Microsoft Wises Up With The Acquisition Of Israel’s YaData

Welcome to VC Cafe. If you’re new around here, you may want to subscribe to our feed and get daily updates for FREE. The Israeli exit list for 2008 continues to grow. Microsoft announced today the acquisition of YaData (literally means “you knew” in Hebrew), a provider of advanced tools for the discovery of [...]

Arnold Schwarzenegger: your Israeli seed investment just raised $8M

Israel based CellGuide, designer and manufacturer of integrated GPS chips for mobile devices, has completed a second round of $8 million as reported by The Marker (Hebrew).
The round was led by Giza Venture Capital who was joined by CellGuide’s previous investors, GlenRock Israel, Cap Ventures and Evolution Securities.
Here’s where it gets interesting: among CellGuide’s private [...]

Signs of a tide: two Israeli venture funds raise capital

It’s not very often that two Israeli venture funds complete closing for additional funds, but after all it shouldn’t surprise anyone. Israel has been ranked among the four most preferred global target markets for US venture capital funds and earmarked for high-quality deal flow, according to a global survey by accounting and consultancy firm Deloitte [...]