Israel is on the nanotech map. A current snapshot shows that more than 30 Israel nanotech startups and over a dozen established firms representing over US $76 million in investment capital.Israeli firms are developing nanotech applications in fields that are…
The Israel Economic Mission in New York has launched a new initiative, where Israeli executives working in U.S. technology, pharmaceutical, banking, media, and venture capital companies will open doors and offer advice to other Israeli companies looking to penetrate the…
On December 1, two veteran venture capital professionals gave an audience of software entrepreneurs some tips on the best ways to approach them to achieve a favorable funding outcome. Source: American Venture MagazineBy Lew Koflowitz Sita Vasan, an executive with…
Lots of new products, from toothpaste to khakis, use nanotechnology. But some say we don’t know enough about the health and environmental risks from the particles tiny enough to penetrate cells in lungs, brains and other organs. Source: Wired News…
Money, Money, Money… That’s what most people have in mind when starting a website or a blog but is there real money in blogs?A recent study by a British blogger on Adsonblogs finds that 35% of the top blogs have…
New nano material is far tougher than diamonds.Published by: Jerusalem Post (link was updatedto original full article) Scientists from Bar-Ilan University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology say that using nanotechnology, they have discovered a material 40 times harder. Professors…
Brooks-Keret VP Nimrod Elmish on avoiding pitfalls in dealing with venture capital funds.Source: Globes “Almost every entrepreneur I meet tells me, ‘Just arrange a meeting for me with investors, just open the door, and I’ll charm them. My product will…
VCs love doing business in Israel, but most of their money goes to Europe.Source: Red Herring October 17, 2005 Issue When venture capitalist Kaj Erik Relander traveled to Tel Aviv three years ago to conduct due diligence on a potential…
Story location As a stock-futures trader, George Pruitt used to spend the day hovering over his computer screen.Now, he just stays within earshot. When his computer identifies an attractive time to buy or sell, it emits a horn blast. It…
IVC: Israeli high-tech capital raising – stable over 2005 first nine months, despite a 13% drop in Q3 figures 10% of capital invested is directed to Seed companies In Q3 2005, 90 Israeli high-tech companies raised $336 million from venture…
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