iMedix launches WebMD on Steroids
Welcome to VC Cafe. If you’re new around here, you may want to subscribe to our feed and get daily updates for FREE. Have a cold? Nasty rash? You are not alone. According to a recent study by Pew Research, ten million Americans per day use the Internet to search for health-related information. However, the [...]
A year in deals: Time magazine’s top and worst deals of 2007
Paul Kedrosky’s blog, Infectious Greed drew my attention to Time’s Top 10 worst and top biz deals of 2007.
10 Worst Business Deals of 2007
Top 10 Best Business Deals of 2007
1
The Public Invests in Blackstone Group
News Corp. Buys Down Jones For $5 Billion
2
Bear Stearns Cancels Everquest Financial IPO
Blackstone Buys Equity Office Properties Trust for [...]
Israel: second largest concentration of startups per capita following Silicon Valley
Jonathan Medved is the founder of Israel Seed , a Jerusalem based VC , and also serves as the CEO of Vringo, an Israeli startup developing video ringtones. Jon, a California native, talked to the Washington Post about Israel’s unique tech industry and drew similarities between Israel and Silicon Valley.
Israel is a small country with [...]
Notes from the Red Herring Global Conference
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Last week’s sessions and networking opportunities at the Red Herring Global Conference were certainly newsworthy. Over the course of three days in Seattle I met many top Venture Capitalists and Israeli entrepreneurs, several of whom met with VC Cafe for exclusive interviews. To give you a glimpse into the Red Herring [...]
S&P Israel: thank you for the book!
I had a pleasant surprise waiting for me on Friday afternoon; a package from Israel, sent by Standard and Poor’s. The S&P Israel team sent me the 12th edition of the Directory of Israeli Public Companies (equities traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange or in Europe or the US) and Financial Institutions. It [...]
Tamir Fishman withdrawls from major Russia deal
VentureBeat, one of my favorite VC Blogs, interviewed Eldad Tamir of the Israeli investment bank and VC fund Tamir Fishman. Eldad was one of the first foreign investors to announce his withdrawl from a major deal in Russia following the “velvet reprivatization” interview with Oleg Shvartsman. VentureBeat has a new interview [...]
VC Cafe exclusive: video interview with YL Ventures
Last week I caught up with Yoav Leitersdorf at the Red Herring Conference in Seattle and asked him about his fund and its unique exit strategy. We also talked about Yoav’s connection to Israel and the companies he’s currently looking for all across Europe. Yoav is an Israeli technologist and serial entrepreneur who founded, grew [...]
Bitsize friday: Israeli green-tech, bio-tech and high-tech news
I’m back in San Francisco after a successful trip to Seattle. While I process my notes from the Red Herring Global conference, I wanted to share some of this week’s headlines in the Israeli tech and venture capital industries.
Funding Will Not Necessarily Get You There - Flexlight Networks Closes Shop - Despite $30M in funding, [...]
VC investments around the globe hit a high of six years, including Israel
I’m typically not much of a gambler, espcially when I don’t know the odds - but if I had to put my money on the line, I’d say that the trend of international investments will only grow in the coming years.
VentureBeat reports that venture capital investments in the U.S., Europe, China and Israel in 2007 [...]
Amarin buys privately held Israeli Ester Neurosciences for $32m
Another Israeli exit in the biotech sector. Clinical research firm Amarin agreed to acquire Israel-based privately held research and development company Ester Neurosciences for an initial $15m (€10.2m), in addition to $17m (€11.5m) in contingent payments.
Ester Neurosciences Ltd. is a development stage biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery and development of novel therapeutic products for [...]
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