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yossi vardi
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Silicon Valley Tightens Connection With Israel
Many international guests gathered in Israel last week for three parallel occasions. The first was a business delegation…
Labs, Incubators and Angel Funds Search For Early Stage Startups
It’s good to be a startup in Israel right now. Venture capital investments hit a seven year record,…
Bitesize Monday: 8 Israeli Internet startup headlines for the week of 02.11.08 | VC Cafe
Last week’s top story was with no doubt Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo. The plot was full of…
WIFI Headlines: Starbucks Dumps T-Mobile, WeFi launches Mobile and Facebook Apps
How many times have you sat down with your overpriced Starbucks soy latte and the internet couldn’t connect?…
Rumors Confirmed: Yahoo! completes acquisition of Israel’s FoxyTunes, Spins “Yahoo Unlimited” to Rhapsody America
Amid turbulence of acquisition by Microsoft, News Corp, Private Equity funds and now a ‘help’ offer from Google,…
Bitesize newsbrief: Israeli startup headlines for the week of 01.29.08 | VC Cafe
Volatility in the markets soared this past week as we approach the end of the first month of…
Semantic web search lives: Semantinet got $1.7 Million from Giza and Vardi to prove it
SemantiNet, a semantic search technology startup based in Israel, raised a round of $1.7 million led by Giza Venture Capital. Israeli angel and…
Go Israel: Out of 8 stories on Techcrunch’s homepage, 5 are on Israel: AllofMe, SeeToo, Google Israel, eToro and SuTree
The front page at TechCrunch looks as if it was taken out of the Venture Capital Cafe today. Out of 8 posts displayed on the home page, 5 are related to Israel - not bad for a tiny country in the middle east. AllofMe, SeeToo, Google Israel, eToro and SuTree - read more on VC Cafe.
AfterDox – Former Amdocs Executives Form an Angel Investment Group
43 former and present executives from Amdocs have raised several million dollars and formed AfterDox, an angel group…
SpeedBit’s Speedy Growth
Tired of staring at a motionless movie player while waiting to watch videos online? Israeli startup SpeedBit, creator…