Serendipity Technologies, provider of secure Web 2.0 solutions for the enterprise, has been selected to present at AJAXWorld in New York. Yuval Tarsi, co-founder and VP of R&D will present “Secure Web 2.0 Solutions for the Enterprise: Beyond Blogs and…
It’s the first exit in 2007: billing & customer-care software giant Amdocs (NYSE: DOX) is buying the Israeli real-time cellular billing and messaging applications startup SigValue Technologies for $85 million. Sources: The Marker (Hebrew), Haaretz The exit is a terrific…
It seems like the number of Israeli Internet startups just keeps growing, but some don’t make it. The Israeli startup Raw Sugar is one that evidently didn’t. RawSugar can mosts easily be described as a del.icio.us competitor. Its purpose was…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates features on a new movie to encourage investments in Israel, in which the world’s richest person testifies to the wealth of human capital found in the country. “The quality of education is the key to the…
Israeli High-Tech M&As valued at $10.58 billion; $693 million raised in Israeli IPOs This amounts to a third of the total figure for 2000-2005. The figure does not include Berkshire Hathaway’s acquisition of Iscar Ltd. early this year. IVC Online…
TopSpin Medical, an Israeli start-up, is an emerging growth company with a local Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device for detecting heart disease.Source: Globes Online Coronary heart disease is the number one killer in the western world. According to the American…
On March 20th, more than 300 venture capitalists, private investors, corporate VCs, investment bankers, entrepreneurs and potential strategic partners will get together at Newark, NJ for the annual US/ Israel Venture Summit. Up to 40 Israeli companies seeking initial rounds…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer, on his “Mad Money” TV show, spoke highly of VeriFone, a company that makes point-of-sale electronic payment devices – the credit- and debit-card-swiping machines found at checkout counters that people use to make purchases. He described it…
Fitch: Israel’s net external creditor position, high per capita income exceed those of many higher-rated countries.Source: Globes External solvency indicators have continued to improve and strong inward and outward investment reflect Israel’s growing integration with the world economy. Last but…
Betocracy will allow you to create your own market bids and predict the outcome of events such as the 2008 elections or year end bonuses. Decision markets, otherwise known as prediction markets, idea futures or simply bets, are gaining visibility…
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