I ran across Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf in the Red Herring Global conference in Seattle. Yoav is Israeli, and a managing partner of YL Ventures, a boutique European venture capital fund focused on early stage high tech companies. The fund will…
India’s digital marketing company, Ybrant Technologies has announced the acquisition of Oridian, an Israeli online advertising company that has shown remarkable growth. According to Globes, the deal is valued at over $15 million. Ybrant was able to afford the deal,…
Consulting firm Deloitte announced the full list of EMEA’s (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) 500 fastest-growing technology companies on November 27th. The program recognizes private and public technology companies that have achieved the fastest rates of annual revenue growth…
Would you like to meet with the CEOs of the Top 100 Private Companies in the world and the institutional investors who cover them? I was invited to the Red Herring Global conference in Seattle, Washington this week (Dec 3-…
Earlier this week I had the chance to interview Joseph (Yossi) Maaravi, the founder and CEO of Sutree.com, a subsidiary of E-learning Knowledge Solutions Inc. Sutree is a great resource for content discovery: it aggregates thousands of free how-to videos…
Israel's HealOr raises $8M, Sand Hill Road vs. Hamenofim Street in Israel, itelman Group to invest $20M in Israeli startups, interview with the founders of Pitango, Jerusalem Global Ventures to raise a new $200M fund, InSightec Ltd raised $30 million, Israel's credit rating to "A", Advasense raised $6M from CIDC, Medingo raises $27M, Mobile Web - so close yet so far...
The front page at TechCrunch looks as if it was taken out of the Venture Capital Cafe today. Out of 8 posts displayed on the home page, 5 are related to Israel - not bad for a tiny country in the middle east. AllofMe, SeeToo, Google Israel, eToro and SuTree - read more on VC Cafe.
It’s earnings season and it’s hard to keep up with all that’s been going on with Israeli companies this week. Want to catch up with the latest news? Below is a bite-size summary of the latest VC and start up…
Back by popular demand – The IsraelWebTour (IWT) has begun taking applications, so before we continue – If you are an Israeli entrepreneur with a startup in any stage, The tour is the ultimate platform for visibility, exposure and fast…
ComAbility Ltd has announced a $6 million round raised by Vertex Venture Capital and PE fund Stata Venture Partners. What is Comability? Comability developed a subscriber management system for Next Generation Networks (NGN). According to its website, ComAbility’s software platform…
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