler and a Mentor”, and with that in mind we invited entrepreneurs and investors to meet and speed-date with ten UnBox ‘19 research teams at our first Impact! Day. With about 150 people attending, the stimulating event led to scientists pairing up with entrepreneurs (aka hustlers) and mentors who have become part of the close-knit UnBox family.
30
Jan
2019
Israel’s Council for Higher Education Supports UnBox
Bar-Ilan University received a grant from Israel’s Council for Higher Education (CHE) for its UnBox Entrepreneurship Program. Uniquely among all recipients, Bar-Ilan believes in its researchers as the core from which to build a sustaining culture of an entrepreneurial campus. We were pleasantly surprised to receive the grant some time after commencing UnBox ’19 with eager researchers, research fellows and doctoral students. Many thanks to the Council for Higher Education for its recognition and support!