CES , the largest consumer electronics show in the world, is taking place in Las Vegas this week from today to January 10th. But despite the huge publicity only 11 Israeli companies have taken a booth this year
TechAviv, the members-only meetup group for Israeli start ups, has concluded its starup competition the "TechAviv Peer Awards". The top spot was awarded to Israel's 5min.com,the leading online platform for how-to, instructional and knowledge videos, which was crowned as the most promising Israeli web start up in 2009. Colnect was a close runner up.
Desktop virtualization start-up Viewfinity Ltd. has raised $8.6 million in a second round led by current investors Giza Venture Capital and JK&B Capital as well as new investor Longworth Venture Capital. The round brings the company to a total of $15.3 million raised to date.
Israeli start up Skybox Security raised $2 million in round C, reports Calcalist. All of the company's existing investors participated in the round
Innovid, a New York-Headquartered company which maintains an R&D Center in Tel Aviv, has developed a “clickable canvas” technology which enables advertisers to add interactive capabilities to new and existing video content
WiseStamp , a Firefox plugin developed in Israel, won the 'best social media gadget' award in Mashable's third Open Web Awards.
2009 was Tel Aviv's centennial year and the city's mayor and municipality marked the occasion with this lovely clip "Tel Aviv 100".
Very exciting news to Israel's SaaS SEM start up Kenshoo. The company has announced an undisclosed amount of additional funding from current investors Sequoia. The proceeds will support the launch of the new "Kenshoo Local", a campaign management solution for organizations managing large volumes of Local or SMB/SME campaigns,
kaChing, the investment talent marketplace which featured in our Global From Day One column in October, has secured a $7.5 million Series A investment led by DAG Ventures.
Jinni, the taste engine for movies and TV shows which featured in our Global From Day One column several weeks ago, has secured a $1.6 million Series A round of financing from DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures.
News just broke that veteran Israeli start up Gizmoz, creator of 3D head avatars has merged with Utah-based Daz 3D, an avatar creation service offering virtual 3D bodies. Existing investors Benchmark Capital, Highway 12 Ventures, and Columbia Capital, put in an additional $5.3 million into the new merged company.
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