SemantiNet, a semantic search technology startup based in Israel, raised a round of $1.7 million led by Giza Venture Capital. Israeli angel and internet guru Yossi Vardi is listed among Semantinet’s previous investors along with Sir Ronald Cohen (founder of Apax Partners), Robert Imershein, Moudi Ben-Shachand and Jeff Pulver. …
The Israel Web Tour is less than a month away and it’s already making headlines. Michael Arrington posted about the fifteen Israeli companies chosen to tour Silicon Valley (covered on VC Cafe), and sparked a debate in the comments section.…
On March 20 2008, three hundred and fifty people will meet at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, CA for the 10th installment of Under the Radar, a one-day event, featuring 32 emerging startups. Under the Radar is organized by…
Attracting talent and companies is not an easy task for US cities and states. In the current labor market, American companies are outsourcing jobs to India, the Philippines, China, etc. In contrast, Israeli companies are moving operations to the US,…
Peter Thiel knows a thing or two about consumer internet. After all, he’s a PayPal cofounder, one of Facebook’s board members and its first investor ($500,000) way before its $15 billion valuation, giving him a hefty return of a billion.…
Jajah, an Israeli VOIP provider, is taking VOIP to the next level with a new product called Jajah Direct. As its official blog explains, the service offers international calls for the price of a local call with no need for…
The front page at TechCrunch looks as if it was taken out of the Venture Capital Cafe today. Out of 8 posts displayed on the home page, 5 are related to Israel - not bad for a tiny country in the middle east. AllofMe, SeeToo, Google Israel, eToro and SuTree - read more on VC Cafe.
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