43 former and present executives from Amdocs have raised several million dollars and formed AfterDox, an angel group targeting early stage enterprise software and telecom companies. The group explicitly expressed that they will not invest in medical devices or hardware…
Israel based ConteXtream, developer of grid technologies for media server networks, has raised $9.6M from Gemini, Norwest Venture Partners, Sofinnova Ventures and Benhamou Global Ventures. The proceeds will be allocated to strengthen the company’s development team in Israel and finance…
Resource Shelf posted PWC‘s latest report on High Tech Investment in Israel. According to the MoneyTree report, compiled by Kesselman & Kesselman (PricewaterhouseCoopers) , venture-backed hi-tech companies raised approximately $319 during Q2 of 2007, merely 6% higher than the comparable…
Last Month, Red Herring and the Israel Venture Association co-sponsored a competition in Israel, limited to early stage companies with revenues of up to $10 million in 2006 supported by venture funds associated with the IVA. Three Israeli startups received…
The funny video below was posted on 5min.com, the Israeli life videopedia that aggregates thousands of ‘how to’ videos, and will likely be on every Israeli Venture Capital blog very soon as a ‘warning’ sign. Techcrunch also thought it was worthy…
Source: Paidcontent.org Globes Online reports that Quigo, the NYC and Israel based online contextual ad technology provider, is preparing for a Nasdaq IPO in early 2008. Quigo has raised $30 million from Institutional Venture Partners, at a company value of…
KnockaTV , an Israeli startup founded by former Mirabilis ICQ employees, is developing a product that will connect the Internet and TV in a “Do it Yourself” fashion. KnocaTV was formerly known as ISeeU and is led by co-founder and…
Intel Capital, Intel’s investment group, invested an undisclosed sum in Ceedo Technologies, a privately held software company. The Israel-based company said it would use the investment to: ‘further establish its position as a leader in personal working environment software for…
Small item from Google Blogoscoped. David Hetfield reports on Google’s Tel Aviv office innaguration on June 4th. Worth noting: “Why Israel?” Highest density of computer science talent worldwide Fantastic Universities Build local market understanding Fast moving enterepreneurial business environment Great…
Content is king. Everyone knows that. Mobixie rides on that WAP wave. Israeli based Mobixie developed a proprietary IP network that allows downloading and sharing free content: videos, ring tones, screen savers, games and graphics. The service is available to…
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