Contrust and Kaltura in Le Web 08 Finals

Welcome to VC Cafe. If you’re new around here, you may want to subscribe to our feed and get daily updates for FREE. For the fifth year, Loïc Le Meur’s Paris-based Internet conference Le Web 08 will choose the most promising online ventures. Last year, two Israeli firms (Ply Media and GHost) snatched two out [...]

Bitesize Monday: Israeli startups in the news

Seems like we had a little breather this past week. Markets went up a little, dollar got stronger a little and everything seemed to be going in the right direction. It was also a big week for Israeli startups in the news.
Let’s recap the winners and losers of the week:
Going up:
Nuconomy Web Analytics
Lots of coverage [...]

Bitesize Friday: VC Rounds, M&A and Weekend Reading

Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft-Yahoo and maybe a tiny bit of Google/Open Social here and there. Are you getting a bit tired reading about the same companies over and over again. Me neither, but hey, it’s good to mix up your diet a little every now and then.
Below are a few recommended reading links for the weekend:
Entrepreneurship [...]

MySpace Opens its Developer Platform - What will be the impact?

Trailing after Facebook, MySpace will announce the launch of its Developer platform today, by opening the MySpace Developer Site to app creators around the world. Applications will be available to the users one month from today. This move could level the application development arena, given the fact that MySpace is the largest social network with over 300 million registered [...]