A new report on global venture capital investment volume shows that H1 2020 investments in startups reached $129 billion (this includes all stages as well as CVC activity). It’s a 6.5% decline from H1 2019 ($138 billion), but the impact on VC funding is less than originally projected. It appears that VCs got comfortable doing …
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A new report by IVC shows funding volume of Israeli startups in H1 2020 is higher than the previous year, despite the pandemic. – Israeli startups raised a total of $2.455 billion in Q2 2020, higher than the equivalent period in 2019 ($2.2 billion)– In H1 2019, Israeli startups raised $3.763 Billion, compared to $5.199 …
13 Israeli startups were internationally recognised on prestigious lists this week.
More than 1,200 AI startups (broadly defined) were created in Israel since 2010. 79% of which are still active, 6% have been acquired, and 15% have ceased to operate. With more than 667 of them raising at least one founding round. According to the latest IVC report “Leading AI Technologies in Israel” the evolution of …
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What do you know about Israeli B2C startups? In this post I shine a spotlight on the consumer segment in Israel and explore the trends in consumer tech in Israel.
Startup landscape maps remain, in my opinion, one of the best ways to quickly scan an industry vertical and understand how it breaks down into sub sectors. In this post I collected the Israeli startup landscape maps for AI, Braintech, food tech, industry 4.0, Retail tech, self driving, brain tech and more.
The level of innovation in adtech and martech seems to be accelerating despite the challenges and limited funding available for the space, partly because they are less reliant on external funding for growth. It’s a crowded space, so this posts examines the latest trends and interesting innovations in Israeli advertising technology.
As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. This month marks yet another full plate of Israeli startup acquisitions by multinational corporations like Samsung, EMC and Apple. Just today, AOL announced the acquisition …
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As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here.
VC Cafe turned seven! in this post I cover the journey of starting VC Cafe, the highs and downs along the way, and the path I followed to evolve it from a news reporting blog to a site that provides founders with practical advice.
