Bloomberg, New York Times, CNN, USA Today... these are just a subset of Taboola's customers. Israeli startup Taboola has announced a $9 million series B round led by Crescent Point Group, with participation by Evergreen Venture Partners.
Wired magazine published a great spread on its print version, covering Europe's hottest startup capitals, including Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and Barcelona, ranking the hottest startups in each of the cities (link to the pdf version after the jump).
An illustrated report of global VC investments in Q2 2011, highlights the number and volume of deals in Israeli startups. It's worth calling out some of the startups, which are not only making headway through product innovation, but also through the backing of world-class investment funds such as Sequoia, Battery, Greylock and up-and-comer funds such as Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors and Index Ventures.
Online ad startup TayKey has raised $9 million in a B round led by Sequoia Capital, Softbank Capital and Crescent Point. This brings the total investment in TayKey to $11 million, since its inception in 2008.
The second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested
