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The Interconnected Tech Industry [Infographic]

Mashable published a brilliant infographic on the connections between the large tech companies in the valley, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Paypal, eBay and others. So whether someone was a Paypal Mafia member or a Xoogler, the conclusion is that they all end up filling their pockets and working for one of their neighbors in San Francisco, Mountain View or Palo Alto.

Persay Voice Recognition Biomteritcs Grabs 2.4 NIS from Teuza

TheMarker reports that voice recognition startup PerSay has raised one million NIS from the Israeli government fund Teuza. The investment was made as part of a larger round of 2.4 million NIS (about $600,000) that includes current shareholders in Persay – Yehoshua (Shuki) Gleitman and the Shrem-Pudim fund. Persay has three products in the voice …

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Crying Wolf: Or what Broke the VC Investment Model?

Doom and gloom reports return to all the major tech blogs – this time the crisis hits the Venture Capital Industry – starting with TheFunded.com’s editor Adeo Ressi, and his presentation to the Finance and entrepreneurship faculty at Harvard Business School titled “the canary is dead – something is wrong in venture capital“. The basic …

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Mo’Minis Launches Mobile Game Development Platform

Exciting day for Israel based Mo’minis: the company has launched its new website offering an DYI mobile game studio and announcing GameCast #1 – a rapid mobile games creation contest. The company partnered with Sun Microsystems and Orange Israel in an effort to encourage the creation of original mobile java games. Apart from cash prizes …

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Microsoft Announced Zoomix Acquisition

Now it’s official – Microsoft has formally announced the acquisition of Israeli startup Zoomix, for an undisclosed amount, estimated at $20-30 million by market sources (according to Globes). Acquisition rumors were first reported about a month ago. Following the acquisition, Zoomix’s team is set to join Microsoft’s R&D center in Israel, and Zoomix Accelerator, the company’s …

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Invest in Israel: March 2008 Newsletter

Happy Monday. In case you invest in Israeli traded stocks you may have noticed that today, Monday, April 7th, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchance (TASE) was closed for trading due to a labor dispute. C’mon people! That’s not the way to run the economy in 2008. Fortunately, the March 2008 issue of the “Invest In Israel” …

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VM Ware, Behind You: MSFT Buys Israeli Virtualization Startup Kidaro

Microsoft likes the flavor of Falafel – that’s one explanation for its second acquisition of an Israeli startup in two weeks. Following the sweet exit of YaData, MSFT goes at it again and this time it’s Kidaro’s turn, an Israeli developer of desktop virtualization software for enterprises. The sum of the acquisition was undisclosed, but …

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Israel’s Eyeblaster Files $115M Nasdaq IPO

Amid an upcoming recession, Eyeblaster, an Israeli company competing with Google and Microsoft on online campaign management solutions, has registered with the SEC for public trading on Nasdaq today. The IPO is valued around $115 million according to CNN. Shares will be listed under the ticker symbol “EYEB.” Eyeblaster said it will use the proceeds to cover …

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Microsoft Wises Up With The Acquisition Of Israel’s YaData

The Israeli exit list for 2008 continues to grow. Microsoft announced today the acquisition of YaData (literally means “you knew” in Hebrew), a provider of advanced tools for the discovery of unique customer segments. Exact deal terms were undisclosed, but the deal is estimated to be in the $20-$30 million range according to estimates from …

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Bitesize Monday: 8 Israeli Internet startup headlines for the week of 02.11.08 | VC Cafe

Last week’s top story was with no doubt Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo. The plot was full of twists and drama, saved only to”Jurassic Park” style M&A deals like this one. Israel didn’t stand still last week, so I’ve gathered the most interesting startup and venture capital headlines of the week in my bitesize format. …

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