Bitesize Monday: Israeli Start Up Headlines

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…

@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-08

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…

Content (tool) is King. BeeTv Raises $8 Million in Second Round

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…

Pop Tok Evolves to AnyClip to Revolutionize Movie Clips

  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…

@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-03

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…

@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-25

New on VC Cafe: @Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-18 # Is this the most viewed screencast ever? # Fox TV uses Israeli start up Aniboom’s (Uri Shinar) to crowdsource cartoons through contest # Reading on New…

@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-18

New on VC Cafe: @Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-11 # New on VC Cafe: Invest in Israel Newsletter: April 2009 # The future browser would be closer to ‘minority report’ than what you think! # Mckinsey…

Recommended Links from the VC Cafe Network

  The VC Cafe Network has surpassed 4,000 members last week! Thought it would be a good opportunity to share with you link-worthy posts from members of the VC Cafe community: Venture Capital overview from MIT OpenCourse For those who want…

Boxee’s API Wants Your Apps, Coders

Boxee TV is possibly one of the coolest Israeli start ups out there right now. Based on open source software, Boxee is trying to beef up its offering by harnessing the power of the development community through free app building. The…

MoMinis Raises A Round for Casual Game Development Platform

Israel based Mo’Minis has reportedly secured a $1.5 million in Series A funding from BRM Capital. The company develops a platform that serves to create and distribute casual games for mobile handsets, supporting a wide range of devices. The platform…