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…
Walden Israel, one of Israel’s oldest venture capital funds, is closing its doors after failing to raise sufficient capital for its follow-on fund. Walden is following several Israeli Venture Capital Funds who failed to raised follow-on commitments and subsequently decided…
Granite Hacarmel Investments Ltd., a publicly-traded holding company that owns leading Israeli companies in the energy, infrastructure, chemicals and synergetic industries (Sonol, Supergas), will invest $6 million in a new Indian consortium that will invest in renewable energy projects in…
I’m going to resume writing on all the VC and Israeli startup news soon, but first I wanted to share a piece of personal news with you. This past week while on vacation in Hawaii, I asked my long-time girlfriend…
How many times have you sat down with your overpriced Starbucks soy latte and the internet couldn’t connect? Apparently too many times, because Starbucks decided to do something about it. In an official press release, Starbucks got rid of T-Mobile…
After a week packed with meetings, presentations, pitches and networking opportunities, the Israel Web Tour concluded on Friday after a great party at Slide. I believe that sharing is caring, so I thought I’d share with you my notes from the…
Vator TV, Bambi Francisco’s video startup, is a marketplace for ideas and capital. Founded in 2007, Vator showcases hundreds of video “elevator pitches”, uploaded by people looking to pitch their ideas, businesses, skillsets or needs, such as capital, partner or…
There was little known about Dov Moran’s start up Modu when I covered it’s appearance at CES 2008 last month. At the time, speculations alluded to a mobile technology that allows users to transform electronics into mobile phones, or visa versa give…
Amid turbulence of acquisition by Microsoft, News Corp, Private Equity funds and now a ‘help’ offer from Google, Yahoo! is not resting on its laurels. Following almost a month of rumors, PaidContent confirms that Yahoo! has bought Israel-based FoxyTunes, for…
This year alone, the Dollar dropped 20% against the Shekel, causing startups to run out of money quicker than what they expected. In the article “Start-ups stuck in winter doldrums“, Globes interviews Erez Shachar, a managing partner at Evergreen Venture…
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