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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

Cracking the Code

Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. of market capitalization. The Index added another $0.9T

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Global Demand. The size of the marketplace has ballooned as a result of globalization, and this trend has been particularly good for US technology companies and their workers. Though simple, the reason is often ignored in the heated political debate about globalization and its impact on local jobs. A Borderless Talent Pool.

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Nicolas Brusson discusses BlaBlaCar’s journey from French success story to global winner

Cracking the Code

After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. How did you go from VC to founder?

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Nereyda loves to travel and has been lucky enough to live, work and study abroad in Europe and Latin America.

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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. He led the department to 400% growth : MSN became the number one portal in Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and numerous Asian countries. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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Accel 2020 Euroscape: "Decacorn Unleashed"? - Apply Now!

Cracking the Code

Last year, we predicted it would take three years for Europe to mark its first Decacorn. With this milestone, Europe has clearly established itself as a key center for software innovation in the world. SaaS remains one of the top categories for funding in Europe and Israel with $6.1B

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – February 2012

VC Cafe

SANRAD, founded in 2000, designs cutting-edge cloud storage acceleration and virtualization software and hardware for datacenters. Check-Cap will use the proceeds to carry out clinical trials and, pending their success, plans to begin marketing its ingestible and disposable 3D colon imaging capsule in Europe in 2013.

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