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Fifteen Israel-based and Israeli-founded companies were among over 350 firms and organizations featured by US business magazine Fast Company’s on its “World’s Most Innovative Companies” for 2018 in its latest upcoming edition, released online late last week and available in newsstands on February 27.

According to the monthly publication, over three dozen Fast Company editors, reporters, and contributors surveyed thousands of companies to “identify the most notable innovations of the year, and trace their impact on businesses, industries, and the larger culture.” The result was a list of more than 350 “pioneering companies” across 36 categories that cover sectors such as health, transportation, and social media, and industries including biotech, consumer electronics, data science, energy, and gaming.

Notably, Israel is its own category with 10 listings of companies based in the “Start-Up Nation.” An additional five are Israeli-founded or acquired by global companies.

Fast Company also selected the top 50 innovative companies out of the honorees, with Israeli-founded navigational app Waze coming in at number 28. Waze join giants such as Apple, Amazon, Netflix, the NBA, Spotify, and Instagram on the list.