{"id":3984,"date":"2023-06-27T06:49:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T06:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/?post_type=report&p=3442"},"modified":"2023-12-06T07:59:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T07:59:06","slug":"entrepreneurship-that-creates-employment-and-change","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/article\/entrepreneurship-that-creates-employment-and-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurship that Creates Employment and Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Just like any startup company in its early stages, the biggest challenge for female entrepreneurs and for those from Israel’s ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors is raising capital. These entrepreneurs typically lack high-tech industry networking contacts from the army, school or childhood youth movements to help them overcome the financing challenge. The Israel Innovation Authority operates a specially designated incentive program for these sectors. This program, incorporated under the Early Stage Companies Incentive Program, offers preferential conditions for female entrepreneurs and for those from the ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors, and is intended for startup companies interested in developing and promoting an innovative technological initiative and penetrating the market while recruiting investment from the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Ami Applebaum, Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Economy and Industry and Chairman of the Israel Innovation Authority<\/strong>: “Expanding support for technological initiatives of Arabs and ultra-Orthodox entrepreneurs provides a tailwind to their continued successful integration into Israeli high-tech, encourages R&D, and assists us in realizing the Israeli economy’s full innovation potential. There have already been impressive success stories and we want to see even more entrepreneurs benefitting from these specially tailored tools on their path to success.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Inas Said<\/strong>‘s Rise Nano Optics is a good example. Said, the company’s founder and CEO, has 25 years of experience in working with large technology companies such as Nokia, Ericsson, Siemens, Stratus Technologies and ECI Telecom in Germany, the US, and Israel. During this period, Said acquired a broad academic education in electrical and electronics engineering, in business management, communications, science and telecommunications networks, and in international finance and business administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After returning to Israel 15 years ago, Said turned to founding startups. His initial venture was Galil Software <\/a>in Nazareth, a startup in the software field, which was at the time the first initiative of its kind located in the Israeli Arab sector to integrate Arab engineers and academics into the high-tech industry. Said subsequently founded several other companies in the Arab sector, including Amwal Financial Services that focuses on financial services for insurance companies and Sensai<\/a> which uses AI for analyzing network behavior anomalies in data centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nProtecting the Eyes of Diabetics<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n