Metacafe Founders Cash Out Their Chips

Arik Czerniak and Ofer Adler, the two founders of Metacafe that are no longer involved in the day to day operations of the “Israeli Youtube”, have cashed out their shares. Each one of them made $2.5 million as reported by TheMarker, NewTeevee and TechCrunch.
Amir and Ofer had fully vested 10% of Metacafe, or 5% each [...]

IMCandy: A Sweet Way to Monetize Your Video Content

When it comes to video advertising, new contenders are popping out like mushrooms after the rain. The typical problem of these companies is getting enough traction from both high paying advertisers and quality content publishers, in order to make the match between the ad and the content. Imcandy, a new Israel-based startup, presents a new [...]

Bitesize Monday: 8 Israeli Internet startup headlines for the week of 02.11.08 | VC Cafe

Last week’s top story was with no doubt Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo. The plot was full of twists and drama, saved only to”Jurassic Park” style M&A deals like this one. Israel didn’t stand still last week, so I’ve gathered the most interesting startup and venture capital headlines of the week in my bitesize format.
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25 Israeli firms opened offices in the Valley in the last 18 months

“Israelis’ time arrives – tech making trek from the dessert to the valley” – that is the title of Adrienne Sanders’ excellent article published in San Francisco Business Times this morning. Adrienne lined up a comprehensive outlook on the Israeli entrepreneurs who made the move from Israel to Silicon Valley and the Bay Area [...]

SpeedBit’s Speedy Growth

Tired of staring at a motionless movie player while waiting to watch videos online?
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Israeli startup SpeedBit, creator of the popular Download Accelerator, has found a way to innovate and leverage the exponential growth of videos online.
Delivering high quality videos to fast to the end-user has become a real challenge even for the big [...]

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