If You are:
A person with entrepreneurial spirit
Making aliyah
With an idea
For an innovative technology
With commercial potential
Hamra'ah is for you!

If you've dreamed
About turning your idea
Into a successful start-up company
And need pre-seed investment
Hamra'ah is for you!

Hamra'ah is a unique program established for potential and actual newcomers to Israel who have an idea for a new technology or technological product with commercial potential. Many scientists, inventors, researchers, academicians and entrepreneurs are developing important, innovative technologies that need seed capital and professional guidance in order to be developed and marketed.

For people who are making aliyah, and dare to dream, Hamra'ah is the answer. Our professional team works personally with each entrepreneur to determine the technological and marketing viability of his or her idea. Our expertise in analyzing and understanding global markets and correctly positioning new technologies enables dedicated entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life.

Sponsored by the Mofet B'Yehuda Technological and Business Incubator, Hamra'ah offers scientists the financial investment and R&D facilities for a two-year period to develop a prototype for their new technology and to actualize their research into a successful high-tech start-up company.
Mofet B'Yehuda is supported by the Gush Etzion, Efrat, Kiryat Arba and Har Hebron municipalities.

Who is Eligible?
Hamra'ah is for new immigrants with a new technological idea or application in the following fields:
• Natural sciences
• Medicine
• Engineering
• Computers  • Environmental Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Communications
• Electronics

Project eligibility is determined by Mofet B'Yehuda's screening committee, and is based on the research and development plan presented by each entrepreneur. The screening committee will then present each project for final approval to the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

How to Apply
An application for the Hamra'ah Program must include:
• Your CV and scientific publications (if applicable)
• Description of the proposed technology
• Outline of the potential market
For further information contact Lisa Samin: saminpr@netvision.net.il

Acceptance
Once a new project is accepted, each entrepreneur will establish a company in joint ownership with the Mofet B'Yehuda Technological Incubator and a funding partner, in which each owner receives company shares. The enterpreneur will receive:
• Approximately $300,000 from the Mofet B'Yehuda Technological and Business Incubator
• Assistance from an Israeli colleague in his/her field
• Appropriate professionals to comprise the R & D team
• Assistance in the business development of the technology
• Assistance in finding investors
• Ongoing project management support and guidance from the Mofet B'Yehuda Incubator
• Laboratory and research facilities at Mofet B'Yehuda
• Secretarial and office support, including Internet service
You've made aliyah.  Now make it work with Hamra'ah!

For scientists and inventors on a sabbatical year, Mofet B'Yehuda features a special program:

Meishav – Sabbatical Year in Israel
Meishav is a unique program designed for joint research and development of new technologies between Jewish scientists around the world and their Israeli peers. Run in conjunction with Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Meishav offers scientists the financial investment and R&D facilities to actualize their research into a successful high-tech start-up company.