Is Giza Ventures Connected to New York Pension Fraud?
allegations that Israeli VC fund Giza Venture Capital paid a hefty finder's fee to Hank Morris, a political advisor and close friend of former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi.
Israeli VCs Make Less and Smaller First Investments in 2009
The IVC research center has released the Summary of Israeli High-Tech Company Capital Raising for Q1 2009. $265 million were raised by start ups in the first quarter of 2009 from both local and foreign funds.
WEF Report: The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity 2009
Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner and the World Economic Forum have recently released the 2009 report on “The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity”. For research purposes private equity is defined as investments by professionally managed partnerships that involve…
@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-27
New on VC Cafe: @Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-20 # The New Internet Start-Up Boom: Get Rich Slow: # Updated the post 7 Start-Up Competitions Help Entrepreneurs Get Off Ground Read more: # Check this video out…
What’s New In The Emerging Markets?
Image via Wikipedia Private Equity investors plan increased exposure to emerging markets in face of global economic downturn Institutional investors believe emerging markets will continue to present attractive investment opportunities in the coming year and plan to maintain or expand…
Fring!.. Fring!… your friend is calling you!
The Israeli start up “Fring” brings social life into your smart phones; it combines Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo, ICQ, SIP, AIM and Twitter into one piece of software and allows you to be connected to your friends, all the…
@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-20
13 Israeli companies in the Forbes Global 2000 list of the best public companies # RT @HarvardBiz How Not to Compete, Post-Crash # March 2009 Israel trademark journal published # Huge: Ebay Unacquires StumbleUpon # Now…
The Comprehensive Toolkit for Web Apps and Widgets
A comprehensive list of widget building tools for the novice and the expert alike.
EyeSight Will Not Be The Wii For Mobile Games
Mobile gaming started long before the iPhone (remember ‘snake’?) with revenues of over $5 billion in 2008. I recently came across an Israeli start up called EyeSight, which is trying to grab a slice of the pie by offering touchless control…
Sportingo’s Tiny Exit To Tixdaq Went Unnoticed
A tiny acquisition of Israeli sport aficionados website Sportingo.com went almost unnoticed in the blogosphere. SportBuzz, the parent company of Sportingo which also owns the blog Caught Offsite as well as the video site Get Sport, was sold for several millions to UK-based Tixdaq.com, an…