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Israeli VC Funds Struggled to Raise in 2009

The latest IVC report shows that Israeli VC funds were able to raise only $229 million in 2009, a staggering 72% less than $803 million raised in 2008 and the third lowest amount raised per annum in the last decade.

2009 First VC Investments in Israel Down 50 Percent

Terra Venture Partners, a $25 million fund made the most first investments in 2009 (6 deals) followed by Carmel, Giza, JVP, Magma, Pitango, Sequoia and TriVentures (another small fund with $25 million under management), who all made 5 first time investments.

First Bitesize of 2010

Information overload! That’s the only way to explain the “January Effect” of tech and VC news since the new decade began a week ago. Here’s a few links worth clicking on: Microsoft’s research and development center in Israel is set to hire dozens of new employees SAPIR extends the power of web searches beyond centralized …

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Kenshoo Local Launches to Help SMEs with Search Marketing

Very exciting news to Israel’s SaaS SEM start up Kenshoo. The company has announced an undisclosed amount of additional funding from current investors Sequoia. The proceeds will support the launch of the new “Kenshoo Local”, a campaign management solution for organizations managing large volumes of Local or SMB/SME campaigns,

CloudShare Raises $10 Million, Goes out of Stealth

CloudShare, an Israeli start up previously known as IT Structures, has reported a series B of $10 million led by its existing investors Sequoia Capital and Gemini Israel Funds as well as new investor Charles River Ventures. This ‘Up Round’ brings CloudShare to a total of $16 million raised to date. CloudShare offers a Virtual …

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Global From Day One: Amobee helps operators adapt to a changing mobile landscape

Amobee, a Redwood City-headquartered startup with offices in London and Herzliya, could play a major role in helping mobile operators avoid the fate of ISPs by helping them to leverage their existing control over content and communications.

Kenshoo Moves to The Valley, Taps US Market

If you’re Madonna or Britney Spears, your decision to move to a new city may be a news scoop. In the start up world, if you’re funded by Sequoia you get the same celebrity effect. Sarah Lacy’s latest Techcrunch post reports on the move of Israeli start up Kenshoo, from Tel Aviv to San Francisco.  …

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Kenshoo Gets Up Round from Sequoia

Kenshoo –  The SEM automation company has raised what is considered to be an “up round”, an additional capital injection from its current backer Sequoia, for a much higher valuation. The size of the round was undisclosed, but sources told Techcrunch that the valuation was “50% higher than the last time”.  Kenshoo is in a unique …

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Kenshoo for mobile is now available on the iPhone

Have an iPhone? Using Kenshoo? Now you can track your campaign dollars directly from your phone. Sequoia backed Kenshoo, announced an iPhone interface for KENSHOO SEARCH yesterday. The product promises to be the next generation SEM campaign management software, now also offering campaign statistics and reports through the iPhone browser. In the words of Alon …

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Sequoia funds mysterious Israeli startup Cotendo

Tech Confidential has an interesting post about Sequoia’s latest investments. According to the article, VC giant Sequoia Capital recently added four new companies to its portfolio –all headquartered outside the U.S. One of these companies is an Israeli startup called Cotendo. What do we know about Cotendo? not much since the company’s website is just …

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