Sponsor Love: Launching a Web Startup? Apply for DEMO Germany

Why launch your tech innovation at DEMO Germany? After 18 successful years in the US, DEMO was launched in Europe in 2007 … And 9 out of the 20 selected Demonstrators were from Israel! Put simply, if you’re in Europe…

TWS2008 Crowns The 10 Most Promising Israeli Internet Startups

If you are running an internet startup in the US, chances are that you have been nominated or chosen for some kind of award in a startup competition in the past year. The same goes for Israel, but it happens…

LinkedIn Quietly Works To Boost Monetization

Back in January, LinkedIn had raised $12.8 million from Bessemer and European Founders Fund (EFF) based on a valuation of $250 million. Last month LinkedIn announced its $53 million round led by Bain Capital, based on a $1 billion valuation.…

VC Cafe on VatorTV: Are Pageviews Dead?

The space of online analytics is being transformed these days. Page views are quickly becoming the currency of the past while the importance of user engagement arises. But what exactly is engagement? Join me, for a conversation with Shahar Nechmad,…

Sponsor Love: AdMob Mobile Analytics Explained

The AdMob Mobile Analytics tour is underway. Now, you have a chance to see the range of features built into the first version of the product straight from Admob’s CEO, Omar Hamoui. In the below video, Omar describes how the…

VC Cafe Is Still Kicking

Thanks to all those who sent emails asking on my absence in the past couple of weeks. A combination of work overload and wedding prepartions kept me away from VC Cafe, but I’m now back from vacation in L. A.…

Bitesize Friday: VC Rounds, M&A and Weekend Reading

Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft-Yahoo and maybe a tiny bit of Google/Open Social here and there. Are you getting a bit tired reading about the same companies over and over again. Me neither, but hey, it’s good to mix up your diet…

Quick: Final Tickets Available to MashBash Tel Aviv

Mashable has just released 20 final tickets for MashBash Tel Aviv – RSVP immediately if you’d like to attend. No more tickets will be released and there will not be any available at the door. You must be on the…

Mytopia and Aviary In Under The Radar Social Media

We’re a week a away from Under the Radar Social Media. Among the 32 startups in the entertainment and social media space presenting in the one-day conference on June 3rd, there are two Israeli startups that you might not have…

VMWare Snatches B-Hive, Opens R&D Center in Israel

VMware (NYSE: VMW), the leading developer of virtualization solutions, has announced the acquisition of Israeli start-up B-hive Networks for an undisclosed sum. Industry experts estimate the price range at tens of millions.  Following the merger in Q3 of 2008, VMWare…