{"id":604,"date":"2020-06-04T21:13:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T15:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimonks.com\/aibytes\/?p=604"},"modified":"2020-06-04T21:13:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T15:43:57","slug":"microsofts-ai-for-good-accelerator-selects-14-israeli-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimonks.com\/aibytes\/2020\/06\/04\/microsofts-ai-for-good-accelerator-selects-14-israeli-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s AI for Good accelerator selects 14 Israeli startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p><strong>Microsoft<\/strong>, in collaboration with the social enterprise <strong>Tech for good<\/strong>, announced the launch of<strong> Startups AI for Good accelerator in Israel<\/strong>. In March, Microsoft announced the launch of a new accelerator, by offering expert training with an average of $500,000 in funding to select startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors<\/strong> from around the country and across the globe will accompany these startups. Some of them include,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hampus Jakobsson: he has invested in more than a hundred companies worldwide and has been focusing on companies dealing with climate crises since 2019.<\/li><li>Gal Hayes: he is the managing partner of Israel Bridges Israel Impact Fund<\/li><li>Micah Baldwin: he has set up six startups that raised more than $350million, and,<\/li><li>Venessa Bertram: Founder of the Zora Impact Investment Funds<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>During hard times like these, entrepreneurs needed the support that Microsoft&#8217;s program provides. Out of hundreds of startups that have applied, Microsoft selected 14 that <strong>combined Artificial intelligence and social impact<\/strong>, explained Raz Bachar, the managing director od Microsoft for Startups in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company also said that it would offer preferred access to investment options to the startups that successfully graduate from Microsoft&#8217;s fund that manages over <strong>$100million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#AIMonks #AI #Microsoft #MicrosoftAI #Israel #IsraeliteStartups #Startups #Mentors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span> Microsoft, in collaboration with the social enterprise Tech for good, announced the launch of Startups AI for Good accelerator in Israel. In March, Microsoft announced the launch of a new accelerator, by offering expert training with an average of $500,000 in funding to select startups. 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