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Earth & Beyond said it was backed by manufacturer and NASA
supplier Corning Inc, Japanese electronics giant Kyocera Corp,
Israeli satellite firm SpaceCom and Samtec, a manufacturer of
electronic connectivity components.
The Israel Innovation Authority is also an investor, it said.
Earth & Beyond said it would invest between $500,000 to $2
million for seed and pre-seed companies in technologies such as
semiconductors, robotics, new materials, sensors, smart farms,
quantum computing, solar power, cyber security, and alternative
proteins.
"Our job ... is to identify and support the deep technologies
and ideas that can become powerful applications not just here on
earth, but in space as well," said Earth & Beyond CEO Baruch
Schori.
(Reporting by Steven Scheer; Editing by Ari Rabinovitch)
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