Bitesize Friday: VC Rounds, M&A and Weekend Reading

Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft-Yahoo and maybe a tiny bit of Google/Open Social here and there. Are you getting a bit tired reading about the same companies over and over again. Me neither, but hey, it’s good to mix up your diet a little every now and then.
Below are a few recommended reading links for the weekend:
Entrepreneurship [...]

Quick: Final Tickets Available to MashBash Tel Aviv

Mashable has just released 20 final tickets for MashBash Tel Aviv – RSVP immediately if you’d like to attend.
No more tickets will be released and there will not be any available at the door. You must be on the RSVP list through Eventbrite to enter.
There’s a lot of buzz about the Mashable summer party on [...]

Mytopia and Aviary In Under The Radar Social Media

We’re a week a away from Under the Radar Social Media. Among the 32 startups in the entertainment and social media space presenting in the one-day conference on June 3rd, there are two Israeli startups that you might not have heard of. Let’s give them a quick introduction.
Content Creation Category: Aviary
A.viary : Have you ever [...]

VMWare Snatches B-Hive, Opens R&D Center in Israel

VMware (NYSE: VMW), the leading developer of virtualization solutions, has announced the acquisition of Israeli start-up B-hive Networks for an undisclosed sum. Industry experts estimate the price range at tens of millions.  Following the merger in Q3 of 2008, VMWare plans to open an R&D center in Israel, based initially on B-Hive’s facilities and team [...]

Complete The Feedback Loop: Exclusive Interview With Kampyle’s CEO

Why are users leaving your site? Why are they leaving full shopping carts and going else where? Is there something wrong with your fonts and Firefox 3 beta 5? Those are questions that many site owners ask themselves daily. Until recently, there were not too many tools available to extract that kind of insight, but [...]

Bitesize Friday: Israeli Starup and High Tech Links for 5/23/08

Memorial day weekend is upon us, and most of you will probably stay away from the computer (or at least try to) for a few days. While you’re waiting for your flight or getting ready to leave the office, enjoy the Israeli linkfest below.
A story with pictures:Israeli high tech innovation centers
BusinessWeek identifies the Israeli high [...]

5 Israeli Products Get The Spotlight

Not a week goes by without having an Israeli startup in the front page of TechCrunch, Mashable or the New York Times these days. It’s no wonder then that Israel was recently ranked as the number 2 hotspot in the world for venture investmets (according to the Latin American Venture Capital Association). The Five [...]

Israel Newsletter Interviews VC Cafe

Israel Opportunity Investor (IOI), one of the leading blog on Israeli publicly traded companies, has interviewed me on VC Cafe and the Israeli startup industry in general.  I’m happy to share with you the link: Israel Ingenuity: Interview with Eze Vidra, VCCafe.com
From the interview:
So, you follow the news by adding your analytical layer to current [...]

IAC CAP Buys Israel’s GirlSense, Targeting Tweens

IAC Consumer Applications & Portals (IAC CAP) has acquired Israel-based StarNet Interactive, parent company of Girlsense, “an ingenious fashion community for tween and teen girls that blends social networking with an artistic, inspired, virtual fashion world.” Deal terms were undisclosed.
StarNet Inteactive is a spinoff company of Gteko ltd, a company sold to Microsoft Corp [...]

Build Flash Sites On The Fly: Interview with Wix Co-CEO Allon Bloch

Let’s take a look at the evolution of user generated content on the web. In the very beginning, the was reserved for scientists. In the nineties, webmasters procreated and ruled the web. Then blogs came along and millions of people became publishers overnight, using simple html templates that required small or no coding knowledge. Israeli [...]

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