It’s no secret that Israeli startups shoot above their weight. But now, a new report published by Dealroom (created in partnership with Tel Aviv Tech) shows that Tel Aviv is the world’s #1 most productive tech ecosystem in the world. A few staggering facts: Tel Aviv has a promising funnel of startups, breakouts and scaleups. …
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This week marked the annual b2b marketing frenzy known as the Consumer Electronics Show (URL) in Las Vegas. 155,000 visitors, a record, trundled across an Exhibition Area the size of 37 football fields. Las Vegas has become the new Cannes and the stakes are indeed high. Surrounded by roulette wheels and craps tables, Madison Avenue has chosen to double down on the Silicon Valley model.
Guest post by Daniel Abrahams, founder of CurrencyTransfer. I’ve always been intrigued by the success of the ‘Startup Nation.’ In this post, I want to share my story. That of a British startup which naively arrived for three months in Tel Aviv and hasn’t looked back since.
Next month, one of the leading European operators is expected to announce a dedicated, Israel-focused venture capital fund. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to innovation clusters, some telcos are getting a better ROI from Israel than others.
For the fourth consecutive year, TWS is taking place in Tel Aviv today with an impressive line up of judges, including silicon valley’s most prominent angel Ron Conway and his partner David Lee (which recently got media attention for ‘angelgate’), Saul Klein of Index Ventures and Seedacmp and Yair Goldfinger, founder of ICQ and Dotomi and angel investor in Israeli startups. If you’re reading this on Monday the 18th, tune in to the live stream of the conference at http://www.twsconf.com/
I’m waiting for my flight in Newark following a redeye from San Francisco and nine hour stop in New York. It was great to be back in the apple and see good friends, but I didn’t miss the cold weather. Thought I would take this opportunity to give a quick reminder that the first ever …
