Farewell to Nahum Sharfman

On Tuesday (29/4) we received the sad news that Nahum Sharfman was killed with his wife Nava in a plane crash in Greece. The single engine CIRUS 22 crashed due to bad weather conditions and allegedly a pilot error.
Nahum,61, was a tremendously successful Israeli entrepreneur and the founder of Shopping.com and Comtouch. He held a [...]

peHub MBA Internship Rodeo Begins!

 
MBA students pay attention: peHub has begun the annual Internship Rodeo with more than 60 different firms participating. To access these opportunities, you must comply with these two conditions:

Access code: You should be able to obtain an access code from your MBA program. If you do not have such a code, contact the head of your PE/VC [...]

Israel’s Fring Raises C Round From Current Investors

TechCrunch reports that Fring, the Israeli start up developing VOIP and chat applications, has raised a C round from its current investors, who have already poured $13 million to date. Backers include: North Bridge Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, Veritas Venture Partners and VenFin Limited.
Only a week ago,we posted on Fring’s iPhone app for mobile communication [...]

MBB: GSMA’s Mobile Business Briefing News Service

Mobile Business Briefing (MBB) is the GSMA’s official daily news analysis service read by over 22,000 mobile industry professionals worldwide.
There are many news services that cover the mobile industry, but you will benefit from a number of unique value propositions offered by MBB:

First to market with each day’s news and analysis
The industry’s most comprehensive daily [...]

QualiSystems Test Automation Raises $3.5 Million

QualiSystems, an Israeli start up and a pioneer in the field of Test Automation has completed a round of $3.5 million led by private investors. According to the Israeli press, the company plans to raise an additional $3.5 million.
Among its backers are several asset management groups in Israel, including the Strauss Group, Fishman Group, Tao, Altshuler Shaham Group as [...]

Is Giza Ventures Connected to New York Pension Fraud?

allegations that Israeli VC fund Giza Venture Capital paid a hefty finder’s fee to Hank Morris, a political advisor and close friend of former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi.

Israeli VCs Make Less and Smaller First Investments in 2009

The IVC research center has released the Summary of Israeli High-Tech Company Capital Raising for Q1 2009. $265 million were raised by start ups in the first quarter of 2009 from both local and foreign funds.

WEF Report: The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity 2009

Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner and the World Economic Forum have recently released the 2009 report on “The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity”.
For research purposes private equity is defined as investments by professionally managed
partnerships that involve leveraged buyouts or other equity investments with a substantial amount of associated indebtedness (as opposed, for instance, [...]

@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-27

New on VC Cafe: @Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-20 http://bit.ly/GXIh6 #
The New Internet Start-Up Boom: Get Rich Slow: http://tinyurl.com/c4hv3m #
Updated the post 7 Start-Up Competitions Help Entrepreneurs Get Off Ground
Read more:http://bit.ly/incubators #
Check this video out — 32 songs in 8 minutes http://tinyurl.com/ctttds #
Listening to Israeli music on Last.fm: http://tinyurl.com/cxoun4 #
Reading on the fate of [...]

What’s New In The Emerging Markets?

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Private Equity investors plan increased exposure to emerging markets in face of global economic downturn
Institutional investors believe emerging markets will continue to present attractive investment opportunities in the coming year and plan to maintain or expand their exposure to emerging markets private equity over the medium term, according to the EMPEA/Coller Capital Emerging [...]

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