10 Reasons To Join The VC Cafe Network

The dictionary definition of a Network is “an association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like” ; Indeed, the VC Cafe Network (VCN) fits right in. Have you joined yet? Started…

MyThings Gets $5 More Million ‘Things’ In Round B

Another round B was announced for an Israeli startup today. Mythings, developer of a Personal Belongings Portfolio, managed to rack $5 Million in round B funding before the funding window closes. The round was led by Dotcorp Asset Management and…

Flash is Cash for Israel’s Wix.com, Announcing Series B

This just in: Wix.com, the Israeli flash website creation platform, has received a $3.5 million in round B, led by previous investors Mangrove Venture Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners. To date Wix has raised $8.5 million including this round. In…

Users leaving you? Win back the customers with Kampyle for Software

Kampyle For Software, the latest creation of Israeli startup Kampyle, is a fully serviced feedback analytics platform for software developers. At times like this, it’s all about keeping your users happy. Over a year after our first interview, I had a chance to…

Oberon: Casual Games Are Coming To China

Despite the crisis in the market, Oberon Media, the Israeli-US startup leading the casual gaming industry, has announced a $20 million round raised from Infinity Equity’s I-China Fund, a venture fund focusing on Israeli-Chinese related opportunities. With this strategic partnership Oberon is looking to…

Project Better Place and The Zero-Zero Effect

By now, if you have heard of electric cars, you probably know about Project Better Place (PBB), an ambitious startup building electric car infrastructure in Israel and Denmark led by CEO Shai Agassi. I came across Agassi’s talk on YouTube…

Why pay for the milk when you can buy the cow?

Monster Venture Partners has acquired Israeli startup BitWine and replaced the CEO. Will VC exits become a new trend? Monster Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Seattle, has completed the acquisition of a majority share in the…

New Year, New Initiatives on VC Cafe

I'm very excited to experience the European startup scene first hand. Europe has a huge amount of Image representing Seedcamp as depicted in undiscovered talents, I already had an impressive introduction to it by attending Saul Klein's Seedcamp London as a product management mentor to 23 startups a few weeks ago.

Entrepreneur Interview: Tel Aviv vs. Sand Hill Road

Can Israeli startups really make it big in the US from Tel Aviv? Opinions go both ways, but most Israeli entrepreneurs who made the move will tell you, pack your bags once you have a prototype. R&D in Israel, Biz Dev…

Microsoft Announced Zoomix Acquisition

Now it’s official – Microsoft has formally announced the acquisition of Israeli startup Zoomix, for an undisclosed amount, estimated at $20-30 million by market sources (according to Globes). Acquisition rumors were first reported about a month ago. Following the acquisition, Zoomix’s…