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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

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Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. In the last 3 months of 2024, Israel’s GDP shrank by 20% in annualised term s and Israel’s credit rating was downgraded by Moodys.

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

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SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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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. They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. 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. NEW LAW FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OFFERS LOWER TAXES, HIGHER GRANT. Israel’s GDP rose 4.5%

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

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What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Gender and venture capital decision-making: The effects of technical background and social capital on entrepreneurial evaluations.

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Bitesize Friday: Compass EOS, Soho OS, Supersonicads, Legolas Media and More

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The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Cellcom , the leading mobile provider in Israel, enters the financial services market with new “mobile wallet&# product. Supersonicads was founded in 2008 by Gil Shoham (CEO) and Arik Czerniak (COO) and Nissim (Romi) Romano (CTO).

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Business As Usual: Onavo, VideoSurf and Kaminario Raise Funding

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The LinkedIn IPO this week may have opened the gates for an Israeli market thirsty for exits, but in the meanwhile, VC funding in Israel continues with business as usual. Below are three recent founding rounds in Israeli venture-backed companies. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Boston, MA with R&D offices in Israel.