The Mobile World Congress 2009 will take place in Barcelona next week (Feb 16-19), under the big cloud of uncertainty that the current economic downturn presents to the mobile industry. Reports are saying that the event organizers expect a 15%…
IVC Research Center has released the findings of their quarterly survey, summarizing Israeli capital raising in Q4 2008. Israeli companies raised $394 million in the last quarter, a decline of 22% compared to the equivalent period in 2007. That said,…
“Invest in Israel“, Israel’s Investment Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor, publishes a monthly newsletter with lots of good news on the Israeli market. You may have seen some of the posts on VC Cafe earlier…
Finjan, a veteran in the Israeli software landscape that’s been around since 1996 has announced a $22 million sixth round led by HarbourVest, one of its first investors. Several other funds participated in the round including: Benchmark Capital, Israel Seed…
Kampyle For Software, the latest creation of Israeli startup Kampyle, is a fully serviced feedback analytics platform for software developers. At times like this, it’s all about keeping your users happy. Over a year after our first interview, I had a chance to…
Despite the crisis in the market, Oberon Media, the Israeli-US startup leading the casual gaming industry, has announced a $20 million round raised from Infinity Equity’s I-China Fund, a venture fund focusing on Israeli-Chinese related opportunities. With this strategic partnership Oberon is looking to…
By now, if you have heard of electric cars, you probably know about Project Better Place (PBB), an ambitious startup building electric car infrastructure in Israel and Denmark led by CEO Shai Agassi. I came across Agassi’s talk on YouTube…
Can Israeli startups really make it big in the US from Tel Aviv? Opinions go both ways, but most Israeli entrepreneurs who made the move will tell you, pack your bags once you have a prototype. R&D in Israel, Biz Dev…
Now it’s official – Microsoft has formally announced the acquisition of Israeli startup Zoomix, for an undisclosed amount, estimated at $20-30 million by market sources (according to Globes). Acquisition rumors were first reported about a month ago. Following the acquisition, Zoomix’s…
Israel and California based Mobixell Networks has announced a $6 million fourth funding round led by Apax Partners, Intel Capital (who also participated in the previous round), and Munich-based SMAC Partners which represents the Venture Capital arm of Siemens corp. Including this…
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