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Innovid Raises a $9.5 Million Round Led by Sequoia

Innovid, a video advertising startup, has raised $9.5 million round led by Sequoia Capital with Genesis Partners and T-Ventures (Deutsche Telecom) participating in the round. As part of the funding round, Sequoia partner Gili Raanan will join Innovid’s Board of Directors.

Venture Geeks Launches New Startup Accelerator Program in Tel Aviv

GeekMedia, the company behind the Israeli blog NewsGeek (Hebrew) has launched VentureGeeks, a new incubator program in Israel, which will provide seed funding and mentorship to Israeli startups. The Tel-Aviv based incubator is meant to serve as an accelerator program for startups, following the model of US based Y Combinator. Startups which are admitted to the program will receive up to $20,000 in pre-seed funding, office space, administrative services and advice from a group of mentors. The cost for startups is 10% of their equity.

Israeli Startups Look to New York, and increasingly Shanghai

All the above points of view emphasize how important it is for Israeli startups to establish their presence in foreign markets. But, with the rise in the importance of Asian markets, particularly the mammoth market of China, the question becomes: what ticket do startups need to buy first – New York or Shanghai?

Stealthy Startup Any.do Raises $1 Million Seed Round for Voice Mobile Commands

Israeli startup Any.Do has announced this morning a $1 million round led by Genesis Partners, Blumberg Capital and Innovation Endeavors, Eric Schmidt’s investment fund, as well as private investors including Joe Londsdale (founder of Palantir).

Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

Israeli startup fundraising seems to be picking up towards the end of Q3 with several companies raising rounds of at least $10 million each. Innovid, Tracx, eXalate, uTest and SimpliVT are featured on this bitesize report.

What Crisis? Three Israeli venture funds raise $250 million

Venture capital in Hebrew literally translates to “danger capital”. However, many Israeli entrepreneurs will tell you, that Israeli VC funds do all but taking risks. Despite the wealth of startups, Israel typically has a lower volume of deals. In the past month, three Israeli venture funds have announced financing rounds. This is not a coincidence …

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Gaming Chips: PrimeSense Closes $20M in Round B

Canaan Partners led the $20.4 million funding round of Israeli startup Prime Sense Inc.  Gemini Israel Funds and Genesis Partners, prior investors in PrimeSense, also participated in this second round. I first wrote about PrimeSense on VC Cafe when they presented at CES this January. PrimeSense is in fact a gaming company, creating technology that …

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Genesis Partners Set Out to Raise $150 Million – Will they make it?

Globes reports that Genesis partners is getting ready to raise a fourth fund of $150 million in addition to its $518 million under management. I wonder how the timing will affect their level of success. There’s a saying in Heberew: an Optimist is a Pesimist with no prior experience. On one hand, Genesis recently marked …

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VM Ware, Behind You: MSFT Buys Israeli Virtualization Startup Kidaro

Microsoft likes the flavor of Falafel – that’s one explanation for its second acquisition of an Israeli startup in two weeks. Following the sweet exit of YaData, MSFT goes at it again and this time it’s Kidaro’s turn, an Israeli developer of desktop virtualization software for enterprises. The sum of the acquisition was undisclosed, but …

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Just In: Innovid Media Raises $3M For In-Video Product Placement

Genesis Partners, an Israel-based fund focusing on seed stage investments, was the sole investor in a $3 million funding round of Innovid Media, developer of an innovative interactive video advertising platform. Following the investment, Genesis partner Jonny Saacks will join Innovid’s board. Jeff Pulver, known as the VOIP expert and organizer of the VON conference, was a seed investor in …

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