Tired of staring at a motionless movie player while waiting to watch videos online? Israeli startup SpeedBit, creator of the popular Download Accelerator, has found a way to innovate and leverage the exponential growth of videos online. Delivering high quality…
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Israeli startup Gigya, developer of social-sharing tools, was recently nomintaed as one of the hottest startups by KillerStartups.com. (In case you were curious, other names on the list included YoName, CambrianHouse, Xing and Ganges). Gigya’s latest product, Wildfire, is useful…
ClearForest has developed text analysis solutions for business intelligence applications.Globes and Haaretz reported that Reuters Group has acquired Israeli text analysis technology developer ClearForest Ltd. for about $25 million. The companies announced the deal today, before trading began on Nasdaq.ClearForest…
In the past two years we’ve seen over 1154 web 2.0 start-ups, based on the logo count of GoWeb20. Unfortunately, not all start-ups make it which created a new type of commodity: web 2.0 sites for sale. As reported by…
Neocleus, a security start up in stealth mode was reported to raise $5M in a round led by Battery Ventures and Gemini Israel Funds. This round follows a seed investment of $700,000 made by the two funds a year ago.…
Xeround Systems, an Israeli based Telco Database start up has recently raised 7M in a second round of financing from Benchmark Capital and Giza Venture Capital. To date, Xeround raised a total of $14M. According to their website, “Xeround’s unique…
“Israel has become an important market for investors, particularly in the technology sector.” William Blair & Co., a strategic partner of Poalim Capital Markets – Investment Bank Ltd., has initiated a quarterly survey of Israel. Richard Kiphart, the head of…
Israeli start-up 5Min describes itself as a place to find short video solutions for any practical question and a forum for people wanting to share their knowledge. 5Min’s goal is to create a community Life VideoPedia, by providing user generated…
Greetings! After almost two months of absence due to a coast-to-coast move, I’m happy to be back to VC Cafe, and there’s much ground to cover. First, some exciting news. Sarah Needleman from the Wall Street Journal interviewed me a…
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