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,…
Earlier this week I had the chance to interview Joseph (Yossi) Maaravi, the founder and CEO of Sutree.com, a subsidiary of E-learning Knowledge Solutions Inc. Sutree is a great resource for content discovery: it aggregates thousands of free how-to videos…
The front page at TechCrunch looks as if it was taken out of the Venture Capital Cafe today. Out of 8 posts displayed on the home page, 5 are related to Israel - not bad for a tiny country in the middle east. AllofMe, SeeToo, Google Israel, eToro and SuTree - read more on VC Cafe.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) 1. AOL buys Quigo for $340M. Yaron Galai and Oded Itzhak (featured on VC Cafe in the…
The funny video below was posted on 5min.com, the Israeli life videopedia that aggregates thousands of ‘how to’ videos, and will likely be on every Israeli Venture Capital blog very soon as a ‘warning’ sign. Techcrunch also thought it was worthy…
Definitions of ‘symbiosis’ (simbe-osis, -bi-) – The American Heritage® Dictionary 1. symbiosis (n.) A close, prolonged association between two or more different organisms of different species that may, but does not necessarily, benefit each member. 2. symbiosis (n.) A relationship…
Israeli start-up 5Min describes itself as a place to find short video solutions for any practical question and a forum for people wanting to share their knowledge. 5Min’s goal is to create a community Life VideoPedia, by providing user generated…
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