Israeli startup AniBoom has raised $4.5 million for its emerging online animation community, reports NewTeeVee. The round was led by Israeli VC firm Evergreen ($610 million under management). AniBoom is an online video aggregator for animated films, with online tools (such as a Shapeshifter) that empower users to create animation of different genres, techniques and …
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New on VC Cafe: @Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-18 http://bit.ly/16nHAf # Is this the most viewed screencast ever? http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html # Fox TV uses Israeli start up Aniboom’s (Uri Shinar) to crowdsource cartoons through contest http://bit.ly/vOPYs # Reading on New york times: Israeli Companies Seek Global Profile http://bit.ly/XeH7D # Israeli start up Footbo closed a …
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According to IVC Research, 28% of the venture capital investments were made in seed stage companies in 2008, compared to 43% in 2007. More than 30% of the vc funds in Israel made no investments in seed companies in 2008. Greylock Israel was 2008’s most active fund ranking with nine First investments followed by Vertex with …
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When it comes to video advertising, new contenders are popping out like mushrooms after the rain. The typical problem of these companies is getting enough traction from both high paying advertisers and quality content publishers, in order to make the match between the ad and the content. Imcandy, a new Israel-based startup, presents a new …
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One of my favorite blogs in Hebrew, thecoils, has posted a comprehensive overview of the venture capital and M&A activity of Israeli companies and funds in 2007, as well as some predictions for 2008. For those who can’t read Hebrew, I translated and summarized the main points from the post and added a few bits …
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Lately, it seems like there’s a new startup competition or award announced every single day. Just recently I’ve covered Red Herring’s Top 100, Deloitte’s Fast 500, Le Web 3 start up competition and the list goes on. You’ve also probably heard of the Crunchies, same idea, but louder buzz. The Crunchies is a collaboration project …
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