Startup, which provides law enforcement with real-time location, video and mapping tools for emergency responses, raises $25 million in funding round

Shares of the Tel Aviv-based firm surge as businesses turn to its online marketplace of freelancers to adapt to digital world

Globes: With offices in Tel Aviv, London, San Francisco and Singapore, the company was founded in 2016 as Cashdash by CEO Arik Shtilman, Arkady Karpman, and Omer Priel

Under the terms of license agreement, Biond could get $1 billion as milestones met; Sanofi will be in charge of commercialization and clinical development

One project develops an electromagnetic imaging solution to find threats in open areas; the other is creating a 3D mapping system for air and ground

Smart Shooter, based in Kibbutz Yagur, fits its device onto standard rifles, to give infantry soldiers accuracy and connectivity

Potentially harmful to the environment when not disposed of properly, single-use PPE can be put to use, along with other waste, by Israeli firm

Israeli startup signs accord with Ukraine agricultural distributor Moderntrendo for pilot to set up vertical farming installations at national supermarket chain Varus

Grants of up to 50% of seed funding round to be given to startups that team up with veteran investor; Innovation Authority hopes move will boost declining number of new startups

Westernization of Japanese diet sees an increase in meat consumption; Aleph, which makes meat from cow cells, will develop and market products with Japanese giant