The last few years have been a bit of a rollercoaster for tech entrepreneurs and investors. The highs were high, the lows were low, and the future seemed uncertain. Luckily, Vintage Investment Partners, an Israel-based fund of funds and growth investor, shared a series of graphs posted by Asaf Horesh (links at the bottom of …
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Calling Israeli startup founders in Interactive Entertainment, AI & Gaming! With the rapid advancement of generative AI, we’re seeing content creation, distribution and monetisation being disrupted faster than ever before. Whether it’s text, images, audio, video or even music, new tools are democratising creativity, enabling new opportunities for startups. Are you building in this space? …
Narrative violation: in 2023, series A rounds declined 61% and pre-seed rounds grew 51%. This is why.
The Apple Vision Pro wasn’t mean to be a mainstream device, but if it succeeds in showing the massive potential, it will launch a new era of spatial computing
Gaming investments were down 81% in H1 of 2023 compared to the equivalent period last year, according to the latest report by Investgame. It’s not that consumers are spending less time playing games, but rather investors are being more selective in what companies they back. The majority of the decline comes from much lower investment …
The talent pool, combined with Israeli entrepreneurs’ high disregard of the impossible and an active early stage investment ecosystem, make us optimistic about the future of this space in Israel
Earlier this month we (Remagine Ventures) teamed up with Taylor Wessing (a leading UK law firm specialising in tech) on “Into the Metaverse”, a joint event to discuss the opportunities in gaming, crypto/web3 and Metaverse. We wanted to share the perspectives of startups, platforms, investors and brands. You can find a lot more information, including …
*by Kevin Baxpehler At Remagine Ventures we like to say that “we invest in technologies that change how people spend their time and money”. Advancements in technology and changing cultural behaviour are big drivers of this trend and Covid-19 was like pouring gasoline on fire. As we are spending more of our resources online, we …
It’s hard to believe that it’s been just over 15 years since I launched VC Cafe on December 2nd of 2005. At the time, shortly after moving from a Tel Aviv suburb to join GLG in New York, I was looking for a way to keep in touch with the Israeli tech ecosystem. At the …
Investment decisions in a startup are complex. It’s not enough for founders to come armed with compelling research and numbers and appeal to the ‘checklist’ or the brain. They also need to appeal to the heart and gut of the investor and focus on building a relationship.
