The Future is Touch: N-Trig Raises $24 Million Led by Microsoft

Microsoft is announcing a $24 million C Round of investment in Israel’s N-Trig, sole manufacturer of multiple point touch screens for laptops. Previous investors Canaan and Evergreen joined the round.
The unprecedented success of the iPhone drove every major phone manufacturer to come up with their own version of a multi-touch smart phone. It appears that [...]

Israel Newsletter November 2008: M&A Deals Galore

“Invest in Israel“, Israel’s Investment Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor, publishes a monthly newsletter with lots of good news on the Israeli market.  You may have seen some of the posts on VC Cafe earlier this month, but this is a good summary, especially for M&A deals off the internet [...]

The land of milk and honey: Ten Israeli companies annouce rounds in less than two weeks

Tonight was the Oscar night, but Hollywood stars are not the only ones getting the attention. No less than eight rounds were raised by Israeli companies in the last couple of weeks, totaling over $72 million.
What are the reasons for so many announcements in such a short time? Is it newly raised funds, such [...]

Bitesize newsbrief: Israeli startup headlines for the week of 01.29.08 | VC Cafe

Volatility in the markets soared this past week as we approach the end of the first month of 2008, and as we’ll approach the likely reality that the US has already entered a recession. The San Francisco Business Journal asked me to provide a comment for the article “Israel rolls out high-tech stars“. The question [...]

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