Last week I caught up with Yoav Leitersdorf at the Red Herring Conference in Seattle and asked him about his fund and its unique exit strategy. We also talked about Yoav’s connection to Israel and the companies he’s currently looking…
I’m back in San Francisco after a successful trip to Seattle. While I process my notes from the Red Herring Global conference, I wanted to share some of this week’s headlines in the Israeli tech and venture capital industries. Funding…
I’m typically not much of a gambler, espcially when I don’t know the odds – but if I had to put my money on the line, I’d say that the trend of international investments will only grow in the coming…
Another Israeli exit in the biotech sector. Clinical research firm Amarin agreed to acquire Israel-based privately held research and development company Ester Neurosciences for an initial $15m (€10.2m), in addition to $17m (€11.5m) in contingent payments. Ester Neurosciences Ltd. is…
How can you get a few dozen ideas for facebook apps for the price of an iPhone? announce a competition, of course. And that’s exactly what Unicell Inc did. Unicell is a cell content provider with some leverage created by…
PE Hub reports on Biotech M&A In Israel. Israel-based E-Mul Technologies, manufacturer of particle detection and field emission components used in nanotech instruments, purchasedIsrael-based QuantomiX, for an undisclosed sum. Quantomix develops WETSEM, a capsule technology that enables direct imaging of…
For those who are caught up in the constant debate of bubble vs. no bubble, here’s yet another web 2.0 video sent to me by a friend in the media PR business. Facebook valuation is $15 Billion and Ford Motors…
I ran across Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf in the Red Herring Global conference in Seattle. Yoav is Israeli, and a managing partner of YL Ventures, a boutique European venture capital fund focused on early stage high tech companies. The fund will…
India’s digital marketing company, Ybrant Technologies has announced the acquisition of Oridian, an Israeli online advertising company that has shown remarkable growth. According to Globes, the deal is valued at over $15 million. Ybrant was able to afford the deal,…
Consulting firm Deloitte announced the full list of EMEA’s (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) 500 fastest-growing technology companies on November 27th. The program recognizes private and public technology companies that have achieved the fastest rates of annual revenue growth…
