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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. In 2010, VC funds in Israel had over $10 billion of assets under management, by 2017, that number had grown to over $36 billion. Israel based startups raised $4.1 billion in H1 2020.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now.

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JULY 29, 2020

A new report on global venture capital investment volume shows that H1 2020 investments in startups reached $129 billion (this includes all stages as well as CVC activity). On a regional basis H1 2020 VC investment activity shows varied impact: Europe down 20% ( Source ) ? Israel UP 40% ( Source ) ? It’s a 6.5%

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JULY 9, 2020

I love startup landscapes. It’s been a while since I posted the first Israeli startup landscape collection (August 2018) and second batch (Nov 2019) of Israeli startup maps. Israeli startups and scientists are working hard on finding a vaccine and better diagnostics for Covid-19. Source: Startup Nation Central.

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JUNE 18, 2020

It seems to be the season for startup lists and the glory hasn’t skipped Israeli startups. This week saw several of them get global recognition. Below are the ‘winners’, who were recognised this past week: World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers 2020. The company recently filed to go public.

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JUNE 25, 2020

I’m not a huge fan of ‘beauty contests’ of startup ecosystems, but it’s helpful to compare ecosystems to measure progress, especially for the smaller or up and coming hubs. The top 30 global startup ecosystems ranked. Tel Aviv as the #6 top startup ecosystem globally. And, I do like stats.

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MAY 28, 2020

According to Forbes magazine, the real estate industry, for example, is using VR to save the housing market from the looming crisis: “Chinese startup Beike ( Ke.com ) has developed VR to let potential buyers and renters take virtual 3D tours of homes and apartments on the market. Indeed, some AR/VR startup founders are especially optimistic.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

billion in 2020, up from 148.8 As the global gaming industry continues to grow in 2020 and beyond, Quantum Tech Partners projects esports revenues will grow to $4 billion the outlook for esports revenues, as it expects the industry to reach $4 billion in revenues by 2022, much higher than predicted by Goldman Sachs ($2.96

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The markets have been taking a beating with Coronavirus and startups that were valued in the hundreds of millions have been folding at what seems like an accelerated rate, prompting journalists to post articles about the bubble being burst. Are we heading into a market correction in 2020? European Funds launched in 2020 ??

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The 2022 Founders Factories report by DealRoom and Accel shines a spotlight on the startup clusters that produced most unicorns across Europe and Israel, and then tracks the alumni of those unicorns to test where the talent goes to found their next companies. London and Tel Aviv are home to the most founder nurturing unicorn startups.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

The Israeli tech ecosystem has made its mark globally since its early days somewhere in the 1990s. billion in exits in 2019 alone, Israel punches above its weight. What’s less discussed, is that Israel also, has one of the highest number of unicorns, aka privately owned startups worth more than $1 billion, globally.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The global rise in venture capital didn’t skip Israel, which has been breaking new records the amount of venture capital raised by companies in 2021. In the first half of 2021, Israeli startups raised a staggering $12.2 According to CB Insights there are currently 832 unicorns globally, valued at a total of $2,702 billion.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Global Corporate Venture-backed funding fell 30% in Q2 2020 , reviving the sector’s stigma of ‘tourist capital’ which disappears in the low season. Nevertheless, there are over 2,000 global corporate venture (CVC) firms, which collectively raised $41 billion in 2019 alone, according to Global corporate venturing.

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MARCH 29, 2021

A Global Workforce Survey conducted by Salesforce in June 2020 and including replies from 3,500 global employees, found that the answer depends on your generation, but that almost everyone wants some split between the home office and the ‘real’ office: Salesforce Global Workforce Survey, June 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. Next, Nir Savitzki from Israel, presented JobVoyage , a social CRM service for job seekers. The world we live in today is truly global, and I am proud of the 1M/1M initiative's ability to support this global business network.

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MARCH 18, 2014

However, the ex-COO of Indian wireless carrier Tata TeleServices , presenting at Axis Tel Aviv this week, has a decidely commercial objective- finding Israeli startups for investment. Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”

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APRIL 11, 2020

This story was originally published on MassChallenge.org on April 9, 2020 Written by Jon Nordby, MassChallenge Texas in Houston and Bill Powell, Stadia Ventures In the face of catastrophe, innovators turn challenges into opportunities. Learn more about MassChallenge at masschallenge.org. It is headquartered in St.

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MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. This would be easy to detect: among their portfolio companies, do startups with female founders outperform those without? All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Israel Startup Network (ISN), led by Arlene Marom, one of our affiliate partners, organized the event with us. New Global Markets. First up, David Nordell from Kfar Ya'avetz, Israel, pitched New Global Markets , a solution for making it easier for banks to offer their customers global banking facilities.

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JUNE 30, 2011

India and Israel pitch their businesses. Next, Yael Greenberg from Tel Aviv, Israel, pitched tapTank , a concept stage business where Yael wants to help consumers barter, collaborate, and compete on specific tasks. Last week, they won Microsoft's Indian Startup Challenge grant of $40k. directdialogs.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. Tom from Omaha, Nebraska, shared an update about what is going on in that part of the world, as did other audience members from New York City, Israel, and Columbus, Ohio.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

This post is part of Accel’s Secrets to Scaling series, where leaders from across our portfolio share their learnings and advice with the next generation of European and Israeli entrepreneurs building global winners. The round we did with Accel was in late February/early March 2020 – probably the worst time in the last 50 years to raise!

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MARCH 11, 2013

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JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” .

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