FT Covers Israel The Startup Nation – Sep 1 2011
A big spread on Israeli startups and Venture Capital by Tobias Buck was published in the FT this morning , showcases what made Israel the startup nation, and what are the challenges ahead.
How do we bridge the social divide? Salesforce #DF11 Live Stream
Marc Benioff, CEO of SalesForce gives a very energetic (almost evangelical) keynote speech on collaboration, and creating an employee social network, in front of 45,000 attendees.
Innovid Raises a $9.5 Million Round Led by Sequoia
Innovid, a video advertising startup, has raised $9.5 million round led by Sequoia Capital with Genesis Partners and T-Ventures (Deutsche Telecom) participating in the round. As part of the funding round, Sequoia partner Gili Raanan will join Innovid’s Board of Directors.
DoubleVerify Raises $33 Million on a $200 Million Valuation
Ad verification startup DoubleVerify has raised a fourth round of $33 million from private equity fund JMI Equity and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). According to Ynet, the deal values DoubleVerify at $200 million. JMI knows quite a bit about display advertising, having bought DoubleClick before its $3.1 billion acquisition by Google.
The Startup Genome Compass Tool is Live – Why Do Startups Fail?
Three months ago, Bjoern Herrmann and 21 year old Max Marmer decided to put some hard data to the test, by benchmarking 3,200 statrups on 25 KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) in their very buzzed Startup Genome Report. They didn't stop at just writing reports, and have put together a startup accelerator in Silicon Valley, called Blackbox.
Taboola Raised $9 million in Series B for Video Recommendations
Bloomberg, New York Times, CNN, USA Today... these are just a subset of Taboola's customers. Israeli startup Taboola has announced a $9 million series B round led by Crescent Point Group, with participation by Evergreen Venture Partners.
Navajo Systems SaaS Encryption Sold to SalesForce
SalesForce.com, a pioneer in SaaS technology has made its first acquisition in Israel, with its decision to buy Navajo Systems for $30 million, says Globes. Following the acquisition, SalesForce will open its first R&D center in Israel.
Israeli Startup Wanova Raises $10 million in Series B
Wanova, the Israeli corporate cloud services provider, has announced the completion of its round B financing totaling $10 million. The round was led entirely by previous backers: the Israeli offices of Greylock Partners and Carmel Ventures, as well as US fund Opus Capital.
Vikido Launched Social Network and Web Browser for Parents and Kids
Israeli startup Vikido has launched in beta, what some blogs call the Facebook for parents and their kids. The self proclaimed "social network with training wheels", enables kids to create and share audio, video and images with their parents, who can then control with whom the kids information is shared whether it is public or private (similar concept to Google+ Circles) as well as what channel is used for sharing, be it other social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Google+ etc) or email.
Tel Aviv Will Say Shalom to Google Street View
Israel's ministry of Justice approved the use of Google Street view in Israel, after a poll conducted by the Israeli Government services and information portal showed that 70% out of the 5,000 respondents were in favor of the Service, according to Globes.
IBC 2011 Attracts 28 Israeli Media and Mobile Startups to Amsterdam
The International Broadcast Convention (IBC) 2011 is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasting media and entertainment industry, covering the latest developments in broadcasting, mobile TV, IPTV, digital signage and forward looking R&D. This year, 28 Israeli startups in mobile, media and broadcasting technology are flocking in to IBC 2011.
Israeli Startup Zerto Raises $15 million B Round for Disaster Recovery on the Cloud
Israeli startup Zerto has now announced the launch of a new product suite, the Zerto Virtual Replication as well as the completion of a $15 million B round led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) and joined by existing investors Battery Ventures and Greylock Partners.