The Israeli startup scene needs little introduction. Tel Aviv is
rapidly becoming one of the most innovative tech hubs on the planet,
vying with London, New York and Berlin as Silicon Valley's second.
Big acquisitions, such as
Waze to
Google and
Snaptu to
Facebook, as well a upcoming IPO for Outbrain means Israeli startups are aspiring for big exits.
To find out more about the near 5,000 startups in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other emerging Israeli hubs, check out
Mapped in Israel, a definitive, location-based guide. For now, here are our top 20 hottest Israeli startups.
With the GetTaxi app, people can call taxis with one click. Make a
payment, tip and even save a receipt via the app, which also tracks taxi
proximity.
Launched in Tel Aviv, GetTaxi now operates in Moscow and London, and
will launch later this year in New York. It also offers a VIP service,
wherein frequent users can earn points for free rides and other
contingent benefits.
Brow.si cares for a mobile site's engagement levels. For example, it
makes sharing much easier with its a Toggle on/Toggle off button across
the three major social networks:
LinkedIn,
Facebook and
Twitter.
Or send push notifications to mobile web readers — Brow.si scans the
site's RSS feed and converts it to a push notifications that the user
can read on the Brow.si reader, directly from his or her device.
Tracx is a New York City-based company with a SaaS platform for brand
marketers who want to manage and monitor their social media presences.
The Tracx platform indexes the entire social web and delivers the most
relevant conversations by capturing a 360-degree view of brand activity
and sifting through streams of social media data to monitor performance.
With the Fiverr market, people list a variety of services they
provide for $5 each. These services range from writing a CV to buying
Facebook followers to building websites.
In 2012 the company received $15 million in Series B funding, and now
millions of vendors from more than 200 countries offer more than 1.5
million different services on Fiverr, adding thousands of new ones each
day.
Viber is a free texting, photo messaging and video messaging service
founded in 2010 to compete with Skype. It now has more than 200 million
users in more than 193 countries and has expanded from its iPhone
presence to Android and other platforms. Its younger demographic and
proprietary "stickers" service have proved very popular, differentiating
it from
Skype.
Based in Tel Aviv and founded in 2010, Clear Sky Apps has developed
more than 15 iPhone apps based on fitness and health programs. Its apps
have been downloaded 15 million times. They include training runs for
beginners, run pace training for advanced runners as well as exercise
apps for situps and squats. You'll even find apps to help people sleep.
Neomatix is a developer of automotive sensors and fleet management
solutions. It recently introduced TireCheck, a new app based on a
patented computer vision technology, which allows drivers to check their
vehicles' tire pressure. Users click on and focus the
iPhone camera to take a picture of a tire; the app then measures tire pressure and recommends pumping, if necessary.
A content discovery tool aimed at the small enterprise market, Swayy launched its public beta September 2013.
Every day it crawls and monitors 50,000 pieces of content and
operates a freemium model where premium packages cost between $5 and $19
per month.
EatWith is a travel site like Airbnb, only it revolves around dining
clubs. Travelers can eat in strangers’ houses during their trips.
In its online directory, travelers pay a small fee to those offering
meals in their homes. Initiated in Israeli homes, it now services every
continent.
With PrimeSense’s 3D sensing technology, digital devices can observe a
scene in three dimensions. It translates these observations into
synchronized image streams (depth and color). Then, it translates those
synchronized images into information, identifying human gestures,
classifying objects and locating walls and floors. This technology is
made possible by "depth sensing," using sensors and middleware.
New web platform Tomodo allows developers, hackers, modders and
designers to build new websites or services by modding, mixing or
tweaking existing websites into new creations. Tomodo acts as a
real-time proxy between the browser and original website.
LATTO is a cloud-based multiscreen video store platform for streaming
live/linear and on-demand video content. It provides personalized
monetization options for broadcasters, cable and satellite operators,
aggregators, telecommunication operators and more. The interactive
media service provides personalized offers and ads as well as an media
store for both content and commerce.
The company has recently announced it has closed a $4 million dollar
funding round, bringing the total amount raised to $15 million dollars.
BillGuard is a personal finance security service powered by the
"collective knowledge" of millions of people. Its investors include the
founders and CEOs of
Google,
PayPal, Verisign and
Sun Microsystems.
It monitors unsolicited transactions from credit card providers and
refunds customers. A freemium model, the iPhone app covers up to two
cards free, but is charging a one-time price of $9.99 to protect up to
10 cards, instead of $45.
Founded in 2009, Say Media is an affiliated marketing company that
works across mobile and online to create a network of mobile and gaming
sites by bringing publishers and advertisers closer.
This approach has established a network of premium publishers, linked
to exclusive offers that the company says converts up to 500% more than
regular mobile offers.
The company gives retailers the tools to put their customers at the
center of any interactive experience, so that store's online presence
will become intuitive and grow sales.
It applies behavioral science methodologies to hone its data. The
result is an fine-tuned approach to shoppers’ targeting, so improving
its impact and effectiveness.
Founded in 2009, Idomoo integrates customer data and targeted offers
into cinematic, personalized videos. Its fast-rendering, cloud-based
service works with more than 60 brands to deliver videos that engage and
connect with brand audiences.
Correlor delivers web personalization and customer intelligence by
applying bioinformatics and machine learning to social data, based on
consumer personality. It empowers websites with on-site personalization
and customer insights, and encourages businesses to provide tailored
services for every customer.
MyHeritage was founded by Gilad Japhet in 2003 and now has more than 75 million registered users and over 1.5 billion profiles.
The company "uses the tools of tomorrow to research the family
history of yesterday," and its family tree building and historical
content search are constantly evolving to provide families with a map of
their ancestors’ lifetimes.
Moolta is a fundraising platform that lets users dare their friends
to do crazy things. They can choose to carry out the dare or take up the
challenge and post to Moolta.
The company also presents the Moolta community with its own challenges to win cash prizes.
EyeSight is bringing Natural User Interface, the technology behind
major gaming consoles, to other digital devices, such as mobile phones,
TVs, tablets and laptops/PCs.
The company is based in Israel with offices in the U.S., Hong Kong,
Japan and Korea. Its management team has expertise in research,
implementation and optimization for real-time algorithms and their
embedded platforms.
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Source : Mashable.com