2008 capital raising in Israel expected to reach an 8-year record high

Welcome to VC Cafe. If you’re new around here, you may want to subscribe to our feed and get daily updates for FREE. IVC Online has recently released the Q3 quarterly survey on the state of the VC industry in Israel. Q3 2008 contributed $600 million to the capital raised by Israeli VCs, 45% above [...]

Oversi Solves The Video Traffic Jam

Israeli startup Oversi officially presented OverCache MSP, a platform aimed to help Internet service providers manage and monetize over-the-top (OTT) video, ultimately improving the speed in which end users consume video.
According to a recent study presented by the Pew Internet project, 48% of internet users have been to video-sharing sites such as YouTube and the [...]

Site Optimization Startup Amadesa Raises $5.4 Million in First Round

The word Optimization has been abused in the past couple of years: it can be applied to speed, scalability, SEM and revenue. The latter is where Israeli startup Amadesa Inc excels, describing itself as “provider of website revenue optimization and personalization solutions, delivered over the internet as a service. Carmel Ventures sees the potential [...]

Israeli VC’s Invest $4.25M in US Based Proficiency

Israel’s Catalyst Investment, along with Carmel Ventures and Pitango Venture Capital have invested $4.25M in Boston-based Proficiency, a “leading developer of solutions that enable manufacturers and their suppliers to extract and share product knowledge from diverse engineering and manufacturing environments.”
According to Yair Shamir, CEO of Catalyst, “Proficieny has revolutionized the way people view their product [...]

Getting closer to the action: Sillicon Valley Bank (SVB) opens its branch in Israel

I loved reading this headline: “SVB FINANCIAL GROUP OPENS ITS DOORS IN ISRAEL”. I first heard about Silicon Valley Bank’s intention to open an Israeli branch from Michael Moretti back in 2006. We met at the Israel/US Venture Summit and talked about all the great activity and innovation coming out of Israel. What was [...]