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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

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Moshe Lichtman, the man once in charge of all of Microsoft’s technology development in Israel, says that the time has come to build a billion dollar Israeli company. Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

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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. Annualised, this would be 2.7x

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The Israeli Unicorn Landscape

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billion in exits in 2019 alone, Israel punches above its weight. What’s less discussed, is that Israel also, has one of the highest number of unicorns, aka privately owned startups worth more than $1 billion, globally. As of now, Israel has 42 Unicorns, or (technically 40, now that Lemonade and JFrog went public).

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

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With this milestone, Europe has clearly established itself as a key center for software innovation in the world. When we started to take stock of this progress four years ago with the first Accel Euroscape , the list of the top 100 cloud companies from Europe and Israel, we had great hopes and Europe delivered beyond our expectations.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Computer Software. The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Computer & Software Services. Software. - Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries.

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2020 Accel Euroscape: Decacorn Unleashed

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UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. There are now eight software companies north of a $100 billion market cap, representing $2.7 In 2020, Europe and Israel minted seven new unicorns, taking the total number to 25.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – February 2012

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As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. OCZ TECHNOLOGY BUYS ISRAEL’S SANRAD.

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