A few months ago, my colleague Jalin Somaiya and myself (Eze Vidra) gave the below presentation to a group of 20 entrepreneurs who participated in Launchpad, a London-based accelerator organized by Launch48.
10 things VCs can do to differentiate themselves and provide more value to potential investments – based on feedback from dozens of entrepreneurs. So what makes one VC fund be better perceived than others?
joint report by IVC Israel and KPMG, summarizes 2010 in Israeli venture capital. Israeli high-tech capital raising in 2010 reached $1.26 billion, 13 percent above 2009 level but the Israeli VC Fund investment share continues to decline.
You may have noticed that VC Cafe has been down temporarily in the last few days. After long discussions with my hosting company and many attempts to reveal the source of the problem, it turned out that VC Cafe was hacked. As a result, all of your comments had to be deleted from the site …
Seems like we had a little breather this past week. Markets went up a little, dollar got stronger a little and everything seemed to be going in the right direction. It was also a big week for Israeli startups in the news. Let’s recap the winners and losers of the week: Going up: Nuconomy Web …
Continue reading “Bitesize Monday: Israeli startups in the news”
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 apps are Jewish-themed, others are completely mainstream. The Israeli iPhone apps: Fring – By Fringland …
Like the appetizer sampler in a restaurant, this is supposed to be a teaser, or an appetizer if you will. There’s a lot of new Israeli tech out there, and the only way to find out about it is covering one at a time. VC Cafe is happy to introduce five Israeli early stage online …
Continue reading “EyeView, Bukisa, Soluto: Introducing Early Stage Israeli Startups”
The dictionary definition of a Network is “an association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like” ; Indeed, the VC Cafe Network (VCN) fits right in. Have you joined yet? Started by Eze Vidra in 2007, the VC Cafe Network has the goal of providing a …
The space of online analytics is being transformed these days. Page views are quickly becoming the currency of the past while the importance of user engagement arises. But what exactly is engagement? Join me, for a conversation with Shahar Nechmad, CEO of Nuconomy, a fast-growing Web 2.0 analytics company based in San Francisco and Israel. …
Thanks to all those who sent emails asking on my absence in the past couple of weeks. A combination of work overload and wedding prepartions kept me away from VC Cafe, but I’m now back from vacation in L. A. with refreshed energies. Let’s start with a few announcements: 1. The VC Cafe Network on …
