TVeez a point of sale marketing company, is moving forward with a $15 million round led by Giza and Benchmark Israel. TVeez was founded in 2004 with no VC capital – perhaps because it was co-founded by Yair Goldfinger, founder of Dotomi and one of the founders of Mirabilis, the developer of the ICQ messaging …
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Last week’s top story was with no doubt Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo. The plot was full of twists and drama, saved only to”Jurassic Park” style M&A deals like this one. Israel didn’t stand still last week, so I’ve gathered the most interesting startup and venture capital headlines of the week in my bitesize format. …
One of my favorite blogs in Hebrew, thecoils, has posted a comprehensive overview of the venture capital and M&A activity of Israeli companies and funds in 2007, as well as some predictions for 2008. For those who can’t read Hebrew, I translated and summarized the main points from the post and added a few bits …
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Lately, it seems like there’s a new startup competition or award announced every single day. Just recently I’ve covered Red Herring’s Top 100, Deloitte’s Fast 500, Le Web 3 start up competition and the list goes on. You’ve also probably heard of the Crunchies, same idea, but louder buzz. The Crunchies is a collaboration project …
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As we approach the end of 2007, it’s time to look back at the year that was and… start making forecasts for 2008.
The Broadband TV niche in Israel is on fire. Following RayV’s $8M round earlier this month, Israel-based Imagine Communications announced a second round and a hot upcoming deal. Imagine develops Personalized TV technologies for video on demand (VOD) and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV). Imagine claims that its next-generation multiplexing technology, the QOD Gateway System, provides …
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