PureWave Networks, an Israeli-American start up headquartered in Sillicon Valley, has managed to close a relatively large B round of $12 millionv from previous investors Eric Benhamou Benhamou Global Venturesand joined by new investors ATA Ventures and LeapFrog Ventures. To…
A few weeks ago, I attended the BVCA Tech Spin Out 2008. In several panels, UK-based VCs and government representatives, including the Minister of Science and Innovation Lord Drayson, discussed the dire state that the venture capital industry in the…
On this week’s research note we’ll touch on some of the web’s main growth drivers: search, advertising, video and… baby boomers (you’ll be surprise to find out what percentage of Facebook users are baby boomers: I just received an invitation…
For your weekend reading pleasure, I put together a short list of “pirate links”. Why pirate? because they took over my Firefox tabs and refuse to release them until they get posted somehow. Economic Downturn Despite the economic situation, 3…
Israeli media center start up Boxee is working hard at bringing the best TV experience onto the PC (or the Mac in this case…). The company has announced the release of Netflix for Boxee, probably one of the best ways…
Change is a natural process in companies, part of ‘business as usual’. But in the current market conditions, change might be heading at you like truck lights in a dark road, and you want to be prepared. Layoffs, restructuring, attrition…
Israeli start up uTest has announced a $5 million investment in series B led by new investors Longworth Venture Partners and Egan-Managed Capital (owned by co-founder of EMC Corp) as well as previous investors Mesco Ltd. and Massachusetts Technology Development…
Israeli start up Link-IT has raised $5.3 million in a round led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and its Israeli counterpart- DFJ Tamir Fishman. According to a source in the Israeli media, the investment was made based on a valuation of…
The Stats Corporation, a joint venture between Rupert Murdock’s News Corp and the Associated Press has acquired Israeli start up SportVU for an undisclosed sum. TheMarker estimates the deal to be around $15-18 million – a small but profitable exit…
Come2play wants to make multi-player games go social. The company offers a white label multi-player game API with a flavor both for site owners and game developers. Come2play was founded by 3 Israelis (Alon Barzilay, Erez Naveh and Yoav Zibin)…
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