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MOTI Sheba emails

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The Request

I requested all emails sent by Jeevan Ramapriya since 2025-05-08 containing the keyword "Sheba".

I was seeking information relating to the Israeli Sheba/ARC accelerator Governor Healey announced would be coming to Massachusetts.

Notes

Page 1 May 8, 2025 — Ramapriya suggests adding Sheba/ARC announcement to "State Israel's 77th Independence Day Event"

Page 3-6 May 27, 2025 — coordination for and cancellation of meeting with delegation from Israel's National Defense College

Page 7-26 June 19, 2025 — Connecting Sheba/ARC with MassECON for site selection and grants. The filled-out Prospect Inquiry Form sent to MassECON is on Page 15

Page 27-44 June 25, 2025 — Ramapriya connects the Sheba team with 40 Thorndike Street. He also connects John Hefferman of Park Strategies with the team, saying "They are particularly interesting in: Assembly Innovation Park, Seaport Science Center, University Park, and Albany Cambridge." He also references BioMed Realty.

Page 30-41 Presentation on BioMed Realty properties in Boston/Cambridge dated July 2024.

Robert Dickey of Leggat McCall Properties (which owns 40 Thorndike St) connected to Sheba/ARC.

Page 45-60 Discussing grants available from Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). March letter from MLSC is on Page 51. A quote from that letter:

Subject to board approval of reviewed and successful applications and compliance with the terms of a definitive award agreement, MLSC will commit to award Sheba ARC’s associated for- profit companies aligned with this project $20,000 in incentive tax credits per net new, permanent, full-time equivalent job created in calendar years 2026 – 2030, and retained for three years, up to 250 jobs.

Page 70 July 1, 2025 — invitation to meeting on the 2nd "Sheba ARC (Orli, Yonatan) x MassEcon (Doug) x MOITI (Jeevan)". Topic of conversation seemed to have centered on finding a space for the accelerator.

Page 83-87 July 3, 2025 — Ramapriya looping in Ashley Stolba, Interim Secretary of Economic Development. Stolba connected the Sheba/ARC team with Tishman Speyer Real Estate. A quote:

Orli Biger, CEO of Sheba ARC USA and Dr. Yonatan Keshner have visited a few sites already and would be interesting in checking out the Enterprise Research Campus at Harvard. They are initially looking to start with a space for 10 people, including some private desks and some shared rooms for meetings and Zoom calls, with the option to grow gradually to 20 people and more than 50 in the upcoming years. They are looking to lease from January 2026 and would appreciate some flexibility.