Today (May 5th), Israel Cleantech Ventures (ICV) announced today that it reached a final close of $75 million for its first fund, significantly exceeding expectations from its original target of $60M. ICV will invest in Israeli companies (or Israel-realted) in renewable energy, water purification, energy efficiency and clean technology. ICV is the first Israeli cleantech-focused …
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In the latest report compiled by Dow Jones VentureSource, numbers show a strengthening trend in clean technology investments worldwide. A record sum of over $3 billion was poured into 221 clean clean technology deals globally in 2007, representing a 43% increase compared to $2.1 billion in 2006. The driving force behind the rapid growth of …
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TheMarker, Israel’s prominent business magazine and Haaretz, one of Israel’s largest newspapers, featured VC Cafe in a spread on “The Blogs That Every Israeli Startup Should Know“. Guy Grimland, editor of TheMarker IT, interviewed me a couple weeks ago and at the outset of the interview asked me “why should startups approach VC Cafe rather …
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2008 is almost upon us and the deal flow doesn’t seem to slow down for the holidays. I can hardly keep up with the headlines, so here’s a short recap of the latest business news in the Israeli start up and vc industry. Israeli Cleantech News New Israeli fund raises $100 million for Cleantech VC …
