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…
AOL completed another acquisition of an Israeli start up. It started in 1998, when ICQ was sold for $406M, continued a week ago with the Quigo M&A for $340M, and it is now the turn of Israel-based Yedda, a semantic…
Catching up with some of the recent deals in the industry. Below is a short recap of what’s been getting money these days: 1. Octavian Inc, a leading provider of Separately Managed Account (SMA) solutions in the Wealth and Investment…
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) 1. AOL buys Quigo for $340M. Yaron Galai and Oded Itzhak (featured on VC Cafe in the…
Eilon Agam, former VP of content at Israeli telecom giant Pele-Phone, gathered a group of private investors to start a new PE fund, EMB Capital Ltd. EMB is planning to be a private equity fund that focuses on internet and…
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