It’s no secret that the London startup ecosystem is booming. It’s incredible to see it from the vantage point of Campus – new startups are created every day, and the slightly more mature international startups from the US and the rest of Europe are pouring in. A friend was asking for advice on how to …
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Wibiya, the two year old on-site social toolbar provider (held by parent company Modular Patterns), has announced it is launching a developer platform and an open API which will enable third party applications on the Wibiya toolbar. It is approaching the reach of Conduit, the successful Israeli startup providing customized downloadable toolbars, which works with 250,000 publishers and 170 million users – except that it took the latter ten years to get there….
Lock and load – that’s what five Israeli startups did this week announcing a total of $30 million from both Israeli and international funds. After almost a year and a half of no investments in Israeli startups, Ouriel Ohayon’s LGI Lab (a joint venture between Lightspeed Venture Partners and Gemini Israel Funds) announced an undisclosed …
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 …
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Today I received the latest newsletter provided by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. Below is the full newsletter, for your reference. ISRAELI ECONOMY GREW BY 6.4% IN Q4 2007 Despite global slowdown, Israel’s economic growth accelerated to an annualized 6.4 percent in the fourth quarter, the fastest pace …
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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 the most interesting startup and venture capital headlines of the week in my bitesize format. …
And the saga continues: After a week of speculations, we thought we’ve heard everything. It started with Microsoft’s bid. Then rumors said that a PE firm will come to the rescue. Google couldn’t just be a bystander and added oil to the fire by offering Yahoo a sweet advertising deal and a larger piece of …
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Amid turbulence of acquisition by Microsoft, News Corp, Private Equity funds and now a ‘help’ offer from Google, Yahoo! is not resting on its laurels. Following almost a month of rumors, PaidContent confirms that Yahoo! has bought Israel-based FoxyTunes, for an undisclosed amount. This is part of a larger move that Yahoo is making around …
Microsoft offers an acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 a share, totaling in an equity value of $44.6 Billion . Microsoft’s proposal represents a 62% premium to Yahoo’s current trading price, but will Yahoo take it? Yahoo has been struggling recently – the stock declined 38% and plans were made to lay off 1000 employees. From …
Volatility in the markets soared this past week as we approach the end of the first month of 2008, and as we’ll approach the likely reality that the US has already entered a recession. The San Francisco Business Journal asked me to provide a comment for the article “Israel rolls out high-tech stars“. The question …
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