The top 10 companies investing billions in the Metaverse

The top 10 companies investing in R&D, M&A and commercialisation of the tech stack for the Metaverse

Don’t be too proud to copy

It would be hard to compete with Google on search, Facebook on social networking and Amazon on ecommerce.

The Rise of Intelligent Assistants

Day 9 of my 30 day blogging challenges. This year, 35.6 million Americans will use a voice-activated assistant at least once a month, doubling last year’s figure, forecasts eMarketer.  Competition is heating up, and the potential these devices have extends far beyond the home into the car and workspace.

Scale of Messaging Landscape 2017

Now bigger than social media, messaging apps are on practically every phone, and only growing in engagement. This post is my own learning process about this subject.

Harvard Professor Yochai Benkler: Cooperation Trumps Self-Interest

Harvard Professor Yochai Benkler has a radical premise: cooperation triumphs over self-interest. In a lecture this month in Tel Aviv, he called for cooperation and community as a tool to fundamentally transform business.

Older, Richer, More Customers: Accelerators Go Corporate

Corporate accelerators are a recent phenomenon, both in Israel and globally. Microsoft selected Israel last year to launch its very first accelerator program. The company takes no equity, with the emphasis on business and technical mentoring.

How to find an international MD for your startup

It’s no secret that the London startup ecosystem is booming. It’s incredible to see it from the vantage point of Campus – new startups are created every day, and the slightly more mature international startups from the US and the rest of Europe are pouring in. A friend was asking for advice on how to …

Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2011

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. Below are the headlines for December 2011 (mid month update!) MICROSOFT ACQUIRED ISRAELI START UP VIDEOSURF  Microsoft bought …

Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

Moshe Lichtman, the man once in charge of all of Microsoft’s technology development in Israel, says that the time has come to build a billion dollar Israeli company. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions.

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