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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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A s 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. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8 See the March 2010 edition after the jump.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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The founders of Quigo ( an enterprise search company based in Israel that was competing directly with AdSense ) tracked Mike down while doing a CEO search. The secret to the software sales process. After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ).

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2011 Edition

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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. ISRAEL 2010 GDP GROWTH WELL ABOVE OECD AVERAGE. Israel’s GDP rose 4.5% for the year.

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BizMe2 is Looking to Disrupt Conferences with Turnkey Solution (Interview)

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Yair Margolin: I was a member of the core team at Peerapp in 2003, a supplier of caching solutions for ISPs. The company eventually closed, and in 2007 I started PeerTV with two other guys as a spin-off, offering client-server software open platform for IPTV. Tags: BeeTV BizMe2 Boaz Yehuda Boxee Israel Softier Yair Margolin.

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Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress

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In an interview to Calcalist , Eyal Reshef, chairman of IMA said the rise in the number of Israeli start ups is largely thanks to a 70% sponsorship provided to the Israeli exhibitors by IMA, the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute, the Israeli Foreign Trade administration and Matimop, the Israel Industry Center for R&D.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

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Simply fill in this form provided by the Israeli Foreign Trade Administration, Matimop and the Israel Export Institute. Founded in 2003, ASOCS develops and markets MultiComms.processors that provide seamless connectivity over diverse wireless networks. Established back in 2003, Comarcom Ltd. Data mining-based Customer analytics.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

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Zucker, a veteran news executive, will succeed Jim Walton, who has had the job since 2003. The networking company will close the deal early next year with Cariden Bay, which specializes in software for planning, designing and engineering computer networks. Brag, Israel! Jeff Zucker to be new president of CNN Worldwide.