Last Month, Red Herring and the Israel Venture Association co-sponsored a competition in Israel, limited to early stage companies with revenues of up to $10 million in 2006 supported by venture funds associated with the IVA. Three Israeli startups received…
The funny video below was posted on 5min.com, the Israeli life videopedia that aggregates thousands of ‘how to’ videos, and will likely be on every Israeli Venture Capital blog very soon as a ‘warning’ sign. Techcrunch also thought it was worthy…
Source: Paidcontent.org Globes Online reports that Quigo, the NYC and Israel based online contextual ad technology provider, is preparing for a Nasdaq IPO in early 2008. Quigo has raised $30 million from Institutional Venture Partners, at a company value of…
KnockaTV , an Israeli startup founded by former Mirabilis ICQ employees, is developing a product that will connect the Internet and TV in a “Do it Yourself” fashion. KnocaTV was formerly known as ISeeU and is led by co-founder and…
Intel Capital, Intel’s investment group, invested an undisclosed sum in Ceedo Technologies, a privately held software company. The Israel-based company said it would use the investment to: ‘further establish its position as a leader in personal working environment software for…
Small item from Google Blogoscoped. David Hetfield reports on Google’s Tel Aviv office innaguration on June 4th. Worth noting: “Why Israel?” Highest density of computer science talent worldwide Fantastic Universities Build local market understanding Fast moving enterepreneurial business environment Great…
Content is king. Everyone knows that. Mobixie rides on that WAP wave. Israeli based Mobixie developed a proprietary IP network that allows downloading and sharing free content: videos, ring tones, screen savers, games and graphics. The service is available to…
As if it was timed, following my post on Business Symbiosys, Facebook announced the release of Facebook Platform on Thursday (5/24), which is a great illustration of the Symbiosis concept. Since the announcement Facebook has been portrayed as the “MySpace…
MusicGenome developed a system for identifying musical taste, based on artificial intelligence. The analysis is done by using personal details and a personality questionnaire filled out by customers. The system enables music sites, companies and stores to offer titles suited…
Hate watching those not-so-short ads before getting to your video of interest? Adap.tv recently launched its video advertising platform, matching advertisers to video content elegantly. How does it work?Adap.tv scans the video content displays contextual ads at the bottom of…
