In The Press

  • 07/03/2010

    Incubator Kinrot adds 4 companies ahead of sale

    Two weeks ago, AquAgro Fund acquired Kinrot. Details are emerging about recent developments at Kinrot Technology Ventures, which B. Gaon Holdings Ltd. (TASE: GAON) unit AquAgro Fund LP acquired from...
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  • 18/02/2010

    AquAgro buys water co incubator from Canadian investor

    AguAgro Fund LP has acquired water technologies incubator Kinrot Technology Ventures from Canada's Stern Partners Inc. in a share-swap deal. Stern Partners, run by president Ronald Stern, will now be a shareholder in AquAgro, through which...
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  • 18/02/2010

    AquAgro Fund acquires Kinrot water incubator

    AguAgro Fund LP has acquired water technology incubator Kinrot Technology Ventures from Canada's Stern Partners Inc. in a share-swap deal, reports Globes..
  • 01/12/2009

    Leaving the comfort of the incubator

    Kinrot Ventures is dedicated to supporting very early-stage water technologies through to commercialisation. CEO Assaf Barnea discusses the challenges and opportunitie.
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  • פאנל כלכליסט: "בישראל לא חסרים מים. צריך רק לנהל אותם

    לקראת תערוכת המים הבינלאומית ווטק כינס כלכליסט חמישה מומחי מים לדון בענף המתעורר, ושמע מהם חוות דעת חמוצה-מתוקה: בישראל יש שפע של מים אבל מוטב שהרגולטור יעביר אותם לידיים פרטיות
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  • 07/10/2009

    Kinrot Ventures takes global lead in water tech

    Jordan Valley-based Kinrot Technology Ventures today announced that it has achieved the ambitious goal set by its CEO, Assaf Barnea, six months ago in an interview with "Globes" to have ten water ventures operating at the incubator by the end of the year...
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  • 28/09/2009

    Kinrot Ventures Interview in Innov Eco conference. Paris Sep 2009

  • 29/07/2009

    Israel poised to be world leader in water industry, says CEO

    Barnea is chief executive officer of Kinrot Technology Ventures. Founded in 1993, this was the first and is still the world’s leading investor of seed money in new water technology developments and business ideas...
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  • 27/07/2009

    Wis. guv to take Milwaukee water effort overseas

    Jim Doyle will be traveling to Israel in November to attend the WATEC Israel 2009 international water conference, as part of his effort to boost Milwaukee’s role as a global “freshwater hub” for industry and research...
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  • 20/07/2009

    Global water scarcity calls for innovation, summit attendees told

    Before Milwaukee began touting itself as a "Silicon Valley of water technology," Israel already gave itself that label, Barnea said. In 2006, Israel's government elevated water engineering as a national science priority. That gave birth to the annual WATEC ...
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  • 05/04/2009

    Israeli-based technologies can help solve water crises

    Kinrot Ventures is looking for good ideas. The first Israeli business incubator dedicated solely to water technologies is interested in reaching the Anglo market, according to CEO Assaf Barnea. In an effort to tap a heretofore underutilized resource, Kinrot...
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  • 01/04/2009

    Walking on Water

    The purchase of the technology incubator, Kinrot, by the Canadian Stern Group nearly two and a half years ago, rescued the fledgling incubator from a troublesome reality. The appointment of Assaf Barnea, one of the founders of WATECH...
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  • 01/03/2009

    Water related companies on the shores of the Sea of Galilee

    Kinrot Ventures, a water technology incubator, is located just two hundred meters from the Sea of Galilee, which itself, is crying out for water. According to their CEO, Kinrot Ventures, which is owned by the Stern Group, will have ten active water related...
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  • 22/12/2008

    Israeli, California water incubators sign collaboration deal

    The current period has seen an increasing number of strategic agreements between Israeli and overseas entities. Kinarot-Jordan Valley Technology Incubator recently signed a cooperation agreement with a California water technology incubato...
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  • 18/06/2008

    Los Angeles joins Israel on water research

    Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has signed a cooperation agreement with Kinarot-Jordan Valley Technology Incubator , which focuses on water technologies. Villaraigosa led a delegation of top municipal officials, which includes...
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  • 01/04/2008

    US Army fund seeks Israeli water tech

    The US Army makes heavy venture capital investments, albeit not for the profit motive, but to discover and support energy and technology companies and programs that will meet the military's needs. One of these private equity investors is Onpoint...
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Kinrot Technology Ventures, a company privately held by the Canadian Stern Group in cooperation with the Israeli Chief Scientist as part of Israel's technology incubator program, is the world’s first fully dedicated water technology incubator, providing a solid platform for developing and commercializing water and clean-tech related innovations. This seed investment mechanism stands at the international forefront of developing embryonic water and clean-tech technologies