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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“Invest in Israel“, Israel’s Investment Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor, publishes a monthly newsletter with lots of good news on the Israeli market. You may have seen some of the posts on VC Cafe earlier this month, but this is a good summary, especially for M&A deals off the internet …
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The economy slump in the US is creeping out on the venture capital investments in Israel. Kesselman & Kesselman PricewaterhouseCoopers Israel has released its latest MoneyTree report, analyzing Israeli venture capital investments in Q4 of 2007. 53 venture capital firms participated in a report that shows no growth in investments compared to the same period …
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Catching up with some of the recent deals in the industry. Below is a short recap of what’s been getting money these days: 1. Octavian Inc, a leading provider of Separately Managed Account (SMA) solutions in the Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) industry, announced the completion of a $10 million, second round of investment led …
