VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. billion raised in 2010 and almost double from the $1.12 Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. First investments by Israeli VC funds accounted for 31% of their total investments, compared to 29% in 2010 and 2009.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 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’s index of leading economic indicators rose a preliminary 0.4%

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. Acquirer/ Investor. 2009) [ii].

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

More recently, as I sit as a Venture Partner at Lightspeed , their franchise model across Israel, India, and China lends even more credence to the fact that consumer-level and application-grade innovation now knows no geographical boundaries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

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. Overall, venture capital investment fell in the United States last year but rose elsewhere. But the amount invested did decline 7 percent to $4.8

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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 2010 and almost double from the $1.12 Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. First investments by Israeli VC funds accounted for 31% of their total investments, compared to 29% in 2010 and 2009.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Only three Israeli venture capital funds completed their fund raising efforts in 2009: Sequoia Capital Israel , announced final closing of Sequoia IV, a $200 million vintage 2009 fund. In 2010, the capital available for investment in first round and follow on rounds now stands on $1.2 as its main investor).

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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. This is one of the largest funds raised in the first quarter of 2010 as VC funds struggle to raise money due to poor performance and low liquidity.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. The proposal will enable investors in startups to receive tax write-offs on investments for high-tech companies who spend at least 70% of their salaries in Israel. Today, most of the LPs for Israeli funds are foreign investors.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Is it because there are more worthy companies for investment all of a sudden, or are VCs driven by the need to deploy some of their capital before the end of the calendar year? Other venture capital links. Funding news. Calcalist Hebrew ].

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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. Sequoia Israel. EarlySense, LiveU, Top7.

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VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

T he summary of high tech capital raising in Q2 is out, and the IVC Research Center confirm what we’ve already knew – capital raising in Israel is showing seeds of recovery (see VC Cafe’s post “ Crisis Shmisis “) with $343 million raised in 104 deals, representing an increase of 47% from the previous quarter.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Is it because there are more worthy companies for investment all of a sudden, or are VCs driven by the need to deploy some of their capital before the end of the calendar year? Other venture capital links. Funding news. Calcalist Hebrew ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Is it because there are more worthy companies for investment all of a sudden, or are VCs driven by the need to deploy some of their capital before the end of the calendar year? Other venture capital links. Funding news. Calcalist Hebrew ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Is it because there are more worthy companies for investment all of a sudden, or are VCs driven by the need to deploy some of their capital before the end of the calendar year? Other venture capital links. Funding news. Calcalist Hebrew ].

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. Worth noticing that Battery Ventures and Sequoia are picking pace amongst the foreign funds and Carmel and Gemini. million till date.

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. Worth noticing that Battery Ventures and Sequoia are picking pace amongst the foreign funds and Carmel and Gemini. million till date.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2010

According to the Q1 2010 report, Israeli companies managed to raise $234 million from both Israeli and foreign venture capital funds. 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.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I asked a simple question: “ What are the top startups in Israel 2010? When it comes to caliber and depth Quora , the fast-growing Q&A site started by a former Facebook Co-founder, delivers. Both in terms of product, potential for exit and viral growth&# and aggregated the community answers.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 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. ISRAEL 2ND LARGEST CENTER FOR TECH STARTUPS.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

This was reported as being untrue by British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) about a year ago. But it stifles those with the potential to be great entrepreneurs. It scares them to try. This is a representation of 2003 – 2013. The bottom of the graph is literally crowded with European nations!

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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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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If completed, the deal will potentially make Anobit and its 200 employees in Herzliya the first Apple R&D center in Israel. In one of his last earnings call in 2010, Jobs didn’t hide his support of Flash memory: Even Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs loves his flash memory, he said during the Apple earnings conference call.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

A big spread on Israeli startups and Venture Capital by Tobias Buck was published in the FT this morning , showcases what made Israel the startup nation, and what are the challenges ahead. In the first half of 2011, over $1 billion of VC funding was raised in Israel (according to IVC). Yet not all is rosy.

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VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2011

IVC Online and KMPG have released their summary of venture capital raising for Q2 2011, in Israel. 285 companies raised $1.048 Billion in the first half of 2011, an 82% increase compared to the $577 million raised in the equivalent period in 2010.

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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. NEW LAW FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OFFERS LOWER TAXES, HIGHER GRANT. Israel’s GDP rose 4.5%

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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. Billion dollars in the period of 2001-2010, says Globes in an article published today. Israeli startups have raised $11.1

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VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

Zeev Holtzman, founding partner of Giza Venture Capital and founding member of the Israel Venture Association (IVA), cautioned that “ Israel’s venture capital and startup industry is heading for collapse. billion in 2000 to ZERO in 2010. What’s next for Israel’s VC industry?

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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 in the fourth quarter of 2010.

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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. On the positive side, Israeli companies have continued to attract capital - both local and foreign.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

According to IVC’s Doron Rosenbaum: “The availability of Israeli venture capital for investment is shrinking, and local venture funds are not expected to raise significant new capital in the coming year. As a result, we expect allocations to first investments in 2010 to continue to be reduced.”.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 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’s economy grew 7.8% ISRAEL SETS FAVOURABLE FISCAL POLICY ENCOURAGING GAS EXPLORATION.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. ops team in NY, dev team in Philly and having dev teams in Israel). Current round: $10mm in Series B by Norwest (lead), Storm Ventures and Adams Capital.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Venture Funding Shrinks Leaving Scores of ‘Walking Dead’ Firms [link] [founding firms are down, but IPOs might be coming back]. Israel: An Economy Without a Diaspora&# – BusinessWeek on the economic power of few families in Israel. Israel’s Internet Scene Comes of Age [link] [Giza blog]. Share/Bookmark.

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Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2010

The talk I gave to the startup CEO’s at both Menlo Ventures and Greycroft Partners was a big picture perspective about how startups differ from large companies and where customer and agile development fit. The talk integrated a series of posts I’ve written since the beginning of 2010: “ What is entrepreneurship ?

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 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 , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. See the October 2010 edition after the jump. billion in 2010.

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