Information overload! That’s the only way to explain the “January Effect” of tech and VC news since the new decade began a week ago. Here’s a few links worth clicking on: Microsoft’s research and development center in Israel is set…
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
VC Cafe was born four years ago, in December of 2005. Back then, under goisrael.blogspot.com, my goal was ambitious but simple. VC Cafe was to be a source of positive news about Israel, beyond what one sees on CNN or BBC…
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,
