Bitesize Tuesday: Israel High Tech in The News and More

Last weekend was a double Bank Holiday in the UK (don’t ask me why they call it Bank holiday), which means everyone was on vacation from Thursday to Tuesday. Great start to the week.  Below are the headlines that caught…

@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-13

eToro’s Forex Trading Platform Secures $6.3M # Meet the SEMBA2010 class at London Business School: # Really funny video… in a bad way. News Reporters Getting OWNED # Who is going to make Shortened URLs display the…

IsraelWebTour 2009: Ten IL Chosen Start Ups Pack For The Valley

The California Israel Chamber of Commerce (CICC) is launching  the third annual IsraelWebTour from April 20-23, 2009 in the Silicon Valley. The focus this year is on growth companies, who have the potential to significantly expand their presence in the…

An Infatuation Over Israel’s Start Up Industry

As Passover is here and spring as sprung, we thought it was a good enough reason to collate all the recent blogosphere buzz on Israeli start ups. A small counrty with lots of tech, Israel caught some headlines in recent…

uTest Defines the Future of Quality Assurance:CEO Interview

  Ask any IT organization, and you’ll find that QA is often a bottle neck in rolling out products. I know, as one of my early jobs in the IT industry was as a QA tester. It had its perks:…

eToro’s Forex Trading Platform Secures $6.3M

Israel-based eToro  has secured $6.3 million in Series B financing from BRM Group, Cubit Investments and other unnamed investors. eToro offers an online financial trading platform that helps less experienced traders to easily conduct foreign exchange trades via a simple user interface. eToro’s interface…

@Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-06

George Soros On ‘The Financial Crisis of Our Lifetime’ # MSFT will spend $100 million on marketing for its search engine – it didn’t work for Ask, why would it work for them? # How to Win 3…

RedHerring: 16 Israeli Start ups Among EMEA’s Top 100 Private Companies

Red Herring Magazine published the Red Herring 100, a list of the most promising private tech and biotech start ups in EMEA.  16 Israeli start ups made the list in 2009, alongside heavyweight companies from across Europe.  And the winners are: ActionBase…

Kampyle Celebrates a Year of Feedback Success

Kampyle, the Feedback Analytics start up based in Israel, celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday with impressive results.  A year after our first interview,  I spoke with Ariel Finkelstein, founder and CEO at Kampyle to see how the company is doing.…