It used to be that the only way to measure oxygen saturation was to take a blood sample from an artery and analyze it in a lab, or to insert electrodes through the skull. The FDA, however, has just provided…
Phagolum Ltd. is developing a diagnostic toolkit to detect sepsis, the leading cause of death in non-coronary ICU patients and the tenth most common cause of death overall. According to medical literature, “sepsis is characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state…
Pando Networks, provider of peer-assisted content delivery services, has raised a $8.12 million second round of financing, from undisclosed backers (as reported by PE Hub). The investment falls short of Pando’s initial plan to raise $21 million (see Globes’ article). A prior round of approximately…
Lisa Bennett, Director of Public Relations & Marketing of Israel’s Kaltura.com, the first open source platform for video creation, management and collaboration, sent me the following announcement: Wikia and Kaltura Partner to Add Collaborative Video Capabilities to Wikia Communities…
Microsoft likes the flavor of Falafel – that’s one explanation for its second acquisition of an Israeli startup in two weeks. Following the sweet exit of YaData, MSFT goes at it again and this time it’s Kidaro’s turn, an Israeli…
Not only Microsoft is buying up Israeli start-ups. Brazilian optical network solutions giant Padtec has paid $30-40 million for Civcom, an Israeli pioneer in the development and manufacturing of cost saving optical solutions for communications, test and measurement, and military…
Amid an upcoming recession, Eyeblaster, an Israeli company competing with Google and Microsoft on online campaign management solutions, has registered with the SEC for public trading on Nasdaq today. The IPO is valued around $115 million according to CNN. Shares will…
We have to be thankful for what we have, but who doesn’t think about the lifestyle of the rich and famous every now and then? private jets, exotic vacations and some very expensive perks. According to the Forbes annual ranking of…
Israel’s Gigya, the widget platform that boosts and tracks the distribution of widgets across the social web, has announced a $9.5 million series B round led by Mayfield Fund. Benchmark Capital and First Round Capital also participated in the round…
If you’ve heard anything about mobile advertising, chances are that you’ve heard about VC Cafe’s new sponsor – AdMob. Serving over 2 billion targeted ads a month, AdMob is the largest mobile advertising marketplace in the web. The methodology is…
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