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Founded in 2004, Breach Security, Inc. was the leading provider of real-time, continuous web application integrity and security that protects sensitive web-based information. Breach Security products protected web applications from hacking attacks and data leakage, and ensure applications operate as intended. Breach Security was acquired by Trustwave Holdings, Inc.

Founded in 2006 and acquired by payvia in 2013, Mogreet is the leading text message marketing platform focusing on the delivery of fully branded, rich media to mobile devices via MMS. The company works with leading marketers in entertainment, media, retail, consumer products, health care and real estate. Currently supported in over 175 countries, Mogreet's messaging platform can reach 2 billion consumers globally. In 2013, Mogreet launched Mogreet Express, the first self-service MMS text messaging platform, allowing small businesses to engage with customers and increase sales by sending multimedia rich messages. Mogreet's newly released APIs let developers quickly send SMS or MMS messaging ($0.01 each per send) and add MMS, SMS, video, rich media messaging to apps. This Venice, California based company started as a mobile greetings company and went on to develop a mobile messaging platform with the capability to send MMS messages with high quality and optimized video, images, audio, and social media integration. Mogreet was acquired in 2013 by the mobile payments industry leader, payvia to build a single solution that allows brands of all sizes to target, transact and engage with customers.

Provigent Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, provides system-on a-chip (SoC) solutions to fixed wireless networks, private wireless networks, and cellular infrastructure markets. It offers PVG610 System-on-a-chip for broadband wireless transmission systems; PVG610X System-on-a-chip for transmitting and receiving two orthogonally polarized signals at the same RF carrier frequency; and PVG 310, which integrates baseband functionality for point-to-point broadband wireless systems. The company also provides PVG9610 Development kit that supports the development of a system based on the Provigent PVG610 system on a chip (SoC); and PVG350MDK, a modem development kit for wireless point-to-point (PTP) systems. Provigent offers its products for applications such as cellular/WiMAX backhaul networks, fixed wireless transmission, and private wireless networks. The company was formerly known as Turbotech. Provigent, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Glucon is a development stage company developing glucose monitoring devices for the diabetes market. The Glucon devices will provide continuous, accurate, and real-time glucose monitoring, for clinical and personal use. Glucon devices are based on a novel Photoacoustic (optical and sound-based) technology protected by several granted and pending patents, and intended to be incorporated into a small, conveniently wearable instrument (the Personal Device). The company has shown that Photoacoustics, a unique combinatorial technology, is superior to optics alone, as it attains blood glucose measurements directly from inside the blood vessels and is an improved method both for specificity (identification) and sensitivity (detection of level changes) of the glucose measurement. The company’s desktop prototype device is currently undergoing extensive clinical trials.

IntellinX, Ltd. develops behavior tracking solutions. Its Intellinx is a software product used for tracking end-user activity in internal business applications in heterogeneous platforms, including legacy systems. Intellinx is used in combating insider threats, as well as in complying with government regulations, collecting forensic audit trail of authorized user activities, managing operational risk, and in tracking services availability and performance. It serves the financial, government, healthcare, and utility organizations. The company offers its products directly, as well as through its U.S. based subsidiary, Intellinx Software, Inc.; and a network of distributors and partners in North America, Latin America, Europe, South Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. IntellinX, Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is based in Or-Yehuda, Israel. IntellinX, Ltd. is a former subsidiary of Software AG Israel.

NextNine is a leader in Operational Technology (OT) security management software for industrial and critical infrastructure, markets that are vulnerable to cyber security attacks and are underserved by conventional enterprise IT solutions. Using NextNine you can have centralized OT security management for your entire SCADA/ICS environment. Distributed critical infrastructure plants and facilities with proprietary ICS/SCADA networks and devices, paired with the need for external vendors to provide remote maintenance and support, create an ideal target profile for hackers and terrorist attacks. Traditional IT security management solutions were designed to manage standard computing environments and cannot handle the proprietary processes, networks and devices of the ICS/SCADA world. In contrast, NextNine has over 10 years of leadership in OT security, and has purpose-built its product to deal with these unique challenges. NextNine’s solution is an industrial strength software platform delivering robust, customizable and field proven OT security management. Top tier critical infrastructure companies along with 5 of the 7 largest industrial vendors have standardized on NextNine. Today, the company has 6000 installations globally in fields such as oil, gas, mining, chemicals, energy, manufacturing, defense and critical infrastructure. NextNine has been recognized by the White House for its leadership in the efforts to improve critical infrastructure cyber security. NextNine has received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, assuring NextNine's employees operate a comprehensive security program and manage information security risks effectively. NextNine's certificate is issued by the Standards Institution of Israel. The company was founded in 1998, is privately held and headquartered in New York.

SintecMedia Ltd. engages in the design and implementation of management systems for the broadcast, cable, and satellite industries. It offers OnAir, a broadcast management system, which manages airtime sales, traffic, programming, and promotion campaigns. The company also provides system configuration, data migration, training, integration, support and maintenance, and project management services. Its product is used in various networks in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Denver, Toronto, London, and Jerusalem. SintecMedia Ltd. is a former subsidiary of Sintec Advanced Technologies, Ltd.

Provigent Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, provides system-on a-chip (SoC) solutions to fixed wireless networks, private wireless networks, and cellular infrastructure markets. It offers PVG610 System-on-a-chip for broadband wireless transmission systems; PVG610X System-on-a-chip for transmitting and receiving two orthogonally polarized signals at the same RF carrier frequency; and PVG 310, which integrates baseband functionality for point-to-point broadband wireless systems. The company also provides PVG9610 Development kit that supports the development of a system based on the Provigent PVG610 system on a chip (SoC); and PVG350MDK, a modem development kit for wireless point-to-point (PTP) systems. Provigent offers its products for applications such as cellular/WiMAX backhaul networks, fixed wireless transmission, and private wireless networks. The company was formerly known as Turbotech. Provigent, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

NextNine is a leader in Operational Technology (OT) security management software for industrial and critical infrastructure, markets that are vulnerable to cyber security attacks and are underserved by conventional enterprise IT solutions. Using NextNine you can have centralized OT security management for your entire SCADA/ICS environment. Distributed critical infrastructure plants and facilities with proprietary ICS/SCADA networks and devices, paired with the need for external vendors to provide remote maintenance and support, create an ideal target profile for hackers and terrorist attacks. Traditional IT security management solutions were designed to manage standard computing environments and cannot handle the proprietary processes, networks and devices of the ICS/SCADA world. In contrast, NextNine has over 10 years of leadership in OT security, and has purpose-built its product to deal with these unique challenges. NextNine’s solution is an industrial strength software platform delivering robust, customizable and field proven OT security management. Top tier critical infrastructure companies along with 5 of the 7 largest industrial vendors have standardized on NextNine. Today, the company has 6000 installations globally in fields such as oil, gas, mining, chemicals, energy, manufacturing, defense and critical infrastructure. NextNine has been recognized by the White House for its leadership in the efforts to improve critical infrastructure cyber security. NextNine has received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, assuring NextNine's employees operate a comprehensive security program and manage information security risks effectively. NextNine's certificate is issued by the Standards Institution of Israel. The company was founded in 1998, is privately held and headquartered in New York.

Provigent Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, provides system-on a-chip (SoC) solutions to fixed wireless networks, private wireless networks, and cellular infrastructure markets. It offers PVG610 System-on-a-chip for broadband wireless transmission systems; PVG610X System-on-a-chip for transmitting and receiving two orthogonally polarized signals at the same RF carrier frequency; and PVG 310, which integrates baseband functionality for point-to-point broadband wireless systems. The company also provides PVG9610 Development kit that supports the development of a system based on the Provigent PVG610 system on a chip (SoC); and PVG350MDK, a modem development kit for wireless point-to-point (PTP) systems. Provigent offers its products for applications such as cellular/WiMAX backhaul networks, fixed wireless transmission, and private wireless networks. The company was formerly known as Turbotech. Provigent, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Founded in 2004, Breach Security, Inc. was the leading provider of real-time, continuous web application integrity and security that protects sensitive web-based information. Breach Security products protected web applications from hacking attacks and data leakage, and ensure applications operate as intended. Breach Security was acquired by Trustwave Holdings, Inc.

The NewsMarket, Inc. operates a Web-based video marketing and distribution platform. The company's platform enables corporations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations to market and share their video content with media, blogs, consumers, and online communities. It offers stories, videos, audios, and stills in the categories of aerospace and defense, agriculture, automotive and transportation, business and industry, charities and non-profits, countries-cities, education, energy, entertainment, environment, climate change, fashion, government and international affairs, green, health care, human interests, public service announcements, science, sports, technology, Internet, telecommunications, trade shows, and travel and leisure. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Beijing, Delhi, Dubai, London, San Francisco, Munich, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mumbai. After acquiring MediaLink in 2009, The NewsMarket rebranded as [Synaptic Digital](/organization/synaptic-digital).

Atrica provides carrier Ethernet solutions for metropolitan area networks. Its products include carrier Ethernet core switches, carrier Ethernet aggregation switches, carrier Ethernet edge switches, and service platform for Ethernet networks. The company also provides Ethernet Internet access, Ethernet transparent LAN, T1 private line, Ethernet private line, and Ethernet private network services. Further, it provides solutions for incumbent local service providers, competitive carriers, cable operators, and enterprises.

Gilian Technologies a global technology leader in web security, arms businesses against the critical epidemic of website vandalism and sabotage. Gilian's G-Server is an ExitControl solution that keeps web sites accurate and available regardless of the origin of a security breach.

Sagitta Ltd. is a technology-based equipment supplier for the fiber optics and semiconductor industries. A core holding of patented technologies in precision automation, machine vision and sub micron polishing has led to the introduction of multiple systems into these markets. The company has introduced the Gemini product series, a platform first in the fiber optics market to integrate the processes of polishing, cleaning and optical metrology on a single platform. Already a leader in failure analysis equipment for the semiconductor and media fields, Sagitta provides an award-winning suite of sample preparation tools used for cross sectional, SEM or TEM semiconductor inspection.

SintecMedia Ltd. engages in the design and implementation of management systems for the broadcast, cable, and satellite industries. It offers OnAir, a broadcast management system, which manages airtime sales, traffic, programming, and promotion campaigns. The company also provides system configuration, data migration, training, integration, support and maintenance, and project management services. Its product is used in various networks in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Denver, Toronto, London, and Jerusalem. SintecMedia Ltd. is a former subsidiary of Sintec Advanced Technologies, Ltd.

Can-Fite BioPharma (TASE:CFBI; NYSE MKT:CANF) is an Israeli biopharmaceutical company with fully integrated pharmaceutical discovery and clinical development capabilities. The company has an advanced pipeline of proprietary compounds in phase 2 and 3 clinical development stage, which address autoimmune-inflammatory and cancer diseases.