Peres Center seeks Israel’s hottest start-ups for new expo
The Expo Hall showcases 45 of Israel's most impressive start-ups to visiting delegations. More than 75,000 visitors from 56 countries have visited the innovation center since February 2019.
By EYTAN HALONPeres Center for Peace and Innovation chairman Chemi Peres(photo credit: AMANDA SOROUDI)The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation is seeking a second cohort of start-ups to exhibit pioneering technologies at its prominent Israeli Expo Hall.The Expo Hall, which hosts senior officials and tens of thousands of visitors annually, is located within the Jaffa-based Peres Center’s Israeli Innovation Center. It showcases 45 of Israel’s most impressive start-ups to visiting delegations.More than 75,000 guests from 56 countries have visited the innovation center since its inauguration last February, including heads of state, parliamentary delegations, corporate executives and paying members of the public.The call for applications, in conjunction with the Israel Innovation Authority and the Economy Ministry, was launched on Monday at a cocktail event hosted by the Peres Center and global start-up community Startup Grind. Selected start-ups will showcase their solutions on an annual basis.“‘I am made of the future,’ my father would say,” said Chemi Peres, chairman of the Peres Center and son of late president Shimon Peres. “Indeed, we all are; innovation is the Israeli DNA. Lack of natural resources meant that we innovated out of necessity, and abundance in creativity and audacity has made us the Innovation Nation.”The expo is open to start-ups from a wide range of fields, he said, adding that these are “the companies who will, in the future, change the world for the better – all made in Israel.”Israeli start-ups, growth companies and research bodies that develop innovative technologies are eligible to enter the expo. According to the center, preference will be given to organizations with diverse teams and those that develop impactful or sustainable innovation. Applications will be accepted until March 19.One company that immediately caught the attention of visitors during the first cohort of exhibitors was Hargol FoodTech, an alternative-protein start-up that seeks to commercialize the farming of nutritious grasshoppers.“Hargol Foodtech’s presence in the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation provided the company with immense exposure to key figures, strategic partners, investors and the general public,” said Dror Tamir, its CEO.“One of our biggest challenges is changing the public’s perception about grasshoppers as food,” he said. “And our exhibit in the Innovation Center served as a critical gateway to raising awareness and accepting grasshoppers as the future food of the world and Israel.”
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