The Golden Age? Israeli Startups Experience Funding Streak (Part I)

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Since I started following the Israeli market in 2005, it’s not often that I’ve [...]

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“Teuza” Looking To Raise $120M for New Projects

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Teuza - A Fairchild Technology Venture Ltd., is a publicly-traded fund founded in 1992 which invests primarily in venture companies which are active in the fields of software semiconductors, communications, electronics and medical equipment. According to Globes it “plans [...]

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Global VC Investment in Clean Tech Up 43% in 2007

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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 [...]

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Report: Venture Capital Investments in Israel Down in 2007?

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The economy slump in the US is creeping out on the venture capital investments in Israel. Kesselman & Kesselman PricewaterhouseCoopers Israel has released its latest MoneyTree report, analyzing Israeli venture capital investments in Q4 of 2007.  53 venture [...]

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Israel 2008: What the Bulls and Bears are saying

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The Israeli market received a great deal of media coverage in 2007. Some journalists lamented on the momentum and promise of the Israeli start up world; some sell-side analysts “shorted” the strength of the economy for a [...]

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Event: The Israel/US Venture Summit 2008

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The US/Israel Venture Summit 2008 is on again, meeting for its third installment. Organized by YoungStartup Ventures, the summit is a one day event on March 25th in New York city, featuring VC and entrepreneur panel discussions, live company presentations, interactive [...]

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How to raise money from VCs?

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The funny video below was posted on 5min.com, the Israeli life videopedia that aggregates thousands of ‘how to’ videos, and will likely be on every Israeli Venture Capital blog very soon as a ‘warning’ sign. Techcrunch also thought it was worthy [...]

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Keep an eye on NeoCleus

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Neocleus, a security start up in stealth mode was reported to raise $5M in a round led by Battery Ventures and Gemini Israel Funds. This round follows a seed investment of $700,000 made by the two funds a year ago.
Neocleus develops online [...]

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Israeli Telco Database Startup Xeround Raises $7M

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Xeround Systems, an Israeli based Telco Database start up has recently raised 7M in a second round of financing from Benchmark Capital and Giza Venture Capital. To date, Xeround raised a total of $14M.
According to their website, “Xeround’s unique approach [...]

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Online Animation Startup AniBoom Gets $4.5 Million Funding

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Israeli startup AniBoom has raised $4.5 million for its emerging online animation community, reports NewTeeVee. The round was led by Israeli VC firm Evergreen ($610 million under management).

AniBoom is an online video aggregator for animated films, with online tools [...]

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