Israel-based Pursway (formerly known as Datanetis) announced its series A of $6 million led by Battery Ventures office in Israel. Pursway uses patent pending sentiment analysis technology on social networks, enabling clients to identify the influencers and followers for each of their products product within their customer database.
bout 13 years after its inception, Israeli start up Finjan exits with a ‘humble’ (yet profitable) acquisition by UK’s M86 Security
LiveFooty , an Israeli owned website, which broadcasts live soccer games (illegally) got sued by the Premier League, who takes a very aggressive stance in these cases. The Premier League grants licenses for broadcasting the games to broadcasters in 207 countries. When the league’s management discovered that live-footy.org was broadcasting games, it sent a cease and decease …
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New on VC Cafe: @Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-27 http://bit.ly/6eELj # New on VC Cafe: WEF Report: The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity 2009 http://bit.ly/ZJU9v # New on VC Cafe: Israeli VCs Make Less and Smaller First Investments in 2009 http://bit.ly/17y8s2 # New on VC Cafe: Is Giza Ventures Connected to New York …
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New on VC Cafe: @Ediggs Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-20 http://bit.ly/GXIh6 # The New Internet Start-Up Boom: Get Rich Slow: http://tinyurl.com/c4hv3m # Updated the post 7 Start-Up Competitions Help Entrepreneurs Get Off Ground Read more:http://bit.ly/incubators # Check this video out — 32 songs in 8 minutes http://tinyurl.com/ctttds # Listening to Israeli music on Last.fm: http://tinyurl.com/cxoun4 …
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For your weekend reading pleasure, I put together a short list of “pirate links”. Why pirate? because they took over my Firefox tabs and refuse to release them until they get posted somehow. Economic Downturn Despite the economic situation, 3 million tourists visited Israel in 2008, and 24 million stays were booked in hotels. The …
Finjan, a veteran in the Israeli software landscape that’s been around since 1996 has announced a $22 million sixth round led by HarbourVest, one of its first investors. Several other funds participated in the round including: Benchmark Capital, Israel Seed Partners, Benhamou Global Ventures (Eric Behamou’s VC fund), and Cisco. The company said it will …
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Apple recently opened its first store in Israel, but for some bizarre reason, the iPhone is not available for sale there. Even though Israelis are not able to purchase one yet, developers are cranking out iPhone apps like hotcakes. Some apps are Jewish-themed, others are completely mainstream. The Israeli iPhone apps: Fring – By Fringland …
The fourth of July came and gone as quickly as the fireworks show. Unfortunately, San Francisco was too foggy to see anything. Speaking of visibility, I put together a short list of recommended reads to kick off the week on the right foot: Entrepreneurship 101: One-person companies are earning upward of $1 million in revenue …
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In the previous parts of “The Golden Age of Israeli Start ups” we covered the state of the venture capital industry in Israel, some of the most recent venture funded companies and the M&A activity of Israeli companies. None of the above matter, without compelling products that solve a user’s need. Innovation is the propagator …
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