Need to fight for survival makes Israel the hotbed for innovation

Trendlines event draws some of the world's most ambitious entrepreneurs and investors in medical, agricultural tech

Published Sun, Apr 16, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Tel Aviv

IT was a gloriously beautiful spring morning in Israel, and a tech crowd had gathered on the lawn of Hagan b'Shefayim, a garden venue just 15 minutes from Tel Aviv.

The Trendlines Group - an Israel-based, Singapore-listed startup incubator - was holding its seventh annual company showcase in the adjacent ballroom. In attendance were some of the world's most ambitious entrepreneurs and investors in medical and agricultural technology.

This scenario is quintessentially Israel, a country that has come to be known as the Startup Natio…