VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. billion raised in 2009. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. In 2011, Israeli venture capital funds invested $525 million in Israeli companies, an increase of 42% from 2010, and a rise of 28% from 2009 levels.

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David Teten

JUNE 19, 2020

Biden was Vice President from 2009 to 2017. I have friends who support Trump because they consider him pro-Israel. I would point you to Dennis Ross ( Why Trump Is Bad for Israel ) and Bret Stephens ( Donald Trump Is Bad for Israel.) I have friends who support Trump because they think Biden is a “socialist”.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. billion raised in 2009. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. In 2011, Israeli venture capital funds invested $525 million in Israeli companies, an increase of 42% from 2010, and a rise of 28% from 2009 levels.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Our games studio has created the first RPG advergame in Israel for Bamba. The 2009 Calpers investment report shows another disappointing year for Israeli venture returns – most funds had negative returns and those with positive returns were extremely low. return in 2009, followed by Pitango 4 with 4.2%. via TheMarker ).

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

T erra Venture Partners, a $25 million fund made the most first investments in 2009 (6 deals) followed by Carmel, Giza, JVP, Magma, Pitango, Sequoia and TriVentures (another small fund with $25 million under management), who all made 5 first time investments. Follow this link to access the original pdf report.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

GV (formerly Google Ventures) – Started in 2009, GV is Alphabet’s venture capital fund, focused primarily on early stage in diverse fields: from life sciences and healthcare to robotics and entereprise tech. Applications for various programs in Europe and Israel are open.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

A midst a 72% decline in funds raised by Israeli venture capital funds in 2009, Battery Ventures announced the completion of its new fund, BV-9, totaling $750 million. Geography : The Company invests throughout the world, with most investments are made in North America, Europe, Israel and India.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

In addition, due to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, accounting costs have gone up an estimated four times for all businesses, and 2008-2009 represented the worst IPO market in forty years. Germany, Ireland, Israel, and most other non-Asian nations also provide major tax incentives, and huge R&D tax credits.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Earlier this week YL Ventures announced a 7-figure USD investment in Israel-based Seculert , a new non-intrusive Security-as-a-Service that comprehensively detects cyber threats affecting corporate networks. The bad news are that such a attacks are on the rise. The exact sum was not disclosed.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 29, 2011

With six first investment deals Evergreen Venture Partners was the most active VC fund in Israel in 2010, according to the latest IVC Research Center report. The second place was shared by Battery Ventures Israel and Pontifax, with five investments each. Evergreen started in 1987 by Jacob Burak, as one of the first VC funds in Israel.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I ’ve recently came across a paper written by Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir , Israel’s 4th president and a successful scientist who founded Israel’s Chief Scientist Office (CSO). I would do what I could to help establish the State of Israel and contribute to its security and its social and economic development.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2012

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. MOODYS REITERATES “A1 – STABLE” RATING FOR ISRAEL.

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VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

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. FITCH AFFIRMS ISRAEL AT “A” (OUTLOOK STABLE). in 2009 and debt moderated to 76.6%

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Private Equity is relatively less developed than VC in Israel but with deep pockets. There are 27 active private equity funds operate in Israel, with total managed capital standing at $6 billion in 2010. No distressed debt deals were reported in Q3 2009. (4)turnaround/

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2011

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. million it was claiming in 2009.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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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VC Cafe

MAY 2, 2011

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. The IMF also predicted that unemployment in Israel will drop to 5.5 ISRAELI ECONOMY TO EXPAND 3.8

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VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

For example, Dr Yossi Vardi , Israel’s most famous angel investor, provided the original seed funding in 2009. In January of this year it closed a $1million+ funding round led by Gemini Israel Funds which also included Index Ventures. The company takes a commission on every purchase. Others agree.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2010

This represents a 15% drop from Q4 2009 and a 12% drop from the first quarter of 2009. Koby Simana, CEO of IVC Research Center, said: figures for the first quarter of 2010 emphasize that Israel’s high-tech industry is still experiencing substantial difficulty. million in the first quarter of 2009. Deal Stage.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

million in 2009. million, in part due to cost-cutting (Eyeblaster says it “focused on cutting costs given the uncertain global economic environment” during the first half of 2009). Revenue inched up only two percent to $65.1 By contrast, sales had jumped 43 percent the year before. Net income did however increase to $9.8

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

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. ISRAEL RANKED 17TH MOST COMPETITIVE ECONOMY BY IMD. Israel was also rated first in several of the report’s sub-categories.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2010

A s every month, VC Ca fe 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. Domestic demand in Israel leaped 8.7 See the March 2010 edition after the jump.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

2009) [ii]. We have three in Israel , two in Canada , one in the UK, and the remainder scattered all over the US. May 3, 2009. iv] Economist, Global Heroes: A Report on Entrepreneurship, March 14, 2009., I’ve shown below some specific data from a range of VCs. Acquirer/ Investor. Angel groups using Gust.

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Altgate

APRIL 26, 2009

I’ve mentioned this survey several times before, but this time I bring news of the 2009 survey opening to participants. This year the survey covers five countries (China, India, Israel, UK and US) in two industries (technology and life sciences). Don’t miss the opportunity to get the 2009 data… take the survey now!

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2010

in the autumn of 2009. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Poleg, Israel. A job board in Israel had long threads between engineering applicants, talking about the hard tests Hola! Poking around in the usual spots, here’s what I was able to dig: From YouNoodle : ZON is developing software in communications.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

In the Lucky7 post on the similarity of the DNA of 1776, Steve Jobs, and Israel (see links below for further reading), the point is made that there is an entrepreneur in all of us?—?and how to win over the ‘cool kids’ The tale of Bazaarvoice, as told through the shirts on our backs (2007–2009)?—?part part two ?—?the

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kenegozi.com

APRIL 24, 2012

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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2009

For all the tension between the pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian sided people on this site. West Bank Story. I thought if I brought a little bit of humor it could lighten the mood a little bit.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 2, 2009

Israeli venture capital funds have struggled to raise the target capital and the impact is likely to be felt on emerging technology companies in Israel. The Israeli venture capital industry has experienced a $250 million decline in the past few months.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Yair Geva is a partner at Herzog Fox & Neeman , one of the leading Israeli law firms that has helped facilitate some of the major exits and deals in Israel within the past few years. One of the evident signs of increased bilateral relationship between China and Israel is the lack of seats on flights to China. billion in 2030.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2014

Digital media is a recent phenomenon in Israel. In the mobile era, the iPhone arrived in 2009 (two years after the US), followed by the iPad in 2011 and the iTunes store in 2012. Israelis Value Online Media 1.5x More Than Offline Media- Highest in Global Survey.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2011

A joint report by IVC Israel and KPMG, surveyed 95 venture investors (48 in Israel and 47 foreign investors who are active in the Israeli market) summarizes 2010 in Israeli venture capital. billion in 2010, a 13% increase from 2009 ($1.12 In Q4 of 2010, Seed represented 2% of total investments, compared to 4% in Q4 of 2009.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2011

The keynote was given by Zvi Eckstein, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel , on “Israel present and future”. First, here are some of the key takeaways: Israel’s high-dependence on high-tech industry. The employment rate in Israel, not the unemployment rate, needs to go up. Zvi is impressive.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2011

SalesForce.com, a pioneer in SaaS technology has made its first acquisition in Israel, with its decision to buy Navajo Systems for $30 million, according to Globes. Following the acquisition, SalesForce will open its first R&D center in Israel.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2011

S ure, Israel is known the ‘Startup Nation’, but judging by the actual venture capital investments raised by Israeli startups in the last decade, Israel looks more like a continent. The amount was calculated by the Israel MoneyTree Report for 2001-2010, conducted quarterly by PricewaterhouseCooper Israel.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The top 100 SaaS companies in Europe and Israel The European Software-as-a-Service world changed forever when Daniel Dines, the founder of UiPath, made the cover of Forbes as ‘Boss of the Bots’ last month. 2009, CapitalQ, Yahoo! Full presentation available here. Full presentation available here. billion collectively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Despite the third-quarter funding drop, though, funding for the full year still looks to be higher than it was in 2009. billion invested during the same three-month period in 2009, according to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Move your company to China, India, or Israel.

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