Israel Cleantech Ventures Exceeds Funding Expectations, Raises $75M

Welcome to VC Cafe. If you’re new around here, you may want to subscribe to our feed and get daily updates for FREE. Today (May 5th), Israel Cleantech Ventures (ICV) announced today that it reached a final close of $75 million for its first fund, significantly exceeding expectations from its original target of $60M. ICV [...]

Global VC Investment in Clean Tech Up 43% in 2007

In the latest report compiled by Dow Jones VentureSource, numbers show a strengthening trend in clean technology investments worldwide.
A record sum of over $3 billion was poured into 221 clean clean technology deals globally in 2007, representing a 43% increase compared to $2.1 billion in 2006.
The driving force behind the rapid [...]

VC Cafe Featured in “Blogs Every Israeli Startup Must Know”

TheMarker, Israel’s prominent business magazine and Haaretz, one of Israel’s largest newspapers, featured VC Cafe in a spread on “The Blogs That Every Israeli Startup Should Know“.
Guy Grimland, editor of TheMarker IT, interviewed me a couple weeks ago and at the outset of the interview asked me “why should startups approach VC Cafe rather [...]

Bitesize Tuesday: hot Israeli cleantech, startup, vc, biotech and M&A headlines @ VC Cafe

2008 is almost upon us and the deal flow doesn’t seem to slow down for the holidays. I can hardly keep up with the headlines, so here’s a short recap of the latest business news in the Israeli start up and vc industry.
Israeli Cleantech News
New Israeli fund raises $100 million for Cleantech VC Fund
Tamarix Ventures [...]