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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

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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. Israeli B2C – Let’s start with the high level picture.

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The 2021 Israeli Unicorn Map

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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. Generally speaking this breakdown applies to Israel as well, with a number of huge outcomes in fintech (Melio, Rapyd, eToro, Papaya Global, etc) and of course Cybersecurity.

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What’s a better return on investment: Enterprise or consumer tech?

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It remains to be seen what the outcomes will be in 2022 as the exit markets are less active and the IPO window is closed, but assuming the merger gets approved, we’ve already seen Activision’s $70 billion acquisition by Microsoft and Twitter’s potential $40 billion takeover by Elon Musk.

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Israeli Startups and Marketing – 5 Questions with an Experienced CMO

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The common case in israel is founding teams flying solo without a marketer until it’s imminently necessary. Although this has been known for years for B2C companies, it is interesting to see B2B companies realizing the importance of marketing early on, as well. . Some of the largest communities on Facebook were created in Israel (i.e

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Israel Minister: No Change to Egypt Deal Israels foreign minister said Israel would not agree to re-evaluate its peace deal with Egypt.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

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Simply fill in this form provided by the Israeli Foreign Trade Administration, Matimop and the Israel Export Institute. Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Mer Telecom. - Wireless Links.

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10 challenges investors face in Metaverse and Web3

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In case you’re not yet familiar with us, we’re a seed/pre-seed venture capital firm investing in Gaming, Consumer and Metaverse/web3 tech with a spotlight on Israel (in fund I). Metaverse – it has both B2B and B2C applications. Are you a founder building in the Metaverse and Web3 space in Israel?

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