After a few sluggish quarters, the gaming industry is showing signs of life again on the investment front. In Q1 2024, VCs invested $594 million across 124 gaming deals, a 94% increase from last quarter. M&A was nearly flat, with 40 transactions completed. Let’s take a look at the recent uptick and what it could …
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With six first investment deals Evergreen Venture Partners was the most active VC fund in Israel in 2010, according to the latest IVC Research Center report. The second place was shared by Battery Ventures Israel and Pontifax, with five investments each.
The summary of high tech capital raising in Q2 is out, and the IVC Research Center confirm what we’ve already knew – capital raising in Israel is showing seeds of recovery (see VC Cafe’s post “Crisis Shmisis”) with $343 million raised in 104 deals, representing an increase of 47% from the previous quarter. Life sciences continue to lead capital raising, attracting $109 million, and Israeli VC investments are a much smaller slice of the pie.
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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Investing in stocks is a risky business, especially when the markets are a roller coaster like today. Rather than putting all your money in US government bonds until the storm is gone, one can use the web to alleviate the risk by following every move of experienced money managers with verified track records. That’s exactly …
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