I just started my second week at Arba Finance, and it’s been a blast so far! The people here are great, and the projects that I’m working on are really interesting. My first project involved an analysis of a company called Orad and its competitors. Orad is an Israel-based provider of electro-optical, video and real-time image processing technologies for television broadcasting, studio productions and sports events. Many European soccer leagues use Orad’s solutions, such as TrackVision, for broadcasting their games.
Yesterday, Daniel Furman, Founder and Managing Director of Arba, took me to Yavne (a city 20 minutes outside of Tel Aviv) to meet with a company called Urban Aeronautics (UA). Simply put, UA produces hovercrafts. When we arrived at UA’s headquarters, Dr. Rafi Yoeli, Founder and CEO of UA, showed us all of the different prototypes. Initially, these vehicles will be intended for the military but as the company grows, they’ll be used for civil roles including medical evacuation and air-taxi operations. After some schmoozing, Dr. Yoeli brought us into the conference room, hooked up his iPad to a 40-inch flat screen, and went through UA’s business plan. Very cool stuff! Check out this vid to see what I’m talking about:
