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Eyal Bino has been working for years to bring Israeli entrepreneurs into the New York City tech ecosystem, and his latest venture, ICONYC labs is the culmination of that work. Together with his partner Arie Abecassis, a partner and mentor at Dreamit Ventures, Bino has established an accelerator for young entrepreneurs coming from Israel to build out their businesses in the hear of New York’s burgeoning technology scene. “Eyal and I met nine months ago when he was running his global innovator program, allowing international entrepreneurs to get a taste of New York,” says Abecassis. “While Eyal was putting together a group of companies he asked me to come in and talk to some companies and mentor them. I saw there was a bigger opportunity here to build a bridge between Tel Aviv and New York that addresses the needs these companies have.” Read More.