It’s no secret that Israeli startups shoot above their weight. But now, a new report published by Dealroom (created in partnership with Tel Aviv Tech) shows that Tel Aviv is the world’s #1 most productive tech ecosystem in the world. A few staggering facts: Tel Aviv has a promising funnel of startups, breakouts and scaleups. …
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“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Niels Bohr Hope your 2017 is off to a great start. With more VCs blogging, it’s great to see the plethora of predictions being shared. Below is a selection of themes and predictions for startups/venture/tech in 2017. This doesn’t include the various lists of ‘hot startups to …
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Forbes released the 2013 Midas List for Venture Capital today, proving that to be successful in VC, all you need is one big hit. Five of the top ten names on the list invested in Facebook, the largest tech IPO of 2012.
A new report by IVC Research center, ranks the most active VC funds in Israel according to their first money investments. Carmel Ventures topped the list with 11 new investments followed by Horizons Ventures. In total, 90 VC funds in Israel made first investments in Israeli startups, but only 19 funds (both Israeli and foreign) …
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Techcrunch broke the news on the acquisition of Poland-based Bliscy.pl by Israel-based MyHeritage.com. Bliscy will help MH increase reach as the acquisition brings MyHeritage family network to 56 million registered users and approximately 762 million profiles, 18 million family trees and 116 million photos.
A week ago, I took Caltrain south to San Jose and attended Red Herring North America 2008 as a media guest. The conference featured two days of keynote presentations, roundtable panels and corporate presentations from approximately 100 companies in the region selected by Red Herring as the top 100 private companies in North America. One …
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