Winners of the best venture-backed competition

Last Month, Red Herring and the Israel Venture Association co-sponsored a competition in Israel, limited to early stage companies with revenues of up to $10 million in 2006 supported by venture funds associated with the IVA.

Three Israeli startups received first prizes as the best young companies in their respective sectors.

And the winners are:

Software Category: Safend Inc.
Main Idea: Safend develops software to prevent data leaks in the organization, especially from authorized users.

Founded: 2003
CEO: Gil Sever
Employees: 50
Capital Raised: Safend has raised $9.65 Million in 2 rounds.
Key Investors: Intel Capital, Walden Israel and Elron Electronics.

Communications Category: Unipier
Main Idea: A merger between Cash-U and Niragongo created Unipier, the developer of IPM – Intelligent Policy Management software that enables wireless providers to create, integrate and manage services fast.

Founded: 2000
CEO: Gabby Levy
Employees: 60
Capital Raised: Unipier has raised $43 Million in 4 rounds
Key Investors: Greylock Partners, Intel Capital, Carmel Ventures, Fidelity Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital

Life Sciences Category: G.I. View
Main Idea: G.I. View has developed Aer-O-Scope, a new colonoscopy device that consists of a disposable camera embedded in a balloon that propels itself through the colon, providing a 360 degree view.

Founded: 2003
CEO: Dr. Benad Goldwasser
Capital Raised: $29 Million in 4 rounds
Key Investors: Israel Healthcare Ventures, Delta Ventures, Zielgler Meditech Medical Partners

See the rest of the finalists here.

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Eze Vidra is the founder of VC Cafe and the co-founder and managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a pre-seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of AI, technology, entertainment, gaming, and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.

He is a former General Partner at Google Ventures (GV) in Europe, former head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe, and founding head of Campus London, Google's first startup hub. Eze writes on Israeli tech, venture capital, artificial intelligence, and founder strategy.

He is also the founder of Techbikers, a nonprofit that brings together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read.

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