April 21, 2026 Weekly insights on Israeli tech, venture capital, and AI

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The Magnificent Seven Invest $400 Billion a year in Frontier Technologies

M7 report

An interesting new report by Dealroom and Flow Partners breaks down the massive investment that the “Magnificent Seven” (or M7 for short) are plowing into AI across verticals. It’s impossible to ignore the impact that Google/Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta,…

Invest in Israel Newsletter – July 2013 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.  This month marks yet another full plate of Israeli startup…

TodaCell Raises $1 More Million from Afterdox

According to Imran Kahn, analyst for J.P. Morgan, mobile display advertising is expected to grow by 81% from $140 million in 2009 to $253 million in 2010. Todacell, the mobile ad optimization network based in Tel Aviv, has announced a second funding…

Boxee Beta Back on AppleTV

For AppleTV users, there hasn't been an easy way to get Boxee's Beta loaded since Boxee released it publicly at CES this year. Now users teamed up to get the software media center back on the popular gadget.

LibraFestival navigates the fast-changing mobile industry with a diversified approach

I recently spoke with Barak Ben-Ezer, Director of Business Development at LibraFestival (formerly ApParty), a Tel Aviv-based mobile application development company. LibraFestival is the company behind the hugely successful iFog app – the app has been purchased from Apple’s App…

Israeli singer serenades launch of MacBook Air (watch the video)

In a classic MacWorld speaker move, Steve Jobs (aka “his jobness”) announced Apple’s latest invention this week in San Francisco.As you probably heard, the new beauty is called Macbook Air, the world’s thinnest laptop, weighing only 3 pounds and packed…