In a recent interview to VC Cafe, Ron Gura, co-founder and CEO of GiftsProject explained that the main value proposition to e-retailers is that his offering “makes the purchase completion rate as high as possible”. Which is possibly what eBay has in store for it’s new Israeli addition, which will be working on building social shopping platforms and product features for eBay Marketplaces.
The GiftsProject is the fourth exit coming out of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program of IDC Israel (disclaimer: I’m an alumnus of the program), following the sale of Ron’s brother’s companies Picscout and PicApp and the acquisition of Dror Ceder’s Wibiya by Conduit. Other Zell startups include Wibbitz (who announced seed funding from Roi Carthy yesterday) and Bizzabo.
More as the deal details unfold…
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