Category Archives: Venture Capital Funds

Unusual Exit for Israel’s Delver

Now the company has announced its acquistion by… Sears Holdings. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed, but chances are that this is not a ‘happy exit’ for Delver’s investors, mainly Carmel Ventures who invested $4 million in Delver. The company struggled to raise 6 million NIS in recent months.

Nickels and Dimes in Israeli Venture Capital

The Israeli venture capital industry has experienced a $250 million decline in the past few months. Israeli venture capital funds have struggled to raise the target capital and the impact is likely to be felt on emerging technology companies in Israel.

Securing Funding from International VCs

There is no magic formula to secure funding from any VC, let alone one that is not in your home country. It’s almost like finding a relationship – if you’re lucky, you will find the partner of your dreams, but there’s going to be a lot of due diligence before you commit to anything serious. …

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IVC: Investment dollars in Seed Israeli start ups down 28%

According to IVC Research, 28% of the venture capital investments were made in seed stage companies in 2008, compared to 43% in 2007. More than 30% of the vc funds in Israel made no investments in seed companies in 2008. Greylock Israel was 2008’s most active fund ranking with nine First investments followed by Vertex with …

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Milestone: VC Cafe Celebrates Three Years

It’s been three years since the VC Cafe debuted as http://goisrael.blogspot.com. And what a ride it has been. We’ve covered hundreds of Israeli products as well as the ups, and recent downs, of the venture capital rollercoaster; ranging from the massive rounds of fund raising, significant exits and, most recently, portfolio company fire sales and …

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Can the VC model work with virtually no exits?

The global economic crisis has brought IPO exits to a 30 year low and M&A activity is slower than previous year.  How do VCs cope with the new reality? The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) in the US has released the results of the Exit Poll report for Q4 of 2008.  The results are unsurprisingly …

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Mobixell Networks Got $6 More Million To Put Ads On You Cell Phone

 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 last round, Mobixell has raised $29 million to date. The company plans to allocate the …

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Virtualization is “Xeround” The Corner With An Extra $16 Million

Israeli startup Xeround announced a fourth round of $16 million led by US funds Trilogy Funds (who also just invested in Zon Networks) and Ignition Partners. Giza and Benchmark, the two Israeli funds that invested in Xeround early on, also joined the round. To date, this round puts Xeround at $34 million in funding since the …

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Sponsor Love: Launching a Web Startup? Apply for DEMO Germany

Why launch your tech innovation at DEMO Germany? After 18 successful years in the US, DEMO was launched in Europe in 2007 … And 9 out of the 20 selected Demonstrators were from Israel! Put simply, if you’re in Europe or the Middle East, there is no better place to launch new technology or a …

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5 Israeli Products Get The Spotlight

Not a week goes by without having an Israeli startup in the front page of TechCrunch, Mashable or the New York Times these days. It’s no wonder then that Israel was recently ranked as the number 2 hotspot in the world for venture investmets (according to the Latin American Venture Capital Association). The Five Israeli …

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