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JULY 13, 2022

With 2022 half done, there’s a number of new reports slicing and dicing funding data for Israeli startups in H1 2022. IVC/Leumi Tech Israel tech review Q2 2022. Israeli fundraising in H1 2022 – not nearly as good as 2021, but better than 2020. Israeli gaming startups reached over $8.6 billion in 395 deals.

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APRIL 29, 2020

Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP. The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

especially if the startup already has a product and revenue? While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing. Pre-seed round tends to be the first ‘institutional’ round of funding in a startup. A founder asked me what makes a $2M round “pre-seed”?

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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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VC Cafe

MAY 20, 2022

The memo to YC startups advising startu ps to plan for the worst. I collated some of my favourite pieces of advice in my post ‘ advice for startups in a downturn ‘ On the importance of becoming ‘Default Alive. The updated retail tech Israel 2022 report by Deloitte with very interesting nuggets on the sector.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The tech world has seen a shift away from Silicon Valley, with Israel now dominating the world’s startup economy. Yet, it’s not all rosy in Israel’s tech sector since multinational tech companies have realized that they could benefit from the emerging talent there as well. A Decelerating Startup Ecosystem.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably looking at Google in some way, maybe in terms of partnership or acquisition, but maybe some level of suspicion and fear. In this post, I’ll try to organise the various startup engagement and outreach programs at Google. How can startups engage Google (credit: VC Cafe).

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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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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Meanwhile in the US, B2C startups raised $100 billion in 2022, 40% of the total funding.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. Mature startups with proven business models and the potential to reach the public markets within a few years will be the safest place to park any new venture capital that comes into the ecosystem. Startups, Don’t Pin Your Hopes on VC Dry Powder ( Source ).

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VC Cafe

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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VC Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2024

Regular readers of VC Cafe are well aware of my passion for startup landscapes. Without a doubt, the only thing that is constant in the startup ecosystem is change! This post will be updated regularly throughout the year with the new startup landscape maps.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Readers of VC Cafe know how big of a fan I am of startup landscapes. You can find the previous editions from Q3-Q4 2022 , Q1-Q2 2022 , July 2021 , July 2020 and May 2019. The Israeli startups building the Metaverse (updated Jan 2023). The Israeli startups building the Metaverse (credit: Remagine Ventures).

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In 2020, the total amount of data created, captured, copied, and consumed in the world was 44 zettabytes (ZB) – the equivalent of 44 trillion gigabytes. Late 2020 revealed the depth of the Solarwinds hack, which had massive implications for government agencies and (ironically) cybersecurity provider FireEye.

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VC Cafe

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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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2020

After finishing a second national lockdown, amidst weeks of protests against the government and with borders largely closed to foreigners, you could safely say that these are not ‘normal’ days for Israeli startups or the Israeli economy. In September alone , Israeli startups raised $1.2 billion) which was a record year.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2021

Israeli startups raised over $2 billion in March 2021 alone. As the startup ecosystem in Israel scales, so must the teams leading the growing number of Israeli unicorns. Is there a marketing crunch in Israel? How should Israeli startups think about marketing? VC Cafe: There’s a rise in community led startups.

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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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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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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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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

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. As of now, Israel has 42 Unicorns, or (technically 40, now that Lemonade and JFrog went public).

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2022

In Israel at least, the trickle of layoffs has become a steady stream. In reality, cycles are normal in business in we’re in the midst of a correction that will hopefully do what it says on the tin: “correct” a lot of the bad practices that were embraced in 2020-2021 when capital was cheap and plentiful.

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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 Unicorns aren’t rare in Israel, but it’s hard to track them.

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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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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2020

It seems to be the season for startup lists and the glory hasn’t skipped Israeli startups. Below are the ‘winners’, who were recognised this past week: World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers 2020. Most-recent deal: $200M, 19 February 2020 K-Health – digital primary care symptom checker.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 12, 2017

And according to past research by the International Data Corporation , by 2020 one billion people will regularly be viewing and using VR and AR content. The post Predictions for Casino Technology in 2017 and Beyond appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Fewer Market Competitors.

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VC Cafe

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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VC Cafe

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. Today Wix , the publicly traded website builder from Israel with a market cap of $13.2 Wix has been investing in startups off the balance sheet for some time.

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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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JANUARY 27, 2021

The buzzy app, that only launched in April 2020 as the pandemic was hitting the US, reached Unicorn status last week with fresh $100M round led by A16Z and has gone from an invite-only insiders chat for Silicon Valley founders and VCs to early adopters everywhere in Europe. So what makes Clubhouse great, and what leaves a lot to be desired?

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ReadWriteStart

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. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. Estate Lister.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

I also wanted to create a publication that covered Israeli startups, in English, and put a spotlight on the wonderfully diverse tech ecosystem in Israel at a time when most of the news about Israel were negative and related to the conflict. 2020 was a tough year for most.

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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. It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more.

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JUNE 24, 2022

With that said, according to Crunchbase Series B-stage startups have received over $24B in funding so far in 2022. It pales in comparison to the $51 billion invested in series B in 202, but it’s on par with the level of series B investments in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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Austin Startup

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. Louis, Missouri and has expanded their pressence to Frisco, Texas and Denver, Colorado.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 27, 2012

Last week I participated in the EU’s Digital Agenda Assembly 2012 (“DAA12″), a speaker in the plenary session titled: “Delivering Internet-based innovation as a way out of the crisis: the role of Horizon 2020″ and as a participant in the workshop on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. the UK startup ecosystem.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

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? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” .

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