“Invest in Israel“, Israel’s Investment Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor, publishes a monthly newsletter with lots of good news on the Israeli market. You may have seen some of the posts on VC Cafe earlier this month, but this is a good summary, especially for M&A deals off the internet …
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Innovation is coming out of Israel all the time, but we often only hear on the startups that “made it” in one way or another: those that got funded by Accel, those that signed deals with Linkedin or got acquired by IBM. The truth is that most startups don’t make it. Which means, that they …
Last week’s top story was with no doubt Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo. The plot was full of twists and drama, saved only to”Jurassic Park” style M&A deals like this one. Israel didn’t stand still last week, so I’ve gathered the most interesting startup and venture capital headlines of the week in my bitesize format. …
After a week packed with meetings, presentations, pitches and networking opportunities, the Israel Web Tour concluded on Friday after a great party at Slide. I believe that sharing is caring, so I thought I’d share with you my notes from the public showcase. First, let’s take a deeper look into the companies that participated in the …
After kicking off the Israel Web Tour at Ask.com on Monday, I’m now at the web tour’s public showcase, being held at the Microsoft SVC Campus in Mountain View, CA. In attendance: approximately 300 people ranging from entrepreneurs, VCs, press and people connected to the Israeli startup industry. After openning notes from Shuly Galili, Chairman …
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General winter is here in San Francisco, and I felt his impact well this week as I battled the flue in bed. Due to a short break, some of this week’s top headlines didn’t make it to the front page of VC Cafe. So, thank you for your patience and enjoy the bitesize newsbrief below. …
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Back in November, I posted a call for Israeli companies to apply to the Israel Web Tour, a week long trip to Silicon Valley organized by the California Israel Chamber of Commerce led by Shuly Galili. 90 companies have applied, and after careful deliberation, the tour’s steering committee has selected the 15 companies that will …
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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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As we approach the end of 2007, it’s time to look back at the year that was and… start making forecasts for 2008.
NBC, BBC, ABC… and maybe soon RayV TV as well. Israeli RayV raised a second round of $8M to develop live 24 hour broadcasts of quality programming for the PC and TV in what they call a “Virtual TV Network”. Facebook‘s investor Accel Partners, one of Israel’s most active VC funds, financed the round. Accel …
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