Quigo, a serious alternative for Google’s Ad-Sense, Preparing for IPO

Source: Paidcontent.org
Globes Online reports that Quigo, the NYC and Israel based online contextual ad technology provider, is preparing for a Nasdaq IPO in early 2008.
Quigo has raised $30 million from Institutional Venture Partners, at a company value of $250 million, as part of the preparations for the offering, it says. It closed [...]

KnockaTV Raises $1M

KnockaTV , an Israeli startup founded by former Mirabilis ICQ employees, is developing a product that will connect the Internet and TV in a “Do it Yourself” fashion. KnocaTV was formerly known as ISeeU and is led by co-founder and CEO, Nir Erlich.
Israeli VC firm Evergreen made the investment, placing their second major internet investment [...]

Ceedo recieves an undisclosed investment from Intel Capital

Intel Capital, Intel’s investment group, invested an undisclosed sum in Ceedo Technologies, a privately held software company.
The Israel-based company said it would use the investment to:
‘further establish its position as a leader in personal working environment software for consumer portable storage devices, and accelerate its growth into the corporate and business market segments‘.
Ceedo’s [...]

Google Office Launch in Israel

Small item from Google Blogoscoped. David Hetfield reports on Google’s Tel Aviv office innaguration on June 4th.
Worth noting: “Why Israel?”

Highest density of computer science talent worldwide
Fantastic Universities
Build local market understanding
Fast moving enterepreneurial business environment
Great local partners…and more.

Google is not alone in the holy land. Israel has been known for several years as “Silicon Valley of [...]

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