Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

However, for the past eight years, my partners and I at Foundry Group haven’t once scaled vertically (we haven’t added any partners since 2007 when we started) until we added Lindel Eakman as part of Foundry Group Next. Our reach, network, visibility, and impact has grown significantly since 2007. Techstars Berlin (Berlin).

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VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

We rarely hear of such a large round amongst Internet startups in Israel, which is why Wix’s founding round is particularly interesting. Wix , the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million. Wix, the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I n its first investment in Israel, Russian search engine Yandex is rumoured to invest $3.4 million in Israel’s Face.com , a startup developing face recognition technology. As a result of the investment, Yandex’s CEO Arkady Volozh is now a member of Face.com’s board.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

kenegozi.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Technology stack choice for startups. Good (and especially superb) people, which is what you want in a startup (or anywhere for that matter) would always be polyglot. alt-net-israel(8). Dec, 2007 (16). Nov, 2007 (15). Oct, 2007 (22). Sep, 2007 (11). Aug, 2007 (14). Jul, 2007 (11).

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. The funds with sophisticated non-venture center outbound origination programs were almost all able to raise funds equal or larger than their preceding fund in the economically challenging period 2007-2010. ff Venture Capital.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

The term “impact investment” was coined in 2007 — an approach that deliberately builds intangible assets alongside tangible, financial ones. There are around 200 Impact Tech VCs in the world, about a quarter are impact tech startups valued at $100 million or more. GITA identifies four points of activities: 1.

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VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

D eloitte Touche in Israel produces a Venture Capital and Private Equity survey every other quarter in an attempt to identify trends within the venture capital arena, give a summary of VC expectations of the Israeli VC community for the next six to twelve months. Clear cut: VC activity in Israel will become difficult.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. how to win over the ‘cool kids’ The tale of Bazaarvoice, as told through the shirts on our backs (2007–2009)?—?part

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Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Based in Israel, Outbrain has been around since 2006 solely focuses on solving the content discovery problem for publishers. Taboola was founded in 2007 in New York City, and has been competing with Outbrain head-to-head almost from day one. 8 Platforms to Supercharge your Content Marketing with Paid Advertising. Outbrain. . .

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Israeli startup Outbrain , one of the leading companies in the recommendations space, has completed a $35 million in Series D led by Index Ventures and joined by previous investors Carmel Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. This brings Outbrain’s funding to $64 million total since its inception in 2007.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Ybrant Media , an large Indian Media portfolio of companies, has acquired Israeli startup PicApp for an undisclosed amount. This is Ybrant Media’s second acquisition in Israel. The company has previously bought Advertising startup Oridian in 2007 ( see coverage on VC Cafe ). Congrats and good luck!

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VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2011

by Israel-based MyHeritage.com. This is the 4th acquisition for MyHeritage: In 2007, MyHeritage.com acquired Pearl Street Software, a leader in genealogy software programs based in Colorado, USA. The company is reportedly profitable (see Quora post on Israeli startups with more than $10 million in annual revenue ).

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Steve Blank

JUNE 10, 2010

It turns out that there are four distinct types of entrepreneurial organizations; s mall businesses , scalable startups , large companies and social entrepreneurs. Today, the overwhelming number of entrepreneurs and startups in the United States are still small businesses. Scalable Startup Entrepreneurship.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Facebook surprised with its first acquisition in Israel today (and its second acquisition outside of the US), with the announcement that it is buying Israeli startup Snaptu (previously known as Moblica) for an estimated $60-70 million.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2010

If you’re reading this on Monday the 18th, tune in to the live stream of the conference at [link] and watch the demos of the 10 startups that were chosen amongst dozens of applicants. UPDATE: Touchoo won the most promising startup award! Touchoo publishing house for quality touch-screen book-apps for toddlers and preschoolers.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Below is a round up of noteworthy Israeli startup headlines. Tip VC Cafe and get your startup on the map by filling the form: [link]. Footbo has been running since 2007 and is led by co-founder and CEO Mani Honigstein – full article on Techcrunch. Perhaps this is how we’ll start solving co-existence in Israel?

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2011

Israeli startup Taboola has announced a $9 million series B round led by Crescent Point Group , with participation by Evergreen Venture Partners. Taboola raised approximately $15 million to date, since its inception in 2007. The company has 26 employees, in offices in New York and Israel.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

T he Commercial Office at the Embassy of Israel in London and the Israel Export Institute have organized a New Media delegation , taking place on the first week of July. PeerTV’s solution, in actual deployments since 2007, combines Peerstation Internet based Set Top Boxes and MX 3.0

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Israeli startup Siklu Wireless Communications has raised a series B round of $19 million led by new investors Amiti Ventures , Qualcomm Ventures and joined by all existing investors: DFJ- Tamir Fishman Ventures , Evergreen Venture Partners and Argonaut Private Equity.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2019

Dan and I founded Mindspace because we recognized a fundamental problem in the current real estate model, especially for startups and growth companies. I launched Parkopedia after I drove to a conference in San Francisco in 2007 and struggled to find any useful parking information online. Thanks to Lucia Robles, Lucia & Co. ! #22-

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Below are the headlines for the week of July 8 2010: Startups of the week. 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. The company was founded in 2007.

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Altgate

APRIL 26, 2009

This year the survey covers five countries (China, India, Israel, UK and US) in two industries (technology and life sciences). If you are CEO or CFO of a startup company in any of these countries/industries then I encourage you to participate in the survey. 2009 Startup Executive Compensation Survey Opens [.]

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

The first one in 2007 was Cornerstone OnDemand, the second one was Peopledoc in 2014 and the third one is Gloat in 2021. After that, I joined a startup in the storage space, which was acquired by IBM. How did you start building these relationships as a small company in Israel? Gloat was that startup.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Accel Euroscape: The 100 most promising Software-as-a- Service companies in Europe and Israel -This article was co-authored with my colleague Pia d'Iribarne and published initially on Tech.eu. From a geographic standpoint, the top three regions for SaaS companies are the UK, France and Israel, with around 20 logos each in our top 100.

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Altgate

MARCH 16, 2009

 So for the past few weeks I've been talking to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, CEOs and other industry participants in these countries and learning a ton about the local startup ecosystems.  Some of the more interesting things I've learned include: Salaries in Israel are described monthly.

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Altgate

MARCH 4, 2009

If you aren’t familiar with it, the survey asks about 300 questions of around 1,000 startup companies. But in 2009, the survey is going to be expanded to China, India, Israel and the United Kingdom. Robert Scott , Ernst & Young , WilmerHale and HBS Professor Noam Wasserman. Bookmark the permalink.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 7, 2010

A ccording to Calcalist ,Pudding Media, an Israeli mobile advertising startup, faces imminent shut down. Pudding Media let go 25 employees this morning and announced it will cease its operations in Israel. It is always a bit sad to report of a startup closing.

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Altgate

MARCH 31, 2009

  Since the project is so international (China, India, Israel, US and UK) the ideal candidate will have a background (or interest in) international business.  Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Startups and tagged Boston , business analyst , compensation , employment opportunity , job.

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Altgate

JULY 12, 2009

The survey also covers China, India, Israel and the UK and will remain open for a few more weeks for those countries. Think Kayak for startup executive compenation. I won’t rehash why CompStudy is so cool; instead, I’d like to share two things that are new. These aren’t finalized yet, but you get the idea.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

BizMe2 , a new Israeli startup led by serial entrepreneur Yair Margolin, is looking to do to conferences what WordPress did to blogging. VC Cafe: You have a pretty long track record in startups. Tags: BeeTV BizMe2 Boaz Yehuda Boxee Israel Softier Yair Margolin. Tell me a bit about your previous experience. Watch the space!

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Altgate

JANUARY 1, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Microsoft Buys 37signals For $300 Million The Coming Venture Capital Boom → The World Without Altgate Posted on January 1, 2009 by fnazeeri No, this blog is not going anywhere.  and Israel (0.6%). 

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Israeli startups in the mobile space are once again showing impressive attendance levels, with 56 Israeli companies exhibiting in the Israeli Pavilion. Simply fill in this form provided by the Israeli Foreign Trade Administration, Matimop and the Israel Export Institute. creator of WipAir 8000 – The Best in Class Backhaul Solution.

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