Labs, Incubators and Angel Funds Search For Early Stage Startups

Welcome to VC Cafe. If you’re new around here, you may want to subscribe to our feed and get daily updates for FREE. It’s good to be a startup in Israel right now. Venture capital investments hit a seven year record, and everyone seems to be looking for early stage startups. Angels have found their [...]

The Golden Age of Israeli Startups: Mergers and Acquisitions (Part III)

The local high tech industry in Israel continues to provide exits for investors mainly through the M&A route, while the rest of the world struggles with IPOs. According to a recent study published by IVC Online, Israeli high tech M&A deals were valued at $3.2 billion in 2007, spanning across 75 deals, the second highest [...]

Lucky number 14: IBM acquires Israel’s XIV for $300 million

XIV, its technologies and employees, will become part of the IBM System Storage business unit of the IBM Systems and Technology Group. IBM has confirmed the acquisition of Israeli grid storage start-up XIV Information Systems for an undisclosed sum, but estimates are in the range of $300 to $350 million. XIV declines to comment [...]