I’ve been reading a about a few major real estate deals involving Israeli investors, and though it’s not the core focus of VC Cafe, I thought that multi billion dollar deals are worth a little shout. Israeli Company to Invest…
Blueprint Ventures put a smile on my face with their annual animated holiday greeting featuring Gary Snowman, the animated VC. It’s the third year Gary represents Blue Print Ventures, and this time he’s all about globalization, including a trip to…
The AlwaysOn Venture Summit is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor, hosted in Half Moon Bay, CA. This year’s summit attracted five hundred of the most influential members of…
Jajah, an Israeli VOIP provider, is taking VOIP to the next level with a new product called Jajah Direct. As its official blog explains, the service offers international calls for the price of a local call with no need for…
Invest in Israel, the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Foreign Trade Administration has published a list of Israeli M&A deals in the recent years. I cleaned it up a little bit and presented below…
2008 is almost upon us and the deal flow doesn’t seem to slow down for the holidays. I can hardly keep up with the headlines, so here’s a short recap of the latest business news in the Israeli start up…
The National Venture Capital Association conducted a survey asking 170 of its members about their predictions for 2008. The questions were: 1) How much will vcs invest in 2008? Median answer: 71% of the respondents said between 20 and 29…
My friend sent me the Flickr stream from the Red Herring Conference in Seattle. Good times. Here are select pictures from the event: Pensive talk with a VC following a panel on VC investments in Europe. The panel discussed opportunities…
“Israelis’ time arrives – tech making trek from the dessert to the valley” – that is the title of Adrienne Sanders’ excellent article published in San Francisco Business Times this morning. Adrienne lined up a comprehensive outlook on the Israeli…
The Israeli M&A market is on fire. Just last week HP announced the purchase of Israel-based Nur Microprinters for $117.5 million and today it’s the turn of NetManage (Nasdaq:NETM), a company with deep Israeli roots. The 27-year-old company founded by…
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