Since I started following the Israeli market in 2005, it’s not often that I’ve seen so many Israeli startups raise money in such a short period of time. Capital raising is seen across the board in Telecommunications, Cleantech, Internet, Consumer Electronics and Biotech in the last couple of weeks. Is this the Golden Age of …
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Teuza – A Fairchild Technology Venture Ltd., is a publicly-traded fund founded in 1992 which invests primarily in venture companies which are active in the fields of software semiconductors, communications, electronics and medical equipment. According to Globes it “plans to raise a $120 million follow-on fund having fully invested its current $36 million fund. The …
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In the latest report compiled by Dow Jones VentureSource, numbers show a strengthening trend in clean technology investments worldwide. A record sum of over $3 billion was poured into 221 clean clean technology deals globally in 2007, representing a 43% increase compared to $2.1 billion in 2006. The driving force behind the rapid growth of …
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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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The Israeli market received a great deal of media coverage in 2007. Some journalists lamented on the momentum and promise of the Israeli start up world; some sell-side analysts “shorted” the strength of the economy for a myriad of factors. Regardless of where you stand, its helpful to know who is saying what about the …
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The US/Israel Venture Summit 2008 is on again, meeting for its third installment. Organized by YoungStartup Ventures, the summit is a one day event on March 25th in New York city, featuring VC and entrepreneur panel discussions, live company presentations, interactive workshops and great networking opportunities. To quote the organizers: Whether you are an investor …
The funny video below was posted on 5min.com, the Israeli life videopedia that aggregates thousands of ‘how to’ videos, and will likely be on every Israeli Venture Capital blog very soon as a ‘warning’ sign. Techcrunch also thought it was worthy of a post. It’s a parody in Hebrew that provides entrepreneurs with tips on raising …
Neocleus, a security start up in stealth mode was reported to raise $5M in a round led by Battery Ventures and Gemini Israel Funds. This round follows a seed investment of $700,000 made by the two funds a year ago. Neocleus develops online access security management technology that helps users safeguard their online access. They …
Xeround Systems, an Israeli based Telco Database start up has recently raised 7M in a second round of financing from Benchmark Capital and Giza Venture Capital. To date, Xeround raised a total of $14M. According to their website, “Xeround’s unique approach to real-time data management delivers cost performance that far exceeds proprietary, traditional off-the-shelf and …
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Israeli startup AniBoom has raised $4.5 million for its emerging online animation community, reports NewTeeVee. The round was led by Israeli VC firm Evergreen ($610 million under management). AniBoom is an online video aggregator for animated films, with online tools (such as a Shapeshifter) that empower users to create animation of different genres, techniques and …
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