Month: January 2008
33 posts
Richard Branson Invests in Israel: GreenRoad Technologies gets $14.5 million to help reduce car accidents and gas costs
Israel based GreenRoad Technologies, formerly known as (Diagnostics Drive), develops innovative driver safety technologies that prevent risky driving…
VC Cafe Turns Two: a personal invitation to join the VC Cafe Network
It’s been over two years since I’ve started VC Cafe in December of 2005 with a simple goal…
Exclusive Interview: Conduit can do it – strides to become the leading content syndication platform (Ronen Shilo)
A year ago people used to say that “content is king” when it comes to making it big…
Bitesize newsbrief: Israeli startup headlines for the week of 01.29.08 | VC Cafe
Volatility in the markets soared this past week as we approach the end of the first month of…
Getting closer to the action: Sillicon Valley Bank (SVB) opens its branch in Israel
I loved reading this headline: “SVB FINANCIAL GROUP OPENS ITS DOORS IN ISRAEL”. I first heard about Silicon…
eBay’s Paypal acquires Israel’s Fraud Sciences for $169 million, 12 times the return for investors
In an effort to fight fraudulent transactions and boost trust in online purchases, Paypal, the online payment service…
Exclusive Interview: Collarity’s platform reinvents publisher content monetization (Levy Cohen)
In an exclusive interview with VC Cafe, Levy Cohen, CEO and Founder of Israel/US based Collarity, provides insights…
Semantic web search lives: Semantinet got $1.7 Million from Giza and Vardi to prove it
SemantiNet, a semantic search technology startup based in Israel, raised a round of $1.7 million led by Giza Venture Capital. Israeli angel and…
Entrepreneurship 101: Startup Do’s and Don’ts
Will Price of Hummer Winblad summarizes an interesting session at the University Venture Fund‘s Annual Conference in Salt Lake City,…
Vestopia: Peek over the the shoulder of investment pros in real time (Interview)
Investing in stocks is a risky business, especially when the markets are a roller coaster like today. Rather…