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Invest in Israel Newsletter – April 2012 Edition

By Eze Vidra On May 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors.  For the Invest in Israel archive, click here.  This month’s trend [...]

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The Role Venture Capital is Playing in Online Schooling (Guest Post)

By Eze Vidra On April 23, 2012 · 1 Comment

Venture capital and other forms of seed funding have been crucial for the development of the best online colleges. Many third-party educational organizations exist to maintain online schooling ventures, and these organizations typically receive most of their funding from venture capital firms.

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144 Israeli startups raised $483 million In Q1 2012

By Eze Vidra On April 23, 2012 · 1 Comment

According to the latest IVC-KMPG quarterly survey published today, in the first quarter of 2012, venture capital investments in Israel rached $483 million, up slightly from the amount invested in Q1/2011. 144 Israeli high-tech companies raised $483 million from Israeli and foreign venture investors, 15% below $569 million raised by 124 companies in the previous quarter, but almost equal to $479 million raised by 140 companies in Q1/2011.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – March 2012

By Eze Vidra On April 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. Cisco buys NDS for $5 billion, Broadcom buys Broadlight and more.

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Doing something I love

By Eze Vidra On April 1, 2012 · 2 Comments

I’ve been fortunate to start a new role at Google as the Head of Campus, a unique co-working and event space, that Google set up in East London, in the heart of TechCity (worth repeating the ‘disclaimer’ that all opinions on this blog are my own).

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Exits in Israel 2011: IPOs Pool is Dry, Buy M&A Activity up 134%

By Eze Vidra On February 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment

On aggregate, putting a dollar into Israeli high-tech could yield you more than double the returns (if only these things worked on aggregate!). In the last decade, Israeli high-tech companies raised approximately $15 billion from investors, compared to more than $37 billion received in M&A and IPO exits, according to the latest IVC report.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – February 2012

By Eze Vidra On February 8, 2012 · 1 Comment

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here.

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Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

By Eze Vidra On January 24, 2012 · 1 Comment

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 billion in VC funding, representing a 70% increase compared to the $1.26 billion raised in 2010 and almost double from the $1.12 billion raised in 2009.

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The Psychology of Influence in Online Startups

By Eze Vidra On January 23, 2012 · 1 Comment

You have a few seconds to persuade a user to use your product or service in this age of information overload. VC Cafe brings you six techniques of persuasion researched by Prof Robert Cialdini and applied on the world of online startups and mobile apps. Are you convincing your user enough to buy?

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Thoughts on LeanCamp Unconference in London

By Eze Vidra On January 15, 2012 · 2 Comments

I’m currently at LeanCamp, the unconference that aspires to help people both learn and teach evrerything Lean Startup related. I must admit, I’ve been to my fair share of conferences in the past few years, some were exclusive and expensive events to produce, some were humble gatherings (maybe too humble at times). LeanCamp strikes the perfect balance between a well-organized event and a community meetup or gathering.

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