Entrepreneur Interview: Tel Aviv vs. Sand Hill Road

Can Israeli startups really make it big in the US from Tel Aviv? Opinions go both ways, but most Israeli entrepreneurs who made the move will tell you, pack your bags once you have a prototype.
R&D in Israel, Biz Dev in US
Many Israeli companies reach the same conclusion. You have got to have representation in the [...]

Microsoft Announced Zoomix Acquisition

Now it’s official – Microsoft has formally announced the acquisition of Israeli startup Zoomix, for an undisclosed amount, estimated at $20-30 million by market sources (according to Globes). Acquisition rumors were first reported about a month ago.
Following the acquisition, Zoomix’s team is set to join Microsoft’s R&D center in Israel, and Zoomix Accelerator, the company’s flagship [...]

ClassifEye Set Up Shop in Rockville, Raised B Round

ClassifEye, the Israeli startup developing identity authentication software raised a second round of $2 million led by Maryland-based Nobska Ventures joined by the state of Maryland’s Enterprise Investment Fund ($250,000) and $75,000 from Montgomery County. The investment in ClassifEye was facillitated following a delegation to Israel, led by Governor Martin O’Malley. Following the investment ClassifEye will start [...]

Mobixell Networks Got $6 More Million To Put Ads On You Cell Phone

 Israel and California based Mobixell Networks has announced a $6 million fourth funding round led by Apax Partners, Intel Capital (who also participated in the previous round), and Munich-based SMAC Partners which represents the Venture Capital arm of Siemens corp. Including this last round, Mobixell has raised $29 million to date. The company plans to allocate the [...]

Virtualization is “Xeround” The Corner With An Extra $16 Million

Israeli startup Xeround announced a fourth round of $16 million led by US funds Trilogy Funds (who also just invested in Zon Networks) and Ignition Partners. Giza and Benchmark, the two Israeli funds that invested in Xeround early on, also joined the round. To date, this round puts Xeround at $34 million in funding since the [...]

DFJ Invests $7 Million in Stealth Startup Zon networks

 
Ofer Vilenski & Derry Shribman, the two entrepreneurs who previously sold Jungo to NDS Group for $108 million in 2006 go at it again. 
Founded only 6 months ago, Zon networks (temporary name) prefers to completely fly under the radar even after announcing the $7 million round led by Draper Fischer Jurvetson (original backer of Hotmail and Skype), Israeli VC funds Tamir Fishman Venture Capital and Megama as [...]

Israeli Startups Get Funded, But Fight To Prevail

 
Israel was referred by Eric Benhamou (Angel investor and chairman of 3Com) as a “60 year old startup” in an interview last week. Judging by the ROI on Israel, any VC would be happy with the nominal results: Economically, the country was able to grow the average annual gross domestic product from $3,500 in 1950 to $22,500 last year. Financially, the exchange [...]

Can Kontera Lead The In-Text Advertising Play?

While these days everyone is obsessed with online video and video monetization, text remains the most common form of content on the web and still represents the largest advertising opportunity.
When it comes to monetization of text, we have experienced a slow evolution: at first there were banners – Yahoo was king. Then, Google introduced sponsored [...]

Israel’s Road-Guard Impressed At Navteq’s Global LBS Challenge

Road-Guard, an Israeli start-up, was ranked as first runner up in Nokia’s Global LBS Challenge in Asia. The competition was put by NAVTEQ and concluded three weeks ago. The challenge invited Location Based Services (LBS) to submit their cutting-edge location-aware wireless applications. A few hours before the iPhone3G hits the stores in the US, timing [...]

Meet BreadCrumbz, An Israeli Finalist of The Adroid Developer Challenge

Android is coming, and the head on competition with the iPhone takes the shape of Developer Challenges. At the end of 2007, Google announced the Android Developer Challenge, which promised to provide $10 million in awards for those who develop of great apps for Google’s new phone. From the 1788 applications submitted worldwide Google chose [...]

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