Month: April 2009
26 posts
Farewell to Nahum Sharfman
On Tuesday (29/4) we received the sad news that Nahum Sharfman was killed with his wife Nava in…
peHub MBA Internship Rodeo Begins!
MBA students pay attention: peHub has begun the annual Internship Rodeo with more than 60 different firms participating.…
Israel’s Fring Raises C Round From Current Investors
TechCrunch reports that Fring, the Israeli start up developing VOIP and chat applications, has raised a C round…
MBB: GSMA’s Mobile Business Briefing News Service
Mobile Business Briefing (MBB) is the GSMA’s official daily news analysis service read by over 22,000 mobile industry…
QualiSystems Test Automation Raises $3.5 Million
QualiSystems, an Israeli start up and a pioneer in the field of Test Automation has completed a round of…
Is Giza Ventures Connected to New York Pension Fraud?
allegations that Israeli VC fund Giza Venture Capital paid a hefty finder's fee to Hank Morris, a political advisor and close friend of former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi.
Israeli VCs Make Less and Smaller First Investments in 2009
The IVC research center has released the Summary of Israeli High-Tech Company Capital Raising for Q1 2009. $265 million were raised by start ups in the first quarter of 2009 from both local and foreign funds.
WEF Report: The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity 2009
Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner and the World Economic Forum have recently released the 2009 report on…
@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-27
New on VC Cafe: @Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-20 http://bit.ly/GXIh6 # The New Internet Start-Up Boom: Get…
What’s New In The Emerging Markets?
Image via Wikipedia Private Equity investors plan increased exposure to emerging markets in face of global economic downturn…