A tiny acquisition of Israeli sport aficionados website Sportingo.com went almost unnoticed in the blogosphere. SportBuzz, the parent company of Sportingo which also owns the blog Caught Offsite as well as the video site Get Sport, was sold for several millions to UK-based Tixdaq.com, an online ticket retailer. SportBuzz had raised $3.5 million in funding to date. Sportingo is an online …
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After a week packed with meetings, presentations, pitches and networking opportunities, the Israel Web Tour concluded on Friday after a great party at Slide. I believe that sharing is caring, so I thought I’d share with you my notes from the public showcase. First, let’s take a deeper look into the companies that participated in the …
Back in November, I posted a call for Israeli companies to apply to the Israel Web Tour, a week long trip to Silicon Valley organized by the California Israel Chamber of Commerce led by Shuly Galili. 90 companies have applied, and after careful deliberation, the tour’s steering committee has selected the 15 companies that will …
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Sports fan portal Sportingo has raised a $3.2 million round from Ingenious Media of London. This is confirmed by Sportingo’s latest blog post. The company started in Israel in August of ’06, with the goal of letting fans of a range of sports create a sport news community and write their own match reviews or …
