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BIRD is a key catalyst for joint R&D between American and Israeli companies. BIRD brings together promising Israeli companies and their medium-to-large U.S. counterparts, focusing on emerging industries and novel technologies. Any pair of companies, one Israeli and one American, may jointly apply for BIRD support as long as they have the combined capability and infrastructure to define, develop, manufacture, market, sell and support an innovative product based on industrial R&D. The BIRD Foundation offers “conditional grants” for joint development projects on a risk-sharing basis. Since its inception 30 years ago, BIRD has approved more than 800 projects. The cumulative direct and indirect sales of products developed by BIRD exceed $10B.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIRD_Foundation
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIRD_Foundation
Overview
Location
Israel, Tel Aviv District, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Employees
11-50
Phone
+972 3-698-8301
Founded date
1977
Mentions in press and media 26
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| Oct 20, 2026 | BIRD Foundation Approves $7.4 Million For Seven U.S.-Israel R&D Partnerships | The BIRD Foundation has approved $7.4 million in conditional grants for seven new joint research and development projects involving U.S. and Israeli organizations, with total investment in the projects expected to reach approximately $20 mi... |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Ayana Bio, Zenfold Buy Meati Foods’s Fermentation Assets to Scale Plant Cell Culture Platform in India | 5 Mins Read US startup Ayana Bio and Indian specialty chemicals company Zenfold Sustainable Technologies have jointly acquired fermentation equipment from Meati Foods, which recently ceased operations. The fermentation assets of US startup ... |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Newlight Raises $9M in Seed Funding | Newlight, a San Francisco, CA-based clean technology and maritime aerospace startup, raised $9m in seed funding. Backers included lomarlabs, BIRD Energy, Undeterred Capital, CiRi Ventures, and Fusion VC. The company will use the capital to ... |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Ayana Bio and Brevel net $1.25m grant to see if ‘illuminated fermentation’ can turbocharge plant cell culture | Ayana Bio, a US startup using plant cell culture to grow high-value botanicals, and Brevel, an Israeli startup specializing in “illuminated fermentation” have bagged a $1.25m grant* from Israel’s BIRD Foundation to explore whether the latte... |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Flappy Bird Takes Flight Again: A Nostalgic Return with a Modern Twist | The gaming world is buzzing. Flappy Bird, the infamous mobile game that once captured the hearts and frustrations of millions, is making a comeback. The Flappy Bird Foundation has secured $2 million in funding to breathe new life into this ... |
| Oct 14, 2024 | Flappy Bird Foundation secures $2m in funding to bring back iconic mobile gaming brand | Share Tweet Share Share Email Early version of beloved game has already made its debut as a Telegram and TON ecosystem exclusive Players can mine points in FLAP-A-TON campaign ahead of token airdrop Old meets new with return of OG Flappy Bi... |
| Jun 11, 2024 | The Better Meat Co. Slashes Mycoprotein Cost, Targeting Price Parity with Beef | California’s The Better Meat Co., a B2B company harnessing biomass fermentation and fungi to make sustainable alternatives to animal proteins, announces it has “dramatically” reduced the cost of its flagship ingredient, mycoprotein Rhiza. T... |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Drone tech companies LahakX & Aero Systems West join forces to bring a ‘dramatically different’ approach to crop spraying | When AgFunderNews last spoke with agricultural drone tech company LahakX, the company had just completed Federal Aviation Administration regulatory requirements and was readying its spray drones for fields in Monterey, California. Nearly a ... |
| Jul 27, 2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Builders Vision to invest $1.1bn in climate, Walmart & other corporates expand regen ag | Agrifoodtech funding this week was rather abysmal in terms of the number of deals announced. But there were plenty of new funds, including a $1.1 billion climate-focused one from VC Builders Vision. Meanwhile, Israeli startups and investors... |
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FAQ about BIRD Foundation
When was BIRD Foundation founded?
BIRD Foundation was founded in 1977.
What has the press written about BIRD Foundation?
Parsers VC has collected 26 articles mentioning BIRD Foundation, among them “BIRD Foundation Approves $7.4 Million For Seven U.S.-Israel R&D Partnerships” (Oct 20, 2026) and “Ayana Bio, Zenfold Buy Meati Foods’s Fermentation Assets to Scale Plant Cell Culture Platform in India” (Sep 18, 2026).
Is BIRD Foundation still active?
Yes, BIRD Foundation is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 28, 2026.