As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For previous editions, click here. ISRAEL EXEMPTS FOREIGN INVESTORS…
The facebook land rush is on and boy it’s intense. Starting today, June 13, Facebook allows users to claim their username to appear in the web address of their profile page. For example: You must pick a name that is…
Do you believe in perfect markets? A secret algorithm has granted a small Israeli company in Herzliya more than $100 million in profit, yet only few have heard of the company. Founded in 2001 by Noam Stern-Perry and Nir Clarkstein,…
Despite the exit drought, more Israeli start ups have reported to recieve venture rounds from the last 60 days. You’ll notice the common thread: lots of private investor involvement and almost always participation of the previous investors as well. My6sense…
The annual Venture Capital global survey by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) and the NVCA shows that when it comes to investing in start ups, venture capitalists are cutting back. The survey gathered the opinion of 725 partners in venture capital…
These are days when many are discouraged. In the 93 years of my life depressions have come and gone. Prosperity has always returned and will again. John D. Rockefeller (1929) In the spirit of prosperity, VC Cafe brings you the…
RT @techaviv Congrats to Yoram Granit and team at for securing $8M Series B # TC: Israeli gaming company GameGround has closed a $4.1 million funding round from Sequoia Capital. # New on VC Cafe: Pop Tok Evolves…
Before the explosion of user generated content on the web, content was king. While some will argue that it still is, it starting to look like distributing, measuring and recommending are the name of the game. Israeli-Italian start up beeTV Ltd, which develops a…
This post was contributed by Daniel Hofbauer. Scroll down for Daniel’s bio. Pop Tok has re-invented itself over the last few months. Re-branded as “AnyClip”, the company hired Internet entrepreneur Aaron Cohen to run the company as well as New…
New on VC Cafe: @Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-25 # Article in the New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell on David vs Goliath strategies. # On my way to the Bebo offices in London # I miss this…
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