Category Archives: 5min

Eyeview Raises $1 Million Round from Innovation Endeavors

In 2008, we covered the story of EyeView on VC Cafe. Three friends won the Harvard Business School business plan competition, carried on with the venture to raise money from respectable VCs in Israel and land clients like Yahoo and eBay. But since then, very little was heard about the company until now. Beet.tv reported that Innovation Endeavors, the VC fund led by Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt, has invested an additional $1 million in Eyeview, bringing the total investment in the company to $6 million to date from Gemini and Lightspeed ventures.

Bitesize Monday: Boxee Raising, Israel Nano Technology, Israeli Chief Scientist

Some of the week’s top Israeli startups headlines: Boxee is looking to raise a massive round -Sources say Boxee is out trying to raise a significant funding round, likely in the $10 million to $15 million range.

Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. See the March 2010 edition after the jump.

Breaking: AOL Buying Israeli Video Site 5min Media

AOL acquires 5min media, a web video startup based in Israel for an estimated $50-$65 million. 5min has become a leading video distribution platform with 100 million monthly views.

5min Wins Top Spot in TechAviv’s Peer Awards

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.

How To Raise Money: Israel’s 5Min Raised $7.5 Million

Israel-based “How to” video site 5min.com has announced a second round of financing of $7.5 million. The round was led by Globespan Capital Partners, a new investor in the company. Spark Capital, 5min’s previous investor, joined the round.

IMCandy: A Sweet Way to Monetize Your Video Content

When it comes to video advertising, new contenders are popping out like mushrooms after the rain. The typical problem of these companies is getting enough traction from both high paying advertisers and quality content publishers, in order to make the match between the ad and the content. Imcandy, a new Israel-based startup, presents a new …

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Wrapping up the Israel Web Tour

After a week packed with meetings, presentations, pitches and networking opportunities, the Israel Web Tour concluded on Friday after a great party at Slide. I believe that sharing is caring, so I thought I’d share with you my notes from the public showcase. First, let’s take a deeper look into the companies that participated in the …

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The chosen people: 15 startups to represent Israel in Silicon Valley

Back in November, I posted a call for Israeli companies to apply to the Israel Web Tour, a week long trip to Silicon Valley organized by the California Israel Chamber of Commerce led by Shuly Galili. 90 companies have applied, and after careful deliberation, the tour’s steering committee has selected the 15 companies that will …

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First 2008 bitesize: Israeli tech and investment news 01/04/2008 | VC Cafe

Happy belated 2008! After a week of vacation in sunny Miami, it’s good to be back on the saddle. Most of us are still caught up with a large inbox to clear after the break, having 35 firefox browsers open doesn’t exactly help. Israeli high tech M&A, Clean tech, life sciences and consumer internet are …

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