Boxee Beta Back on AppleTV
For AppleTV users, there hasn't been an easy way to get Boxee's Beta loaded since Boxee released it publicly at CES this year. Now users teamed up to get the software media center back on the popular gadget.
Eze Vidra
Eze Vidra is the founder of VC Cafe and the co-founder and managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a pre-seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of AI, technology, entertainment, gaming, and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.
He is a former General Partner at Google Ventures (GV) in Europe, former head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe, and founding head of Campus London, Google's first startup hub. Eze writes on Israeli tech, venture capital, artificial intelligence, and founder strategy.
He is also the founder of Techbikers, a nonprofit that brings together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read.
$8 Million Series B For FOREX Social Network Currensee
Currensee, a social network for Foreign Exchange (Forex) traders, announced a series B of $8 million led by North Bridge Venture Partners and new investor, Egan Managed Capital. The company has raised $12 million to date
Bitesize Monday: BitBand, TuneWiki and GreenRoad
Motorola Buys BitBand, Greenroad Gets $10 million from Al Gore and Sir Richard Branson to make roads safer, NTT Docomo wants TuneWiki to power Karaoke on Japan's Mobiles
The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship is like riding a bicycle. You are going to fall and get hurt before you learn to do it right. Having recently attended an event on common mistakes made by entrepreneurs, I thought you would benefit from learning some of the lessons from people who got it wrong the first time.
Will Catch Media be the iTunes for the Android Phone?
Last year, Eric Schmidt has promised to buy a start up a month as Google re-kindles its M&A activities. Aardvark and reMail were the most recent buys and now, several sources report that theIsraeli start-up Catch Media might be next.
Stuck in the middle with you (an uncut rant)
Like this catchy song, the Internet is full of innovative sites products put up there by entrepreneurs looking to get a million users, downloads or clicks. In fact, according to domaintools.com, approximately 125,000 domains are registered on a daily basis
2009 First VC Investments in Israel Down 50 Percent
Terra Venture Partners, a $25 million fund made the most first investments in 2009 (6 deals) followed by Carmel, Giza, JVP, Magma, Pitango, Sequoia and TriVentures (another small fund with $25 million under management), who all made 5 first time investments.
Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress
About 50,000 visitors from 200 countries are expected to attend the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, starting tomorrow February 15th. After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected…
Oracle Buys Pitango-Backed Convergin
Oracle acquires Israel-based Convergin, developer of a real-time service brokering applications for the telecom industry. Convergin has raised around $10 million in VC funding from Pitango Venture Capital and Rich Investment in November 2008.
TuneWiki Raises Undisclosed Round From Motorola Ventures
Motorola Ventures, the corporate VC arm of Motorola, placed a strategic investment in Israel's TuneWiki Series B (announced Feb 8 2010). TuneWiki's main investor Benchmark Israel also participated in the round, along with a few new investors