Israeli startups in the mobile space are once again showing impressive attendance levels, with 56 Israeli companies exhibiting in the Israeli Pavilion at the 2011 Mobile World Congress [MWC]. For the third consecutive year, VC Cafe puts the spotlight on the Israeli startups presenting at the event.
Apple recently opened its first store in Israel, but for some bizarre reason, the iPhone is not available for sale there. Even though Israelis are not able to purchase one yet, developers are cranking out iPhone apps like hotcakes. Some…
Israel and California based Mobixell Networks has announced a $6 million fourth funding round led by Apax Partners, Intel Capital (who also participated in the previous round), and Munich-based SMAC Partners which represents the Venture Capital arm of Siemens corp. Including this…
Innovation is coming out of Israel all the time, but we often only hear on the startups that “made it” in one way or another: those that got funded by Accel, those that signed deals with Linkedin or got acquired…
Israel’s Gigya, the widget platform that boosts and tracks the distribution of widgets across the social web, has announced a $9.5 million series B round led by Mayfield Fund. Benchmark Capital and First Round Capital also participated in the round…
If you’ve heard anything about mobile advertising, chances are that you’ve heard about VC Cafe’s new sponsor – AdMob. Serving over 2 billion targeted ads a month, AdMob is the largest mobile advertising marketplace in the web. The methodology is…
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…
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