Venture capital in Hebrew literally translates to “danger capital”. However, many Israeli entrepreneurs will tell you, that Israeli VC funds do all but taking risks. Despite the wealth of startups, Israel typically has a lower volume of deals. In the past month, three Israeli venture funds have announced financing rounds. This is not a coincidence …
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On May 19-20, Globes, DEMO and Red Herring will be holding a startup competition at the Israel Venture Association (IVA) conference. Each startup will have six minutes to present and the winner will receive automatic entry as a finalist at Demo Germany, a profile on Red Herring Magazine and the Israeli media. This is the …
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There was little known about Dov Moran’s start up Modu when I covered it’s appearance at CES 2008 last month. At the time, speculations alluded to a mobile technology that allows users to transform electronics into mobile phones, or visa versa give mobile phone flexible capabilities of other consumer electronic devices. They weren’t that far off.Today, Modu …
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Over 20,000 new gadgets and technologies will be unveiled at CES in Las Vegas starting tomorrow, and over 2,700 companies will present over the course of the following four days. The International CES conference is produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and has been a prominent platform for companies producing “all things consumer electronics” …
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