Following Microsoft and Google, Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) is officially coming to Israel – with a bang. The search engine’s penetration plan has two fronts: opening an R&D center in Haifa and entering the content business through an agreement with Walla! (TASE:WALA),…
The US/Israel Venture Summit 2008 is on again, meeting for its third installment. Organized by YoungStartup Ventures, the summit is a one day event on March 25th in New York city, featuring VC and entrepreneur panel discussions, live company presentations,…
The Israel Web Tour is less than a month away and it’s already making headlines. Michael Arrington posted about the fifteen Israeli companies chosen to tour Silicon Valley (covered on VC Cafe), and sparked a debate in the comments section.…
On March 20 2008, three hundred and fifty people will meet at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, CA for the 10th installment of Under the Radar, a one-day event, featuring 32 emerging startups. Under the Radar is organized by…
Back in November, I posted a call for Israeli companies to apply to the Israel Web Tour, a week long trip to Silicon Valley organized by the California Israel Chamber of Commerce led by Shuly Galili. 90 companies have applied,…
Triptouch.com, an Israel-based startup, has recently launched a resource hub for individual travelers. Covering more than 3000 destinations worldwide, Triptouch mashes up some of the services people use when planning a trip, including Google maps, Eventful, WikiTravel, Weather.com and more.…
Israel based CellGuide, designer and manufacturer of integrated GPS chips for mobile devices, has completed a second round of $8 million as reported by The Marker (Hebrew). The round was led by Giza Venture Capital who was joined by CellGuide’s…
Over 20,000 new gadgets and technologies will be unveiled at CES in Las Vegas starting tomorrow, and over 2,700 companies will present over the course of the following four days. The International CES conference is produced by the Consumer Electronics…
Attracting talent and companies is not an easy task for US cities and states. In the current labor market, American companies are outsourcing jobs to India, the Philippines, China, etc. In contrast, Israeli companies are moving operations to the US,…
Happy belated 2008! After a week of vacation in sunny Miami, it’s good to be back on the saddle. Most of us are still caught up with a large inbox to clear after the break, having 35 firefox browsers open…
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